Ethiopian anticorruption law is primarily contained in the revised federal ethics and anticorruption commission establishment proclamation and the revised anticorruption law which criminalize major forms of corruption including active and passive bribery, bribing a foreign official, and money laundering. Anticorruption special procedure and rules of evidence. Republic of ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows. Overview of corruption and anticorruption in ethiopia. This proclamation may be cited as the revised anticorruption. Corruption increasingly has become one of the greatest challenges of the contemporary world. Corruption crimes proclamation, page 8152 proclamation no, 88112015 a proc lamation to proylne eor the crimes of corrllptiqn wehreas, it is fou nd necessary to clarify and amend some provisions in the criminal code of il,e 2004 of ihe federal democratic republic of ethiopia relating to corruption crimes which are. As part of a series of wide civil service reforms, the government of ethiopia established an anticorruption commission in 2001 and defined powers in the revised proclamation 433 of 2005. This proclamation may be cited as the criminal code of the. Proclamation means the revised anticorruption special procedure and rules of evidence proclamation no.
Democraticrepublic of ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows part one. Short title this proclamation may be cited as the revised anticorruption special procedure and rules of evidence proclamation no. Federal ethics and anticorruption commission of ethiopia. A c ritical assessment 201115 law democracy and development 1, 3.
Corruption offences means corruption offences provided in the fdre penal code. Anticorruption rules proclamation financial disclosure law library. This proclamation may be cited as the anticorruption. Proclamation no 4332005 anticorruption authorities. Ethiopia recognize that corruption and impropriety are. The proclamation was adopted and came into force upon its publication in the federal negarit gazeta of the federal democratic republic of. While anticorruption laws remain strong in principle, they. Sustained corruption and human rights violations have caused widespread unrest in ethiopia since 2015. Tewodros mezmur and raymond koen, the ethiopian federal ethics and anticorruption c ommission.
I ii proclamation means the revised federal ethics and anticorruption commission establishment proclamation no. S uil\eal during theil l1ppliclition whereas, it has become necessary to. Proclamation and the existing subarticle 1 1 is renumbered as subarticle 14. Corruption exists in various forms, including but not limited to clientelism, kleptocracy, rent seeking and state capture. Criminal code of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia. It undermines good government and rule of law and in turn leads to the misallocation of public resources, harms both the private and public sector and. Pdf causes and consequences of corruption in ethiopia. A change in the countrys leadership in 2018 provided ethiopians with hope of a change to the status quo. Ethiopia s anticorruption commissions mandate is only at the federal level, which includes the chartered cities of addis ababa and dire dawa.
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