This Proclamation of the Afar National Regional State establishes a rural land administration system that is suitable for natural resource management and protection and that incentivizes investment within the traditional clan-based communal land tenure system. Laws that pertain to lands…

The National Action Plan for Gender Equality (NAP-GE) is a sectoral national action plan in force for the period of 2006-2010. Its main goal is to contribute towards the attainment of equality between men and women, in social, political and economic development.The Action Plan aims to enhance…

A Proclamation to provide for the utilization of urban land. Urban land is defined as all land within the boundaries of a town (sect. 2). The Proclamation shall not apply to land previously utilized for the construction of dwellings (sect. 3). Section 4 provides for applications of persons who…

This basic piece of legislation sets out principles and lays the foundations for laws relative to land tenure and administration of rural land are to be enacted by Regional Councils in respect of each Region of Ethiopia and in accordance with the present Proclamation, laws on environmental…

These Regulations issued under article 14(1) of the Expropriation of Landholdings for Public Purposes and Payment of Compensation Proclamation No. 455/2005 concerns not only payment of compensation to but also aims at assisting in other ways persons displaced by expropriation under the…

This Proclamation of the Council of the Amhara National Region provides for the organization, powers and duties of the executive organs of the Amhara National Region. It, among other things: defines powers and duties of the Head of Government, the Deputy Head of Government, and the membership of…

This Regulation, made under the Afar National Regional State Rural Land Use and Administration Proclamation, concerns equal land use rights on communal holdings of the pastoralist communities and separation of communal holdings for use of the pastoralist community. Any pastoralist shall be…

This Proclamation establishes the Oromia Bureau of Land and Environmental Protection and defines its objectives, functions and powers. The Bureau shall, among other things: formulate polices and strategies pertinent to land and environmental protection; administer the land resources of the…

This Regulation of the council of the Amhara Regional Government, made in accordance with the powers vested in it under the provisions of Art. 58 sub-art.7 of the revised Regional constitution and Art. 33 sub-art. 1 of the revised Rural Land Administration and use Determination Proclamation No.…

This Proclamation provides for rural land management and rights and use of rural land in Amhara National Region. It shall in principle apply to all rural lands but provisions of special laws (relating to forestry, wildlife protection, bio-diversity resources, natural resource and environmental…

This Proclamation concerns rural land use payment payable by farmers, investors and enterprises for rural land used for agricultural activities and tax payable by farmers on income from agricultural activities in the Oromia Region. Rural land use payment shall be paid for all rural land owned…

This Regulation implements provisions of the Oromia Regional Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation with respect to the rights and obligations of rural land administration and use in transparent and responsible manner. The Regulation, among other things, provides with respect to:…