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ETH-2020-R-110046
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Proclamation 3/2020 - A State of Emergency Proclamation Enacted to Counter and Control the Spread of COVID-19 and Mitigate Its Impact.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ethiopia
Subjects (Classification)
Constitutional law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2020-04-08
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Article 3 – Scope of application
1)This proclamation shall be applicable throughout the country.
2)This proclamation and regulations issued pursuant to this proclamation shall be applicable on Ethiopians and foreign nationals residing in or transitioning throughEthiopia.
3)Any federal or regional law, procedure or decision that is in contravention with this proclamation or regulations issued pursuant to this proclamation shall have no effect while this proclamation is valid.
Article 4 - Suspension of Rights and Measures
1)As per the FDRE Constitution Article 93 (4) (a) and (b), the Council of Ministers shall, through the Regulations it will adopt as per this Proclamation, stipulate details of the suspension of rights and measures to adopted to counter and mitigate the humanitarian, social, economic and political damage that could be caused by the pandemic.
2)The Regulations to be enacted and measures to be taken by the Council of Ministers shall not in any way infringe on provisions specially protected by the FDRE Constitution Article 93(4)(c).
Article 93(4)(b) of the Constitution provides that "The Council of Ministers shall have the power to suspend such political and democratic rights contained in this Constitution to the extent necessary to avert the conditions that require the declaration of a state of emergency." This does not apply to suspension of Articles 1 (Nomenclature of the state), 18 (Prohibition against Inhuman Treatment), 25 (Right to Equality) and sub-Articles 39(1) (right to self-determination, including the right to secession) and 39(2) ( right to speak, to write and to develop its own language).
Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1995-08-21 (ETH-1995-C-47312)
Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Proclamation (No. 1 of 1995).
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
2020-04-11 (ETH-2020-R-110047)
Council of Ministers Regulations implementing Proclamation 3/2020 - A State of Emergency Proclamation Enacted to Counter and Control the Spread of COVID-19 and Mitigate Its Impact.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
https://www.hopr.gov.et
URL
https://www.hopr.gov.et
File
ETH110046.pdf (PDF)