Ethiopia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 22, 1995
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Federation Council and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Federal Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
60.8% Christians, 32.8% Muslims, 4.6% traditional, 1.8% other
From the country
- APRIL 21, 2004EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Ethiopia voted against the resolution on the death...
Ethiopia voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2004EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2004EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian Federal High Court in Addis Ababa sentenced...
The Ethiopian Federal High Court in Addis Ababa sentenced Maj Tsehaye Woldeselase to death by firing squad after convicting him of killing Ethiopia's former Security, Immigration and Refugee Affairs General Manager Kinfe Gebremedhin
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
An Ethiopian high court sentenced to death Fisseha...
An Ethiopian high court sentenced to death Fisseha Biresa and Dereje Deme, two members of the rebel Oromo Liberation Front, after they were found guilty of of killing 43 innocent civilians in Mugi town in Oromia State, some 300 kilometres (190 miles) west
- JANUARY 27, 2004EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The 5th Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court in...
The 5th Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, sentenced to death by firing squad Jemal Mustafa, a fighter of the Oromo Liberation Front
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Solomon Yimsegan, chairman of a revolutionary guard...
Solomon Yimsegan, chairman of a revolutionary guard squad in Addis Ababa during Mengistu's "Red Terror" period that followed the overthrow of emperor Haile Selassie, was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of 13 inmates and the torture of 51 be
- AUGUST 4, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian Federal High Court sentenced 21 defendants,...
The Ethiopian Federal High Court sentenced 21 defendants, four of them to death, they had been indicted on charges of extra judicial killings of religious leaders and eminent personalities during the reign of Colonel Mengistu's military government
- JUNE 7, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced Eshetu Shinkute...
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced Eshetu Shinkute Belete to publicly hang for his involvement in the extra-judicial executions of 27 people during the 1977-78 "Red Terror" period of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam
- JANUARY 6, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced to death five people...
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced to death five people found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1977-78 "Red Terror" period of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam
- JANUARY 1, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The 1994 Constitution at Part I on Human Rights, makes...
The 1994 Constitution at Part I on Human Rights, makes provision for the death penalty
- APRIL 12, 2002EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
An Ethiopian court sentenced five members of a Somali...
An Ethiopian court sentenced five members of a Somali Islamic group to be publicly hanged for killing 27 civilians in bomb attacks during the mid-1990s
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
A court hearing the cases of OLF [Oromo Liberation...
A court hearing the cases of OLF [Oromo Liberation Front - opposition] combatants sentenced one of them to capital punishment and another to life imprisonment for genocide, armed rebellion and war crimes