Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the government’s decision to close schools and the banning of all sports events and large public gatherings for the next fifteen days. The decision was made after the government has confirmed a total of five cases on Monday, March 16, 2020. Going forward, the government is expected to take measures, which will have an adverse effect on the constitutional and legislative rights of health professionals, customs officers and the general…

Introduction When we come to commercial dispute which arise out of not respecting contractual obligations by one or more parties, settlement of dispute through court come in the for front. However, the existing Ethiopian court system is extremely sluggish, rigid and expensive. On the contrary arbitration is praised for its speedy proceeding, flexible process, confidentiality of the proceeding, finality of dispute which ultimately saves time and money. Although there are some critics against the heart of the system, arbitration stands out as one of the…

Introduction The century we are living in is the age of information and communication technology. Increased use of these electronic communications improve the efficiency of commercial activities, enhances trade connections and allows new access opportunities for previously remote parties and markets, thus playing a fundamental role in promoting trade and economic development, both domestically and internationally. Commerce is the exchange of goods and services. It can be either conventional or electronic. The conventional commerce is the exchange of goods and services with the physical…

The House of Peoples Representatives has approved the infamous Excise Tax Proclamation (The Proclamation) last Thursday, February 13, 2020. Within hours from the approval of the proclamation, Ministry of Revenues have written a letter to manufacturers of excisable goods stating that the proclamation will be implemented starting from February 14, 2020, which in effect violates both the FDRE Constitution and Negarit Gazeta Establishment Proclamation. The proclamation has not yet been published in the Negarit Gazeta and there are notorious discrepancies between the Amharic and English…

ለአንድ ሀገር ሰላም፣ ዲሞክራሲ፣ የሕግ የበላይነትና ፍትሕ መረጋገጥ እንዲሁም ሰብዓዊ መብቶች መከበር በሕግ አግባብ የተቋቋሙ ገለልተኛ፣ ነፃ፣ ተጠያቂነት ያለባቸው እና በሕዝብ ዘንድ አመኔታን ያተረፉ ፍርድ ቤቶች ሚና የጎላ እንደሆነ አያጠያይቅም፡፡ ያለሕግ እና ያለፍርድ ቤቶች ሰላም፣ ዲሞክራሲ፣ የሕግ የበላይነትና ፍትሕ በአንድ ሀገር ውስጥ ይኖራል ብሎ መገመት አይቻልም፡፡ እነዚህ ፍርድ ቤቶች አሁን ባለው የሀገራችን ሕገ-መንግሥት ነፃ ሆነው መቋቋማቸውን እና በሀገሪቱ ውስጥ በፌዴራልም ሆነ በክልል ግዛቶች ሥር ብቸኛው የዳኝነት አካል እንደሆኑ ሕገ-መንግሥታዊ ማረጋገጫ አግኝተዋል፡፡ በዚህም አግባብ ሥራቸውን እያከናወኑ ይገኛሉ፡፡ በሰዎችም መካከል አለመግባባት ሲፈጠር በሰላማዊ መንገድ በስምምነት፣ በድርድር ወይም…

1. Introduction Risk is part of every human endeavor. From the moment we get up in the morning, drive or take public transportation to get to school or to work until we get back into our beds (and perhaps even afterwards), we are exposed to risks of different degrees. What makes the study of risk fascinating is that while some of this risk bearing may not be completely voluntary, we seek out some risks on our own (speeding on the highways or gambling, for instance)…

ስለ ዜግነት አዎጁ በፃፍኩት ጽሑፍ ላይ አቶ ግዛዉ ለገሰ የተባሉ የሕግ ባለሙያ የፃፉት ምላሽ ደርሶኝ ተመለከትኩት፡፡ (የአቶ ግዛው ለገሰ ጽሑፍን ለማግኘት ይህንን ይጫኑ፡፡ ) በመጀመሪያ ጸሐፊው የሕግ ባለሙያ እንደመሆናቸውም ብሎም ጽሑፉን ያወጡት እሳቸው ስላልተስማሙበት የሕግ ጽሑፍ ምላሽ ለመስጠት እንደ መሆኑ አቶ ጀዋር መሐመድን ለመደገፍ አልፃፍኩትም ለማለት አቶ ጀዋር የራሱ ጉዳይ ብለው ጽሑፉን መጀመራቸው፤ በጽሑፉ ውስጥ ለተነሱ እያንዳንዱ ክርክሮች ተገቢውን የሕግ ክርክር ከማንሳት ይልቅ በአመዛኙ በተራ የአዋቃለሁ ባይነት ጉራ ተሞልተው እኩይ ሴራ የሚሉ ያልተገቡ ቃላቶች መጠቀማቸው ብሎም በጽሑፉ ውስጥ ለድምዳሜቸው ማስረጃ አድርገው ስላቀረቡት የሕግ ግምት (presumption…

ሰሞኑን የአቶ ጀዋር መሐመድን ኢትዮጵያዊ ዜግነት መልሶ የማግኘት ጉዳይ በኦፌኮ እና በምርጫ ቦርድ መካከል ክርክሮችን ማስነሳቱን በተለያዩ ማህበራዊ ሚዲያዎች እየሰማን እንገኛለን፡፡ በመሆኑም የዜግነት ሕጉ ኢትዮጵያዊ ዜግነት መልሶ ስለማግኘት ስላሰቀመጣቸው ቅድመ ሁኔታዎች እና ዜግነት መልሶ ማግኘት ስለሚረጋገጥበት መንገድ ያለኝን መረዳት ለማካፈል ወደድኩኝ፡፡ አቶ ጀዋር መሐመድ አስቀድመው የኢትዮጵያ ዜጋ የነበሩ በመሆናቸው ነገር ግን በሕግ ዜግነታቸውን ከቀየሩ በኋላ መልሰው ዜግነታቸው እየጠየቁ በመሆኑ ለዚህ ጉዳይ ተገቢነት ያለው ድንጋጌ ስለዜግነት የሚደነግገው የአዋጅ ቁጥር 378/96 አንቀፅ 22 እና 23/2/ሐ ነው፡፡ በዚህ መሠረትም ኢትዮጵያዊ የነበረ ነገር ግን በሕግ የሌላ ሀገር ዜግነት…