Ethiopia

Population Statistics

99,465,819

Total Population

14,919,873

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

07 July 2010

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1994)

Updated: June 2015

Article 79, section 4 states:

(4) No judge shall be removed from his duties before he reaches the retirement age determined by law except under the following conditions:

  • (a) When the Judicial Administration Council decides to remove him for violation of disciplinary rules or on grounds of gross incompetence or inefficiency; or
  • (b) When the Judicial Administration Council decides that a judge can no longer carry out his responsibilities on account of illness…

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1994)

Proclamation to make the Electoral Law of Ethiopia Conform with the Constitution of the Federal ...

Updated: June 2015

Article 7, subsection 2 states:

The Vice Chairman of the Board shall:…

  • (b) take over the Chairmanship, until such time as another Chairman is designated in accordance with this Proclamation, in case where the Chairman is unable to discharge his duties for any person whatsoever.

 

Excerpt from the Proclamation to make the Electoral Law of Ethiopia Conform with the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia No. 11/1995 (1995, last amended 2005)