The 2007 proclamation, numbered 545, ratifies the African Union Convention on preventing and combating corruption. This is in line with the adoption of the charter assigned on “11 July 2003 in Maputo, Mozambique”.

The disclosure and registration of assets of public officials are crucial to the transparent and accountable evaluation of different government administrations. This helps to prevent corruption and illegal acquisition of assets. This proclamation thus pushes to create the necessary transparent system. This is to guide the conduct of public officials, to ensure public and private affairs do not intertwine.

It is equally important to ensure witnesses and whistle-blowers who provide information on criminal offences are safely protected to build up trust in the system. This proclamation legislates the protection systems that need to be put in place to protect witnesses and whistle-blowers of criminal offence from direct or indirect danger and attack they may face as a consequence thereof and thereby to ensure their safety”.”””

Proclamation number 488 of 2006 focuses on establishing the Ethiopian organic agriculture system. This proclamation is a response to the increasing yearning for organic agricultural products globally. The government recognizes the opportunity therein concerning the creation of a new market and higher prices of organic produces. The Ethiopian organic agriculture system strives to adopt internationally accepted production, processing and distribution systems in the country.

This proclamation transfers the rights and obligations of the disaster prevention and preparedness agency to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. This is in line with Sub-Article (1) of Article 55 of the C64Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

“This proclamation finds it necessary to regulate the proper production, distribution, and use of veterinary drugs. This is to beef up the safety, efficacy, and quality of the products and to enhance the productivity and health of the livestock population. It also finds it necessary to strengthen the administration of feed to increase the development of the feed industry and animal production”.

This proclamation applies to any person who is a refuge applying for recognition or is a recognized refugee in Ethiopia and has a right or is subjected to obligations arising from this Proclamation or participates in the implementation of this proclamation. It discusses the procedures for the determination of refugee status rights and obligations of asylum-seekers and recognized refugees.

This is a proclamation issued to counter and control the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact.

A state of the emergency proclamation was enacted to counter and control the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact.

This proclamation ratifies the agreement of the employment of domestic workers between the Government of the federal democratic republic of Ethiopia and the government of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, signed on the 25th day of May 2017.

This proclamation establishes the reconciliation commission to maintain peace justice, national unity and consensus and also reconciliation among Ethiopians.

A proclamation on prevention and suppression of money laundering and financing of terrorism.

A proclamation to amend the public servants’ pension proclamation.

A council of ministers regulation to establish the Ethiopian construction works corporation.

A proclamation to provide for the computer crime.

This document details the human resource planning, staffing and performance evaluation, transfer and reassignment, performance evaluation, working hours and types of leave.

This proclamation is to facilitate “safety, soundness and stability of the banking system by having a comprehensive law for the licensing and supervision of the banking business”.

This proclamation establishes the Maritime Affairs Authority to ensure that the transport operations and movement of goods in import and export of the country are economical; plan, coordinate and enforce such operation.

A council of ministers regulations to establish the Ethiopian Mineral Petroleum and Bio-Fuel Corporation.

A proclamation to provide for the establishment of the human rights commission.