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Resources Ethiopian

Ethiopian Democratic Forum - a non-profit organization based in Sweden, Stockholm with the aims of building awareness, momentum and understanding of human rights protection and the need of democratization initiatives among local, national, regional and international levels of communities and their leaders, international lawyers with other law enforcement professionals with their respective institutions, politicians and government experts among others through discussion.

Solidarity Movement for New Ethiopia-a non-profit organization that seeks to unite the many Ethiopian ethnic groups into a solidarity movement that stands together to call the current Ethiopian government to account for myriad allegations of human rights violations.

Resources International 

Global Legal Monitor: an online publication from the Law Library of Congress covering legal news and developments worldwide.

World Legal Materials from Africa:  Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY. Our collaborators include publishers, legal scholars, computer scientists, government agencies, and other groups and individuals that promote open access to law, worldwide.


The International Center for Not for Profit laws: the leading source for information on the legal environment for civil society, philanthropy, and public participation

Third WorldMovement Against the Exploitation of Women: an organization directed towards the liberation of women from all kinds of oppression and exploitation based on sex, race or class

Stop the Traffic: a campaign coalition which aims to bring an end to human trafficking worldwide

International Justice Mission: a U.S.-based non-profit human rights organization that operates in countries all over the world to rescue victims of individual human rights abuse

Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women: a network of more than 100 non-governmental organizations from all regions of the world, who share a deep concern for the women, children and men whose human rights have been violated by the criminal practice of trafficking in persons

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women: an international non-governmental organization opposing human trafficking, prostitution, and other forms of commercial sex

Anti-Slavery International: works at local, national and international levels to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world

The African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII) is a project of the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU) at the Department of Public Law,  Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town. It was incubated at the Southern Africa Litigation Center (SALC).

Africa Law: Advancing the rule and role of law in Africa

Government Agencies to Watch

The Ministry of Justice  is part of the executive branch of the Federal Government. The Federal Ministry of Justice has the primary authority of prosecution of cases falling under the jurisdiction of federal courts.

The Federal Police Commission   under the Ministry of Federal Affairs. Article 6 of Proclamation

The Federal Prisons Commission: established by Proclamation No.365/2003 as an institution accountable to the Ministry of Federal Affairs

The State Justice Bureaus mirror the Federal Ministry of Justice in their structure and mandate. The State Justice Bureaus are part of the executive branch of the State government.

The State Police and Prison Commissions  States are allowed to establish their own Police and Prison Commissions. The Police and Prison Commissions of the States are accountable to the State Justice Bureaus

The Justice and Legal Systems Research Institute of Ethiopia (JLSRI)  Justice for All-Prison Fellowship Ethiopia, the Ministry of Civil Service, and the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission. Five-year engagement in Ethiopia funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the PCJ has active relationships with a number of institutions including: the Justice and Legal Systems Research Institute,

Law - Officials to Watch 

Girmachew Alemu Aneme ( Ph.D.) - Assistant Professor and Head of the Research and Publications Unit, School of Law, Addis Ababa University. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ethiopian Law. Authored  Introduction to the Ethiopian Legal System and Legal Research

International Institutions to Watch

Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management (PCJ) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has collaborated with Ethiopian government agencies and civil society organizations as they develop novel approaches to measuring and promoting improvement in justice and safety

* Note: The Accountability Project Initiative is to identify responsible institutions and offcials that make-and-breaks the lives, liberty and the democratic rights of the people of Ethiopia. Please send us relevant institutions and officials not included in the above categories at infoeastafricawatch@gmail.com