Date of publication:
04/22/2025
Ethiopia
Do domestic laws and policies provide the right of recourse to effective administrative or judicial remedies for forcibly displaced and stateless persons that are denied just and favorable conditions at work?
Assessment by population
Analysis
Access to justice is recognized as a fundamental right in the Ethiopian Constitution. Pursuant to Article 37(1) of the Constitution, everyone, including refugees, have the right to bring a justiciable matter to a court of law or any other competent body with judicial power. Their legal status is not a barrier for refugees to bring a legal action in courts of law or other competent bodies with judicial power on justiciable matters. The same is recognized in the Refugees Proclamation, under article 30(1), in which refugees are entitled to the same treatment as nationals with regard to bringing any justiciable matter to the court or any other competent body with judicial power. Refugees are also entitled to seek administrative remedies by RRS in accordance with Article 5(1) of the Refugees and Returnees Grievances and Appeals Handling Directive, Directive No. 03/2019.
Related provisions of domestic law or policy
Constitution of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE)
- Year: 1995
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Asylum, Education, Freedom of movement, Health, Housing, land & property, Liberty & security of person, Nationality & facilitated naturalization, Social protection, Work & Workplace rights, Family life, Documentation
- Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1995/en/18206
Legal provision
Article 37(1) Right of Access to Justice
Everyone has the right to bring a justiciable matter to, and to obtain a decision or judgment by, a court of law or any other competent body with judicial power.
Directive to Handle Grievances from Refugees and Returnees, Directive No 03/2019, RRS
- Year: 2019
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Nationality & facilitated naturalization
Legal provision
Article 5(1) Right to File Grievance
Any client/refugee shall have the right to complain to the concerned official or higher official concerning any issues he has encountered because of a service rendered by the Agency not being properly provided to him.