Establishment of the secretariat of the house of peoples representatives and of the house of the. By prohibiting further land redistribution, the policy hopes to end further land fragmentation. Experts agree that land is not put to good use in ethiopia. Attempts to modernize land ownership by giving title either to the peasants who till the soil, or to largescale farming programs, have been tried under imperial rulers like emperor haile selassie, and under marxist regimes like the derg, with mixed results. Under the constitution of ethiopia, article 403, land vested in the state and in the people of ethiopia. The first addresses the laws of tanzania, the second the ethiopian laws. It is pretty early to evaluate the policy at this stage but the existing difficulty in.
Ethiopia land policy and administration assessment xiii governments from pursuing land redistribution which on several occasions has stripped farmers of rights or reduced landholdings. Flag and emblem proclamation 161996 resources ethiopia. Expropriation, valuation and payment of compensation is one component of land administration. Workshop 8th aquaculture platform discusses fish sector challenges 7th spices, aromatic and herbs platform takes place head office,wollo sefer, diredawa bldg. It further examines alternative policy, legislative, institutional and implementation mechanisms, and makes recommendations deduced from a thorough analysis of.
Lease hold title deed will be conferred on a person to whom urban land is permitted. As a one component the government should establish and strengthen an institution responsible for this component. Land lease policy in addis ababa l and lease policy in addis ababa 6 walled sett lements that allow dwellers to reap economies of agglomeration created the need to defi ne property rights over tracts of land and the structures on them. Whereas, land expropriation has become necessary to address the steadily growing urban. General features of lease agreements any lease agreement shall, among other things, contain. It is the crucial source of generating livelihood income for society. For those holding which is given under the exsystem. The sport facilities administration proclamation may not be as controversial as the new urban land lease proclamation. Jan 11, 2012 download urban land lease proclamations no. It establishes a descentbased regime for attribution of citizenship at birth, removing gender discrimination in in relation to transmission of citizenship to children and spouses, and providing for. The newly ratified law will allow the government to expropriate land from owners for a public purpose through the adequate payment of compensation for evacuated people. Any leasehold possessor may transfer, or undertake a surety on, his right of leasehold.
A proclamation to provide for lease holding of urban lands whereas, it is provided by article 40 of the constitution of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia that land is the property of the state and the peoples of ethiopia and that its use shall be subject to specific regulation by law. Critical analysis of ethiopian urban land lease policy reform. The land holders are demanded as per the lease proclamation to convert the permit system to lease holding to their first convenience. Urban land lease holding law and exclusion of the poor. The problem with the proclamation is that it doesnt provide any. Therefore, the federal democratic republic government of ethiopia has introduced in major cities lease holding land tenure system by urban land lease proclamation no. The study also aims to establish facts whether the realization of the law had achieved the intended purposes. The writer is a lecturer at the institute of land administration, bahir dar university the new land lease proclamation. Their sovereignty shall be expressed through their representatives elected in accordance with this constitution and through their direct democratic participation. Reciprocity with respect to enforcement of foreign judgments in ethiopia. A duration lease holding according to the urban lands lease holding proclamation no. Scope of application 1 this proclamation shall be applicable to an urban land held by the permit system, or by leasehold system, or by other means prior thereto, as well as to. The important sections of the different acts and proclamations have been abstracted to show how. Ownership, equity, and liberty in land use rights fig working week 2012 knowing to manage the territory, protect the environment, evaluate the cultural heritage rome, italy, 610 may 2012 land owned by the government was distributed to different people on.
This regulation is issued by the council of ministers pursuant to article 5 of the definition of powers and duties of the executive organs of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia proclamation no. This proclamation may be cited as the federal democratic republic of ethiopia rural land administration and land use proclamation no. Even with the certificates, land users may lose rights to use land under certain circumstances. In case of urban land clearance the addis ababa city urban land clearance matter appeal commission shall operate in accordance with the urban lands lease holding proclamation no. Pdf constitutionality of the ethiopian urban land lease. Addis abeba ethiopian lawmakers have approved on wednesday a revised expropriation and compensation bill. Pdf land expropriation and compensation payment in ethiopia. A new land policy enacted in the tigray regional state in 1997 4, and subsequently revised three times, prohibited further redistribution, except in few cases, as indicated below. According to this article, every citizen has t he r ight to acquire and use the land, but. The problem of land reform in ethiopia has hampered that countrys economic development throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. This proclamation shall be applicable to all urban centers with in ethiopia with regard to urban land. References summary land is a vital resource and a driver of economic growth and development.
Pdf land expropriation and compensation payment in. This constitution is an expression of their sovereignty. Ethiopian urban land lease proclamation pdf head whois. Pdf proclamationno7212011urbanlandleaseproclamation. In view of that, the impact of the latest functional urban land lease law on business sector development and. Land lease proclamation, urban redevt adversely on.
In ethiopia, land is the main economic, political, social and cultural asset. Constitutionality of the ethiopian urban land lease system. Ethiopian lease proclamation, land lease, new urban lease. The new prices will be used as a benchmark for plots that are going to be auctioned by the city government or transferred under the new urban lands lease holding proclamation. Scope of application 1 this proclamation shall be applicable to an urban land held by the permit system, or by lease hold system, or by other means prior thereto, as well as to. The new prices range from 1,686 birr per square meter designated as central market places to 191 birr that are grouped as expansion places in the city. Thus, complying with the demand of the new law which puts their land holding under the lease system. It establishes a descentbased regime for attribution of citizenship at birth, removing gender discrimination in in relation to transmission of citizenship to children and spouses, and providing for a presumption in favour of abandoned infants found in ethiopia. The role of donors in combatting corruption in land administration in ethiopia 3. A study on the impact of the current land lease law on. There is no problem with limiting land use rights through lease periods.
Thank you for posting the copy of the new land lease proclamation loading. Land laws currently in force also do not sufficiently protect rights of rural land users. The jurisdictions of the addis ababa city courts fikadu and. The question is therefore to what extent the policy addressed the following issues and what has the ethiopian urban land lease policy lacked as compared to some other countries. Ownership, equity, and liberty in land use rights fig working week 2012 knowing to manage the territory, protect the environment, evaluate the cultural heritage rome, italy, 610 may 2012 land owned by the government was distributed to different people on the condition of serving the state at different levels. Reenactment of urban lands lease holding proclamation no. Land lease policy in addis ababa l and lease policy in addis ababa 7 the urban land management system and identifying issues and problems underlying the gap between supply and demand. Consulate general of the federal democratic republic ethiopia. Ethiopias urban land lease 3 holding proclamation no. Pdf urban land acquisition and social justice in ethiopia.
Minimum price of urban land will be determined by auction. This law is problematic for at least three reasons. Land laws and proclamations in tanzania and ethiopia. The house of peoples representatives has passed a new urban lease holding proclamation in october 2011 that is termed as proclamation 7212011. The 1997 and subsequent laws also formalized landlease practices. Th e limited space within a walled city created scarcity of land the prerequisite for. List of proclamations and regulations enacted in the period. Land lease proclamation, implementation bottlenecks on investment access to finance for small, medium enterprises still on challengs.
Where as in the present government land is publicly owned and a new urban land lease policy has been designed since 1993 in line with a marketoriented economy. This document is a compilation of land laws and proclamations in tanzania and ethiopia that are in use by land administrations. Besides, the fdre constitution, fdre expropriation proclamation 4552005, and the ethiopian civil code are. Today the new lease holding proclamation has become a burning agendum of. Leasehold title deed will be conferred on a person to whom urban land is permitted. Land rights and land grabbing in oromia, ethiopia sciencedirect. Urban land lease policy of ethiopia case study on addis. The sport facilities administration proclamation no. Ethiopian lease proclamation archives ethiopian legal brief. The current governing land legislations in ethiopia are mainly the fdre rural land administration and use rlaup 4562005 and the urban land lease proclamation 7112011, which are in place to govern rural and urban land respectively.
Policy impacts on housing sector lunds tekniska hogskola. Government under the constitution of federal democratic republic of ethiopia to enact laws regarding land use. Ethiopian legal information portal find laws, cases, legal. The provisions of this proclamation that are referring to masculine gender shall also apply to feminine gender. Urban land lease policy of ethiopia case study on addis ababa. The state ownership of land in contemporary ethiopia is far from ideal since it restricts the different land rights of use, rent, lease, endowment, and inheritance for different reasons. The 2003 proclamation repeals and replaces the nationality law of 1930. The ethiopian constitution of 1995 restricts the legislative power of the regional states on the utilisation of land and other natural resources and it excludes a right of economic selfdetermination of ethnic groups. Land lease policy in addis ababa ethiopian, chamber. City urban land clearance matter appeal commission.