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. Ethiopias urban land lease 3 holding proclamation no. Establishment of the secretariat of the house of peoples representatives and of the house of the. 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. Land lease proclamation, urban redevt adversely on. This document is a compilation of land laws and proclamations in tanzania and ethiopia that are in use by land administrations. Today the new lease holding proclamation has become a burning agendum of. Experts agree that land is not put to good use in ethiopia. 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. As a one component the government should establish and strengthen an institution responsible for this component. Land laws and proclamations in tanzania and ethiopia. References summary land is a vital resource and a driver of economic growth and development. 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. Ethiopia land policy and administration assessment xiii governments from pursuing land redistribution which on several occasions has stripped farmers of rights or reduced landholdings.
Land rights and land grabbing in oromia, ethiopia sciencedirect. In ethiopia, land is the main economic, political, social and cultural asset. According to this article, every citizen has t he r ight to acquire and use the land, but. 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. General features of lease agreements any lease agreement shall, among other things, contain. This law is problematic for at least three reasons. Pdf proclamationno7212011urbanlandleaseproclamation. The first addresses the laws of tanzania, the second the ethiopian laws. Pdf constitutionality of the ethiopian urban land lease. Critical analysis of ethiopian urban land lease policy reform.
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. List of proclamations and regulations enacted in the period. Pdf land expropriation and compensation payment in ethiopia. It is the crucial source of generating livelihood income for society. The jurisdictions of the addis ababa city courts fikadu and. Expropriation, valuation and payment of compensation is one component of land administration. 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. The land holders are demanded as per the lease proclamation to convert the permit system to lease holding to their first convenience. Reenactment of urban lands lease holding proclamation no. Flag and emblem proclamation 161996 resources ethiopia. 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.
An interesting description regarding the incident is found on capital, one of the countrys top business newspapers. 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. It is pretty early to evaluate the policy at this stage but the existing difficulty in. The problem of land reform in ethiopia has hampered that countrys economic development throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. In view of that, the impact of the latest functional urban land lease law on business sector development and. Even with the certificates, land users may lose rights to use land under certain circumstances. In ethiopia, land is the common property of the state and the people, and, hence, is not subject to sale, exchange or mortgage. 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 provisions of this proclamation that are referring to masculine gender shall also apply to feminine gender. The role of donors in combatting corruption in land administration in ethiopia 3. Jan 11, 2012 download urban land lease proclamations no. Addis abeba ethiopian lawmakers have approved on wednesday a revised expropriation and compensation bill. 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. Reciprocity with respect to enforcement of foreign judgments in ethiopia. Land lease policy in addis ababa ethiopian, chamber. Ethiopian urban land lease proclamation pdf head whois. Besides, the fdre constitution, fdre expropriation proclamation 4552005, and the ethiopian civil code are.
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. Thus, complying with the demand of the new law which puts their land holding under the lease system. The sport facilities administration proclamation no. Under the constitution of ethiopia, article 403, land vested in the state and in the people of ethiopia. Th e limited space within a walled city created scarcity of land the prerequisite for. Land laws currently in force also do not sufficiently protect rights of rural land users. 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. A study on the impact of the current land lease law on.
Urban land lease holding law and exclusion of the poor. Their sovereignty shall be expressed through their representatives elected in accordance with this constitution and through their direct democratic participation. This proclamation shall be applicable to all urban centers with in ethiopia with regard to urban land. Ethiopian lease proclamation, land lease, new urban lease. The 1997 and subsequent laws also formalized landlease practices. Constitutionality of the ethiopian urban land lease system. Minimum price of urban land will be determined by auction. 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. Urban land lease policy of ethiopia case study on addis ababa. By prohibiting further land redistribution, the policy hopes to end further land fragmentation. 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.
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. For those holding which is given under the exsystem. 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. Pdf urban land acquisition and social justice in ethiopia. Leasehold title deed will be conferred on a person to whom urban land is permitted. It further examines alternative policy, legislative, institutional and implementation mechanisms, and makes recommendations deduced from a thorough analysis of. Urban land lease policy of ethiopia case study on addis. The problem with the proclamation is that it doesnt provide any. The house of peoples representatives has passed a new urban lease holding proclamation in october 2011 that is termed as proclamation 7212011. This proclamation may be cited as the federal democratic republic of ethiopia rural land administration and land use proclamation no. Policy impacts on housing sector lunds tekniska hogskola. Ethiopian lease proclamation archives ethiopian legal brief.
Thank you for posting the copy of the new land lease proclamation loading. The sport facilities administration proclamation may not be as controversial as the new urban land lease proclamation. 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. The important sections of the different acts and proclamations have been abstracted to show how. The way it is governed and administered therefore has a significant impact on a countrys future. Government under the constitution of federal democratic republic of ethiopia to enact laws regarding land use.
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. A duration lease holding according to the urban lands lease holding proclamation 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 a presumption in favour of abandoned infants found in ethiopia. Any leasehold possessor may transfer, or undertake a surety on, his right of leasehold. Workshop 8th aquaculture platform discusses fish sector challenges 7th spices, aromatic and herbs platform takes place head office,wollo sefer, diredawa bldg.
Pdf land expropriation and compensation payment in. The writer is a lecturer at the institute of land administration, bahir dar university the new land lease proclamation. Consulate general of the federal democratic republic ethiopia. Ethiopian legal information portal find laws, cases, legal. Whereas, land expropriation has become necessary to address the steadily growing urban. This constitution is an expression of their sovereignty. The study also aims to establish facts whether the realization of the law had achieved the intended purposes.
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