Eritrea · Legislation
Legislation and primary sources
Where to find the authoritative text of the law in Eritrea, and how to confirm it is still in force.
Sources of law, ranked
- Proclamations
- Issued by the President and the executive; the operative form of legislation.
- Transitional codes 2015
- Civil, Penal, Civil Procedure and Criminal Procedure Codes replacing the inherited Ethiopian codes.
- Customary law
- Highland village codes and other custom, significant in land tenure and family matters.
- Islamic law
- Applied in personal status for Muslim communities.
- Constitution 1997
- Ratified but never implemented; not an operative source.
The legislative process
There is no functioning parliamentary process. Law is made by proclamation issued through the executive and published in the Gazette of Eritrean Laws. Because the National Assembly has not sat for more than two decades, the ordinary description of a legislative procedure would be inapplicable.
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