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🇪🇹 Ethiopia · constitutional court

House of the Federation

Reviewed· 2026-08-03Addis Ababa

Constitutional interpretation is vested in this legislative chamber rather than a court, advised by the Council of Constitutional Inquiry. This is the defining structural feature of Ethiopian constitutional law and a genuine outlier on the continent.

How the court is constituted

Tier
constitutional
Court type
Non-judicial constitutional interpreter
Jurisdiction
Federal
Seat
Addis Ababa
Established
1995
Composition
Representatives of the nations, nationalities and peoples
Languages
Amharic

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