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
Where an appeal goes next
Final
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