Justice Ministry seeks 9.5 billion Birr for five-year legal reforms in Ethiopia
via The Reporter Ethiopia8 hours ago6 min read
Ethiopia's Ministry of Justice requires 9.5 billion Birr to implement a five-year legal system overhaul, with 1 billion Birr expected from non-government sources. The reforms aim to address issues such as a lack of clarity, accountability, and professionalism in the legal system, corruption, low public perception of the law, inadequate crime prevention, and limited international collaboration. The Ministry's document highlights that armed conflicts have hindered past reform efforts. Officials anticipate challenges including unpredictable geopolitics, narratives eroding national unity, rising organized crime and terrorism, security instability, and a lack of accountability in fighting corruption. Economic hurdles include growing unemployment driving crime, the absence of strong legal mechanisms for sophisticated economic crimes, reduced donor funding, and inflation impacting court and prosecutorial budgets. Social challenges encompass human trafficking, expanding drug and crime networks, declining reliance on discourse, diminishing service provision amid population growth, and decreasing public trust in the justice system. The plan also seeks to increase the number of attorneys per 100,000 civilians from 5.4 to 7.5 and more than double penitentiary revenue to 400 million Birr annually by 2030, alongside improving social media engagement to boost public awareness and perception of the legal system.
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