Towards a comprehensive prosecution service in Ethiopia

noting the new developments

Authors

  • Leake Mekonen Tesfay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54275/raesmpce.v9i2.122

Keywords:

Prosecution Service, Ethiopia, Comprehensive Prosecution Institution

Abstract

Although Ethiopia’s public prosecution is a recent development, continuous changes have been made since the first public prosecution department was established. While the prosecution service has been wavering between centralized prosecution department at times and specialized prosecution institutions in another, a new comprehensive prosecution department – the Federal Attorney General has been recently established in the federal government taking almost all prosecution powers to it. This article briefly reviews the historical development of the prosecution department, the ups and downs between centralized and specialized prosecution institutions and the new developments related to the establishment of the Federal Attorney General as a comprehensive prosecution institution.

Author Biography

Leake Mekonen Tesfay

Judge at the Federal First Instance Court of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa - Ethiopia; LL.B, (Hawassa University, Hawassa – Ethiopia, 2009) LL.M in Comparative Public Law and Good Governance (Ethiopian Civil Service University, Addis Ababa – Ethiopia, 2014); Former Public Prosecutor in the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (December 2009 - June 2016);

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Published

2017-12-05

How to Cite

Tesfay, L. M. (2017). Towards a comprehensive prosecution service in Ethiopia: noting the new developments. ACADEMIC JOURNAL OF THE SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION, 9(2), 237–261. https://doi.org/10.54275/raesmpce.v9i2.122

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Artigos Internacionais