Refugees Proclamation No. 1110/2019. Country/Territory Ethiopia Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source 25th Year No.38 ADDIS ABABA 27th February, 2019. Subject Land & soil, General Keyword Access-to-justice Economic/social/cultural rights Equity Gender Human rights Social protection Youth Public health Intellectual property rights/patents Internal trade International trade Hazards Risk assessment/management Lease Ownership Property rights Transfer Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel Abstract This Proclamation has been enacted with the objective to improve, within available means, comprehensive protection and assistance to refugees. Provisions of this Proclamation are applicable to any person who: is a refuge apply for recognition or is a recognized refugee in Ethiopia; and has a right or is subjected to obligations arising from this Proclamation; or participates in the implementation of this Proclamation. Part 2 provides for general principles and criteria, these include refugee criteria, cancellation, revocation, cessation of refugee status, detention, expulsion, etc. The Refugee criteria under this Part states: is a refugee any person: a) owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion he is outside his country of nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling, to avail himself of the protection of that country; b) not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence, he is unable, or owing to a well founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, he is unwilling to return to it; or c) owing to external aggression, occupation, foreign domination or events seriously disturbing public order in either part or the whole of his country of origin or nationality, he is compelled to leave his place of habitual residence in order to seek refuge in another place outside his country of origin or nationality. Full text English/Amharic Website www.ilo.org