Some points about Declaration of State of emergency

Ethiopia has declared state of emergency a number of times. The Ethiopian constitution allows the declaration of state of emergency when man made or natural disasters occour.Currently,the Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency on Amhara region. The main feature of state of emergency is that some rights may be limited to enable the restoration of law and order.Under Ethiopian constitution some rights cannot be limited or violated even during state of emergency. Furthermore,some procedures previously followed to ensure due process of law may not be followed during state of emergency. This opens a hole for a potential violation of human rights if the implementation process of the state of emergency is not done with due care. That is why a board that follows up implementation of state of emergency is established every time a state of emergency is declared.