Policy Measures The Ethiopian government has also adopted the following policy measures which have bearing on guarantees and protection of the right to life. - The Criminal Justice Policy (2011):- This policy highlights the basic foundations of the criminal justice and accentuates the significance of pardon for those under death penalty. - The Health Policy: - This policy is the result of a critical examination of the nature, magnitude and root causes of the prevailing health problems of the country and awareness of newly emerging health issues. It underlines the preventive measures to be taken to advance the right of citizens to life. In light of this, it sets realistic goals and the means for attaining them based on the fundamental principles that health, constituting physical, mental and social well-being, is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of life and for optimal productivity.23 Legislative Measures The following legislations have been promulgated. - Proclamation to Provide for the Definition of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs of the FDRE (Proclamation No. 691/2010) - Criminal Code of the FDRE (2004) and the Criminal Procedure Code Proclamation - Anti-Terrorism Proclamation (ATP) No. 652/2009 - Procedure of Granting Pardon (Proclamation No 395/2004) - Labor Proclamation (Proclamation No. 377/2003) - Employment Exchange Services (Proclamation NO. 632/2009) These laws provide the framework for advancing the right to life, for instance the main objective of ATP as indicated in the preamble is to protect the right of citizens to live in peace, freedom and security has to be protected, at all times, from the threat of terrorism. The HPR promulgated the Anti-terrorism proclamation No. 652/2009 (herein after ATP) on the 28th August 2009. The ATP was enacted in line with the UN Security Council resolution 1624 which requested member states to enact domestic anti-terrorism laws to combat terrorism and to 23 Health Policy of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1993), Paragraph 5. 43