PEOPLES’ RIGHT TO SATISFACTORY ENVIRONMENT (ARTICLE 24) Constitutional Guarantee Ethiopia is one of the few countries that provides for environmental rights in the constitution. The FDRE constitution in Article 43 and 44 (1) notes that all persons have the right to a clean and healthy environment. It also states that all persons who have been displaced or whose livelihoods have been adversely affected as a result of state programs have the right to commensurate monetary or alternative means of compensation, including relocation with adequate state assistance. Policy Measures The following policies and strategies may be mentioned in this regard: Environmental Policy 1997)  Green economy strategy (2010) Legislative Measures Among the different legislations issued by the government in this regard are:  Environmental Impact Assessment Proclamation 299/2002  Pollution Control Proclamation No.300/2002  Dry Waste Management Proclamation No. 513/2006  Criminal code , Proclamation No. 414/2005  Environmental Protection Organs Establishment Proclamation 295/2002  Public Health proclamation No. 200/2000  Bio-Protection Proclamation No 655/2009 Institutional Measures Various institutions have been established with responsibilities for protection, control and monitoring of the environment at Federal and Regional State levels. The Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Environmental Protection Authority are primarily mandated to draw up and implement policies, strategies, laws and standards, aimed at making social and economic development sustainable and follow-up implementation. There is also an Environmental Council, which monitors the Authority‟s report, and evaluates and provides pertinent advice and comment on 122