establishing systems for reducing road accident fatalities and coordinating the activities of all
concerned. The Secretariat of the Council has drafted a 10-year Road Security Action Plan, currently
under implementation.
The death of Citizens‟ from famine has also been reduced and progressively abolished through
developing the productivity of farmers, pastoralists and semi-pastoralists, through the successful
implementation of developmental safety-net programs, by raising the purchasing power of rural
society and by putting in place disaster prevention and early warning systems. The government put
in place appropriate mechanisms to facilitate the provision of food assistance to famine prone areas.
RIGHT TO HUMAN DIGNITY, LIBERTY, SECURITY AND PROHIBITION
OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN TREATMENT (Article 5 and Article 6)
Constitutional Guarantee
The FDRE Constitution under Articles 24 provides that “everyone has the right to respect for his
human dignity, reputation and honor.” In addition, Article 16 and 17 of the Constitution guarantee
all citizens the right of protection against bodily harm and deprivation of the right to liberty, except
on such grounds and in accordance with such procedures as are established by law. No one shall be
subjected to arbitrary arrest, and no person may be detained without a charge or conviction against
him.
Article 18 of the FDRE Constitution provides that everyone has the right of protection against
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and no one shall be held in slavery or
servitude or be subject to human trafficking. It goes further and declares that no one shall be
required to perform forced or compulsory labor with the exception of any work or service normally
required of a person who is under detention in consequence of a lawful order; or of a person during
conditional release from such detention. Other exceptions include case of conscientious objectors;
any service exacted in lieu of compulsory military service; any service exacted in cases of emergency
or calamity threatening the life or well-being of the community; or any economic and social
development activity voluntarily performed by a community within its locality. Under article 93 of
the constitution, it is stated that the right to security of the person and prohibition of inhuman
treatment may not be removed even during a state of emergency.
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