The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Article 24
- All people shall have the right to a general satisfactory environment favourable to their development.
Ethiopian Constitution, Article 44
- All persons have the right to a clean and healthy environment.
- All persons who have been displaced or whose livelihoods have been adversely affected as a result of State programmes have the right to commensurate monetary or alternative means of compensation, including relocation with adequate State assistance.