The prime motive of the writer to do a research on the rights of national minorities is thern. divergence of the Amhara National Regional State Constitution against the FederalrnDemocratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Constitution on some rights of nationalrnminorities. Moreover, the researcher wants to see the status of the Amhara Regionrngovernment activities against the guaranteed constitutional rights. of national minorities.rnBesides, the researcher, being watchfiil of the prevalent problems in the area, is enticedrnto make a comparative survey of the constitution of the Amhara National Regional Statern(ANRS) in relation to the rights of national minorities with that of the three neighbouringrnnational regional state constitutions (Benshangul-Gumuz, Oromia and Tigray).rnThe research tries to address three fill1damental issues on the rights of nationalrnminorities. In the first place, the constitutional guarantees in the FDRE, ANRS and thernthree national regional states neighbouring to the Amhara National Regional State arernassessed in the study. Secondarily, the perception of the national minorities covered inrnthe study and the three organs of the government (legislative, executive, and thernjudiciary) with regards to the respective constitution of the region and the application ofrnthe constitution on the rights of national minorities are scrutinized among others. Andrnfinally, the basic distinctions in crafting their constitutions to issues referring nationalrnminority rights and in implementing same among the regions covered in the study.rnIn addition to this the research gives some space to assess the histolY, legal and socialrnstatus ofNegede-Woyto and the Awura-Amba community in relation to the rights of equalrntreatment, non-discrimination, accommodation and participation in societal as well asrnpolitical activities. A qualitative approach of data analysis is made use of in the research.rnVarious laws (international, national and regional) and other related documents arernutilized as data source in addition to the interview and focus group discussion, thernrespondents being selected on pwposive basis. The researcher also uses his personalrnobservation as additional source of information.rnThe major findings the research comprises are; identifYing the contradiction betweenrnArt.39 (1) of FDRE Constitution and the common Art. 39(4) of national regional statesrnand thus restricts the rights of national minorities in exercising self-rule, representing atrnregional executive and the judiciwy as well as in issuing regulations and formulatingrnpolicies which could help them to strengthen their socio-economic and political activities.rnFurthermore, the three neighbouring national regional states covered in the study denayrnthe rights of those national minorities living in their respective regions and realizing thernignorance of the governments of regional states pertaining to the rights of nationalrnminorities and caste social groups .rn. Finally, the implication on the issue illustrates that the effort to build one economic andrnpolitical society could be hindered if those problems mentioned above are not correctedrnin the near future. And this in turn calls for a revision of const itutions and a closernmonitoring on the practices of the rights of national minorities not only in those regionalrnstates covered in the study but also in the other national regional states of Elhiopia.