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Human rights are guaranteed in the Federal Constitution, which was adopted in August 2012. They fall under the Ministry of Human Rights established in August 2013. [1] The central authorities concurrently inaugurated a National Human Rights Day, endorsed an official Human Rights Roadmap, [2] and completed Somalia's first National Gender Policy. [3]
Despite this, Somalia and neighbouring Ethiopia has one of the lowest HIV infection rates on the continent. While the estimated HIV prevalence rate in Somalia in 1987 (the first case report year) was one percent of adults, [24] a more recent estimate from 2007 now places it at only 0.5 percent of the nation's adult population. [25]
A constitutional crisis developed in Somalia when the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, changed the Constitution of Somalia on April 30, 2024. The change was strongly opposed by the President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, and as a direct result, Puntland withdrew its recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia and declared itself an independent state based on Article 4 of the ...
Monitoring and helping to investigate and prevent human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, including those committed against children and women. Originally established for an initial period of twelve months, [ 14 ] the Mission's mandate was renewed by successive Security Council resolutions until 31 October 2024.
6 February — 2024 Mogadishu market bombing - Ten people are killed and 20 others are injured following explosions in the Bakaara Market, Mogadishu believed to be perpetrated by Al-Shabab, who reportedly planted explosive devices underground. [5] 7 February — A suicide bombing in Afgooye kills three people and injures ten others. [6]
Isha Lanla Dyfan (born 1955) is a Sierra Leonean lawyer who became the United Nation's Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia in 2020. She has previously worked for the United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur and Amnesty International.
The Ministry of Human Rights is a ministry responsible for monitoring human rights, and in particular women's rights in Somalia. The current Minister of Human Rights is Deeqa Yasin . [ 1 ]
Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. [15] Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, [16] [17] [18] of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of its residents are ethnic Somalis and the official languages of the country are Somali and Arabic, though the former is the primary ...