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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]
[42] In January 1990, the Africa Watch Committee, a branch of Human Rights Watch organizational released an extensive report titled "Somalia A Government At War with Its Own People" composing of 268 pages, the report highlights the widespread violations of basic human rights in the northern regions of Somalia. The report includes testimonies ...
The testimony of Aryeh Neier, the co-founder of Human Rights Watch, confirms the large-scale nature of government attacks against civilians: In an attempt to dislodge the SNM, the government is using artillery and air bombardment, especially Hargeisa and Buroa, on a daily basis, aiming particularly at civilian population targets.
Amnesty International would describe the UN's internal investigatory mechanisms for dealing with human rights violations by its troops in Somalia as highly inadequate and inconsistent with the UN's own standards. [148] In the vast majority of incidents, no UN forces were ever reprimanded or punished. [151]
The Isaaq genocide (Somali: Xasuuqii beesha Isaaq; Arabic: الإبادة الجماعية لقبيلة إسحاق), [7] [8] also known as the Hargeisa Holocaust, [8] [9] [10] was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide of Isaaq civilians between 1987 and 1989 by the Somali Democratic Republic, under the dictatorship of Siad Barre, during the Somaliland War of Independence.
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January 31, 2009 C.E. – ongoing War in Somalia; Situation in Somalia in February 2009, following the Ethiopian withdrawal. February 22, 2009 C.E. African Union base bombings in Mogadishu; February 24, 2009 C.E. – February 25, 2009 C.E. Battle of South Mogadishu; May 7, 2009 C.E. – October 1, 2009 C.E. Battle of Mogadishu
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. [5]