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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]
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.
At least fourteen executions were carried out in 2016, [6] and the rate of executions rose to 24 in 2017, which human rights groups mainly attributed to military courts and the insurgent jihadist group al-Shabaab. The European Union requested that Somalia enact a moratorium on the death penalty as a result. [7]
He founded Research Initiatives, Bangladesh in 2002. [7] from 2002 to 2009, he served in the Netherlands Development Assistance Research Council ( RAWOO) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands). [7] He is a director of Legal Action Worldwide. [7] In 2008, he was appointed the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in ...
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2021). "Section 6. Discrimination and Societal Abuses". 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Somalia (Report). United States Department of State. Afdhere Jama (n.d.) "Soulmates: The Price of Being Gay in Somalia" Afrol News. (Archived).
Human rights abuses in Somalia (5 C, 3 P) A. Somalian human rights activists (2 C, 6 P) W. Women's rights in Somalia (3 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Human rights in ...
The Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Dastuurka Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya) is the supreme law of Somalia. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the Federal Republic and source of legal authority. It sets out the rights and duties of its citizens, and defines the structure of government.
In Somalia, freedom of speech and freedom of the media is guaranteed under the Somali Constitution established when the Federal Government was established in 2012. However, while there are swathes of blogs along with nearly 100 established media outlets, the culture of journalism has been violated with violence, arbitrary arrests, persecution ...