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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify CRC and ensure from the beginning that all measures to be adopted for children incorporate its provisions.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 38) A major milestone is that Somalia has ratified the CRC and that MWHR is working on implementing this treaty.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
- Sexual violence
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:ASProject recommended reviewing the National Action Plan on Sexual Violence and ensure that it is gender-inclusive and integrates protection and response initiatives for men, boys and LGBTI+ persons in addition to women and girls. [Para 11]
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:IAPD recommended to allocate more seats for women in Parliament and the various decision-making positions in the country, and ensure its implementation; and promote the institutional efforts to support women's political participation in Somalia, through social media platforms and the media. [Para 63]
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:NamibiaNamibiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the CEDAW.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:LithuaniaLithuaniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the CEDAW ....
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:FijiFijiRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure that women, children, persons with disabilities, minority groups, and local communities are meaningfully engaged in the development and implementation of climate change and disaster risk reduction frameworks.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:EswatiniEswatiniRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen its laws on enabling women and girls to have access to education, health and social welfare.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:FinlandFinlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Early marriage
- Forced marriage
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt legislation prohibiting all forms of violence against women and girls in line with international law and to take concrete measures to end female genital mutilation, child, early and forced marriage, and all other forms of sexual and gender-based violence.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:NorwayNorwayRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Pass legislation that prohibits all forms of violence against women and girls with effective protection measures including support and treatment for survivors of SGBV, and abolish all forms of FGM in law and practice.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Protect women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence, including by adopting the Sexual Offences Bill submitted to Parliament in 2020, amending the penal code to ban female genital mutilation, and bringing legislation into conformity with article 15(4) of the provisional Constitution.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:AustriaAustriaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Sign and ratify the CEDAW.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 11) Somalia has intensified its engagement and cooperation with international human rights treaty bodies and mechanisms since the last UPR cycle. The MoWHRD has led consultations with diverse groups of stakeholders on the path to ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This consultation focused on familiarizing the stakeholders with this core human rights convention and Somalia’s respective rights and obligations therein. Moreover, in 2017 the Minister of Women and Human Rights Development held consultations with the CEDAW Chairperson in New York, in the margins of the UN General Assembly, to discuss Somalia’s potential ratification as well as broad-based advocacy efforts to ensure the public understands the need for Somalia to ratify this core human rights convention. Correspondingly, the MoWHRD has led a CEDAW benchmarking study tour in 2019 to Egypt for the purposes of understanding, from a comparative perspective, other countries’ experiences with the ratification processes to inform Somalia’s own ratification process.
UN Compilation:
Para 2) … Somalia has not ratified the CEDAW …
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:N/AContents:Somalia signed the CRC in May 2002 … [Para 41] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UgandaUgandaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Fast-track the process to sign and ratify international treaties related to the CEDAW.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 11) Somalia has intensified its engagement and cooperation with international human rights treaty bodies and mechanisms since the last UPR cycle. The MoWHRD has led consultations with diverse groups of stakeholders on the path to ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). This consultation focused on familiarizing the stakeholders with this core human rights convention and Somalia’s respective rights and obligations therein. Moreover, in 2017 the Minister of Women and Human Rights Development held consultations with the CEDAW Chairperson in New York, in the margins of the UN General Assembly, to discuss Somalia’s potential ratification as well as broad-based advocacy efforts to ensure the public understands the need for Somalia to ratify this core human rights convention. Correspondingly, the MoWHRD has led a CEDAW benchmarking study tour in 2019 to Egypt for the purposes of understanding, from a comparative perspective, other countries’ experiences with the ratification processes to inform Somalia’s own ratification process.
UN Compilation:
Para 2) … Somalia has not ratified the CEDAW …
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"KARMA stated that rape continued to be used as a tool of war in Somalia. The number of rapes inflicted by police has decreased, but the use of rape by armed groups to punish and intimidate rivals persisted. These incidences are rarely prosecuted. Victims of rape have no recourse. It recommended that Somalia prosecute rape as a crime of war in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008). [Para 21]" -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:LuxembourgLuxembourgRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Improve access to justice for victims of sexual violence, particularly in rural areas.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 54) UNSOM and OHCHR observed that the Somali legal system addressing sexual violence comprised sharia law, xeer and the formal justice system, although most cases were dealt with under xeer and sharia law. As currently practised, those systems often resulted in further victimization of women and girls, with no justice for survivors, and impunity for perpetrators
Para 57) UNHCR stated that reported incidents indicated that intimate partner violence and domestic violence, sexual abuse, child marriage, female genital mutilation and rape featured among the most common forms of sexual and gender-based violence. Women, girls, older persons, child- and female-headed households, people with disabilities, marginalized clans and internally displaced persons were the most affected. Given the lack of access to justice, the fear of retaliation, stigmatization and discrimination and the culture of impunity, most cases of sexual and gender-based violence went unreported.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Sign and ratify the CRPD.ExplanationNoted. Somalia aims to prioritise which international instruments to become party to and which instruments not to become party to due to capacity constraints and/or incompatibility with current policies.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 10) Following extensive consultations and advocacy for the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the FGS signed the convention on 2 October 2018 and ratified it on 6 August 2019.
UN Compilation:
Para 2) Somalia ratified the CRPD on 6 August 2019.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 3) JS7 positively noted that, in … 2018 Somalia ratified …the CRPD.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Give high priority to the drafting and implementation of a new Penal Code and a new Penal Procedural Code which would include provisions to prohibit discrimination against women, minorities and displaced persons in all its forms; provisions to facilitate access to justice for all citizens; and which excludes the death penalty.ExplanationThis recommendation mostly enjoys support from Somalia. [However, abolishing the death penalty cannot be endorsed by Somalia.] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:... Muslims for Progressive Values also recommended that Somalia ratify ... OP-CEDAW. [Para 2] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS1 indicated that minorities faced additional barriers in accessing justice, as customary law processes were dominated by (male) elders from majority clans. Minority women who reported violence were unable to access justice as their clan elders were not seen as equals of majority clan elders nor did they have any locus to exact compensation (as they did not bear arms). Minority women who preferred to use the formal justice system often found that the alleged perpetrator succeeded in getting the case moved to the customary law system where the minority women's relatives had very low negotiating power, which resulted in the case being dropped and/or no compensation paid. [Para 85] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:NeglectedContents:The independent expert stated that women victims of sexual and gender-based violence had no functioning judicial system to which they could turn. [Para 42; The independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:BelgiumBelgiumRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Take all legal measures available to prohibit FGM and ensure effective implementation, particularly in terms of prevention, awareness-raising, monitoring and sanctionsImplementationNational Report:
Para 77) Regarding FGM prevention, the evaluation of the TOSTAN Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) intervention has been completed and lessons learned have been shared with all stakeholders. Also technical assistance was provided on reproductive health issues, while establishing reproductive health units with working groups and FGM task forces have been activated at regional level.
Para 86) The MWHR has been active and vocal to ensure affirmative action measures for women and girls (among other vulnerable groups). Many of these measures are adopted or are in the process of adoption by the government. The taken affirmative action measures include the following:
- National FGM task force operationalised, lead by the MoWHRD ...
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Costa RicaCosta RicaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify CRC and CEDAW.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 38) A major milestone is that Somalia has ratified the CRC and that MWHR is working on implementing this treaty.
Para 39. The FGS is preparing to sign and ratify a number of international treaties such as: CEDAW ...
Para 40) ... The government is preparing to sign the two optional protocols to the CRC in the near future, one relating to the involvement of children in armed conflict and the other on the sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography.
Para 86) The MWHR has been active and vocal to ensure affirmative action measures for women and girls (among other vulnerable groups). Many of these measures are adopted or are in the process of adoption by the government. The taken affirmative action measures include the following:
- Technical committee to prepare CEDAW ratification set up.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recommended that the Government of Somalia ratify the CEDAW … [Para 4]
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS9 called on the Federal Government to pass an updated and comprehensive law addressing sexual and gender-based violence that is survivor-centric, human rights based, and in line with international laws and standards. [Para 7]
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Prosecute rape as a crime of war in accordance with Security Council resolutions 1325 (2005) and 1820 (2008)ImplementationNational Report:
Para 16) Other legislation that must be enacted in 2016 include:
- Sexual Offences Bill;
Para 25) The courts in Somalia have delivered a number of significant judgments that have directly invoked both constitutional provisions and other national laws, to uphold different rights including economic and social rights. Among these are ... judgments relating to sexual violence against women and children have been passed on. The government has been vocal about the passing of these judgements to make citizens aware that impunity will not be tolerated.
Para 36) The MWHR has engaged in dialogue with AMISOM aimed at taking special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse of Somali women and girls. The ministry has proposed to AMISOM to set up a task force consisting of AMISOM and government officials that will work together in cases of alleged human rights violations to come up with appropriate and timely responses to such incidents. AMISOM and the MWHR have agreed to cooperate and share knowledge regarding civilian casualty tracking to better enable accountability and prevent impunity.
Para 86) The MWHR has been active and vocal to ensure affirmative action measures for women and girls (among other vulnerable groups). Many of these measures are adopted or are in the process of adoption by the government. The taken affirmative action measures include the following:
- Legislation drafting of an Action Plan on ending Sexual / Gender-based Violence;
- Attorney General office established special unit on Sexual violence;
UN Compilation:
Para 34) The Secretary-General stated that sexual violence continued to be reported in 2015 at about the same rate as in 2014. He noted that a sexual offences bill, aimed at criminalizing rape and other sexual offences, was pending parliamentary consideration.
Para 35) The Secretary-General and UN-Somalia stated that the Federal Government of Somalia had developed a national action plan to end sexual violence in conflict in May 2014. UN-Somalia noted, however, that the implementation of the action plan had been challenged by a political crisis and a government reshuffle, the limited capacity of the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development to deliver and to engage the regions, and the very limited resources allocated to support the implementation.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 30) Concerning recommendation 98.80 and 98.111, HRW noted that, in 2014, the Government had pledged to tackle the alarming levels of sexual violence by endorsing an action plan, the implementation of which had been slow and the protection of the most vulnerable communities non-existent.