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State Under Review:Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure the effective implementation of the Family Protection Act of 2014.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 23) Reform of the Penal Code with provisions to criminalize all forms of sexual violence under the Penal Code (Amendment) (Sexual Offences) Act 2016 is in place. Reforms on the other sections of the Penal Code is a work in progress.
Para 53) The Penal Code (Amendment) (Sexual Offences) Act 2016 is in compliance with the spirit and purpose of CEDAW. These covers matters relating to the definition of consent and strengthening the provisions for “Rape”.
Para 56) Protecting the rights of women and girls is advocated by the Women’s Development Division and the Government ministries annually through, the Sixteen days of Women activism, International Women’s Day, Campaign against Gender Based Violence, and the International Day of Rural Women. The Family Protection Act 2014 awareness are shared with the communities, on the importance to safeguard families for a better and peaceful home, awareness is also done in the Public service through the Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM).
Para 63) Solomon Islands has in place a Family Protection Act (FPA) 2014, which provides greater protection and access to justice for families, girls, women and children, persons with disabilities and victims of gender violence. The Act criminalizes domestic violence, protection and support mechanism for gender violence survivors. There is also a Child and Family Welfare Act (2017) that seeks to address the welfare and protection of children. The Act empowers the courts, Police, Social welfare and health care professionals to assist the victims.
Para 64) Solomon Islands established a National SAFENET referral network in 2013. The SAFENET referral assists victims to obtain access to justice, health, legal and related support services. SAFENET has progressively strengthened with the training of police officers, of which some 650 were trained from 2016 to 2017. SAFENET has been equipped with operating procedures, and guidelines.
Para 65) SAFENET in partnership with UN Women is now established in four of the nine provinces in the country as of 2018. The provinces are Western, Makira, Temotu and Isabel. SAFENET is currently being monitored by Solomon Islands Ministry of Women Youth, Children and Family Affairs in coordination with UN Women.
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Para 38) The United Nations country team noted that prevalence rates of gender-based violence in Solomon Islands were almost twice the global average. It also noted that, since measures for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 had limited movement and encouraged home isolation, the number of women seeking domestic violence support services had increased.
Para 46) CRC expressed serious concerns about: the reportedly high level of abuse of children, including domestic violence and sexual abuse, and the reported sexual exploitation of girls in the logging and tourism industry; inadequate resources to enforce the laws designated to protect children from all forms of abuse; inadequate structures in place to support child victims of violence and abuse, such as shelters, counselling, rehabilitation and reintegration procedures for child victims of crimes, or special procedures for child witnesses involved in court proceedings; and the shortage of specialized personnel in the Social Welfare Division.
Para 54) The United Nations country team noted that women with disabilities experienced higher levels of violence …
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Para 23) JS4 noted that prevalence rates of family sexual violence in the Solomon Islands, including physical and sexual abuse were one of the highest in the world, reported at approximately 64 per cent in 2018.
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State Under Review:Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider ratifying the ICCPR.ExplanationSolomon Islands will continue efforts in addressing all its overdue human rights reporting within next 10 years before acceding/ratifying any additional international human rights instruments -
State Under Review:Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:PanamaPanamaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the CRPD.ExplanationSolomon Islands will commit to ratification.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 9) Solomon Islands has in place a 2017 draft National Policy on Disability. It is the intention of Solomon Islands to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (CRPD) as soon as a cost-benefit analysis and assessment is made in relations to Solomon Islands capability and affordability to honour the obligations of the Convention.
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State Under Review:Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:IsraelIsraelRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Adopt measures to ensure full enjoyment of rights and equality to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, both in terms of legislation as well as on policies and practices.ExplanationNoted.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 15) The United Nations country team noted that sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex remained criminalized and was punishable by up to 14 years of imprisonment under the Penal Code.
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Para 12) Joint Submission 1 (JS1) noted that there were currently no laws prohibiting discrimination against a person based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. It also noted that consensual sex between same-gender partners was criminalized.
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State Under Review:Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:ICAAD stated that, in the broader social context, women continued to live with the effects of a period of internal unrest between 1998 and 2003 known as "the tensions." Rape was reportedly frequently used by militants and policemen to extract information from women and girls about the whereabouts of family or community members. [Para 11] -
State Under Review:Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:United StatesUnited StatesRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Pass a law to criminalize all forms of human trafficking and ratify the Palermo Protocol, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. -
State Under Review:Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS1-DSE referred to data on the completion of educational levels, which indicated that in 2009 about 56 percent of the population 15 years and older had only a primary level education and 21 percent of males and 16 percent of females had secondary education. Only 6 percent of males and 3 percent of females aged 15 and older had a tertiary level education. Eleven per cent of males and 21 percent of females had never been to school or only attended preschool. [Para 35] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify … the CEDAW ....
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:AzerbaijanAzerbaijanRegional groupEEGPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to ratify the CEDAW.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:EswatiniEswatiniRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol).
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:SerbiaSerbiaRegional groupEEGIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Invest additional efforts to improve the position of women, especially with regard to their participation in the public life of the country at the level of decision-making functions.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Establish an institutional framework and legal mechanisms dedicated to combating female genital mutilation and sexual offences.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:LesothoLesothoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Beef up measures to end all forms of sexual violence, especially conflict related violence.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UgandaUgandaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to strengthen frameworks to prevent sexual violence and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Burkina FasoBurkina FasoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Take legal steps to prevent child marriage.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:MontenegroMontenegroRegional groupEEGIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents: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.
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Para 2) … Somalia has not ratified the CEDAW …
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:CyprusCyprusRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupEUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Take all appropriate action in order to combat all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 22) … the current Somalia Penal Code stipulates that cases governed by more than one criminal legislation, that the special legislation supersedes the general one, and that the Penal Code shall nevertheless apply to cases governed by other special legislation, unless the latter specifies otherwise. Therefore, the draft laws developed by the MoWHRD, such as Sexual Offences Bill, .. …, will provide significant (additional) legal protection as special legislation taking precedence over the articles of the Somali Penal Code.
Para 23) In 2017, the Somali Office of the Attorney General (AG) established a Sexual and Gender-Based Violence unit, with trained special prosecutors, half of which are women. The AG’s office is working to expand the SGBV unit and build better case monitoring systems. Also, the AG’s office is combatting traditional settlements of criminal cases between police, perpetrators and victim’s family (often represented by elder). Considering the existing gaps between traditional justice mechanisms and the formal justice system, efforts have been made to raise awareness among traditional elders on women’s rights at the FGS and FMS level.
Para 24) To supplement the provisions of the new Penal Code, especially on sexual crimes, the MoWHRD has, following wide consultations with stakeholders, developed a Sexual Offenses Bill (SOB), which is intended to address sexual crimes, improve SGBV victims’ access to justice and ensure perpetrators do not enjoy impunity. Once the drafting of the new Penal Code is concluded, the MoWHRD will conduct the human rights review of the code. The draft of the new Penal Code is expected to be ready by 2022.
Para 34) Furthermore, the FGS has developed legislations to reinforce human rights protection. These include the draft legislation on Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Bill (FGM), Sexual Offences Bill, Child Rights Bill, Juvenile Justice Bill, Education Law, and the National Disability Rights Law, which will domesticate Somalia’s obligations under the international instruments it has ratified. In this context, the implementation of policies and legislations are delayed by the challenges that are inherent to Somalia being a country emerging from conflict with cross-cutting reform priorities that build on the promotion of an inclusive environment.
Para 42) The MoWHRD convened a consultative forum to review Somalia’s National Action Plan on Ending Sexual Violence. In 2017 the first meeting of the National Gender Based Violence Cluster Group for Somalia chaired by the FGS was held in Mogadishu. In addition, access to justice has increased through the use of legal aid providers and mobile courts which have benefitted SGBV survivors and to address impunity. The MoWHRD and MoJ advocated for the complete transfer of SGBV cases from the customary justice system to the formal justice system and commenced a capacity building programme for specialized sexual violence prosecutors throughout Somalia. Efforts to strengthen the provision of services to survivors of conflict related sexual violence included the establishment of the first forensic laboratory for analysis and evidence gathering in SGBV cases.
Para 43) The signing of a Joint Communique by the FGS and the UN on the commitment to end sexual violence in conflict demonstrates Somalia’s political will to the United Nation’s Security Council Resolution 1325. In this context, the MoWHRD has initiated the development of an implementation plan for the National Action Plan on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict. This is an overarching plan aimed to introduce measures to mitigate sexual violence in the conflict context of Somalia, with a special focus on vulnerable groups for sexual violence, such as internally displaced persons. The JPHR is one of the programmes that is taking forward the implementation of the National Action Plan to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Also, the MoWHRD, together with FMS and CSO stakeholders, have conducted a joint review of the National Action Plan in 2017.
Para 45) The outcome of the convention was the first-ever Somali Women’s Charter, which codifies the demands of the Somali women in areas such as the constitution, addressing sexual violence, access to justice, female genital mutilation and women’s political and governance participation at all levels of government. The Charter is ground-breaking is in its reach, scope, inclusivity and ambition. It called for sustained advocacy and engagement on the obstacles facing women noting that the issues raised by women in the forum needed to be anchored in laws including the constitution that is currently under review. Somalia first unveiled the Charter during the 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women held in New York in March 2019, highlighting the commitment of the Government to the implementation of the Charter. The Charter’s outcome continues to influence the campaign for the participation of women in public affairs including the current electoral process.
Para 53) The MoWHRD, in partnership with Somali universities and UNICEF, has established a Social Work degree programme in 2020 to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on children and their families in Somalia. The aim of this programme is to bolster government and CSO partners' capacity, through seconding advanced social work students, in their response to Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence related issues.
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Para 13) The Secretary-General stated that the sexual offences bill, which would ensure that rape was no longer classified as a “crime against morality”, had not yet been approved. Following consultations on the bill by Islamic religious scholars, provisions intended to criminalize child marriage had been removed.
Para 14) The Secretary-General commended the Government on its commitment to implement a new national action plan on ending sexual violence in conflict with the support of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the United Nations system.
Para 47) The Independent Expert noted that Somalia continued to have the lowest school enrolment rates in the world and a particularly weak education system. Inadequate investment and discrimination limited access to education for women, girls, internally displaced persons, refugees and persons with disabilities. Despite programmes to improve school management systems, the capacity of teachers and school feeding programmes to increase enrolment and retention of girls in schools, there continued to be a disparity in school attendance between boys and girls, due to the ongoing conflict situation, the lack of safety for girls, and harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation and early and/or forced marriage. Girls with disabilities, girls in farming and nomadic communities in rural and remote areas, pregnant girls and girls in camps for internally displaced persons and refugees faced compounded forms of discrimination.
Para 51) The Independent Expert noted that women continued to be subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, including conflict-related violence, female genital mutilation and early and forced marriage. Sexual and physical violence against women and girls was widespread, committed with near-total impunity.
Para 52) The Independent Expert reported that 76 per cent of documented acts of rape occurred inside camps for internally displaced persons and 14 per cent in host communities. About 76 per cent of the female population justified domestic violence.
Para 53) The Independent Expert noted that the United Nations had recorded hundreds of sexual violence incidents against women and girls, attributed to unidentified armed men, clan militiamen, Al-Shabaab elements and members of the Somali police and armed forces. In most instances, families and victims preferred to complain to the traditional courts, where damages could be awarded to the male family member of the victim or the perpetrator could be requested to marry the victim in accordance with xeer.
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. The National Action Plan on Ending Sexual Violence and Conflict provided a framework for tackling the issue of conflict-related sexual violence in Somalia. Puntland had promulgated the Puntland Sexual Offences Act of 2016 and the parliament of Somaliland had passed a sexual offences act in August 2018.
Para 56) The Independent Expert noted that harmful practices had continued unabated. Female genital mutilation, which 99 per cent of Somali girls and women aged 15–49 had undergone, continued to pose a risk to the health and well-being of those girls and women and constituted a violation of the rights of the child. The Independent Expert noted that the strategies implemented by the Somali authorities to overcome resistance by religious and traditional leaders who opposed the current age of marriage for girls appeared to be ineffective.
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.
Para 60) The same office stated that the responsibility for sexual violence, including rape, against 227 girls had been attributed to government security forces, including the Somali National Army (25) and the Somali Police Force (14), and to regional forces, mostly the Jubaland forces (16). Sexual violence against children was also attributed to Al-Shabaab (26) and clan militias (17).
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Para 16) JS6 observed that Somalia did not have a comprehensive legal framework that addressed the rights of women and children. The National Development Plan (2017-2019) proposed the development of a National Children's Policy and Act drawing on Somalia's international obligations. In accordance with this plan, in 2017-2019, the government launched a number of policies such as the ratification of the African Charter, the FGM Bill, the Disability Act, the Somali Sexual Offences Bill, the Child Rights Bill and the Juvenile Justice Bill. However, JS6 noted that, to date, many of these policies are drafts and not enacted or implemented by the State.
Para 17) JS4 noted that since nationality in Somalia was transferred through the patriarchal line, women’s equal citizenship and equality in the family was undermined, as well as that of their children.
Para 31) ASProject noted that, in Somalia, conflict-related sexual violence continued to be perpetrated between 2016-2020, during both inter-clan conflicts and military offensives. Whilst women and girls, particularly those who are internally displaced, remain disproportionately affected by sexual violence, cases against men and boys were also reported during this period. All parties to the conflict were responsible for conflict-related sexual violence, including the Somali National Army and Police Force, Al-Shabaab, Jubaland forces, and clan militias, amongst others. In areas under Al-Shabaab control, sexual violence is reportedly used as a strategy of social dominance and punishment.
Para 58) JS8 observed that, in addition to traditional barriers and hardships, Somali women have to contend with being victims of sexual and gender-based violence. Exacerbated by conflict, civil war and the rise of terrorist groups, Somalia became a very difficult place to be a woman and to survive.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:MaldivesMaldivesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Take concrete measures to reduce child and maternal mortality rates.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 44) The Independent Expert took note of the efforts made by the authorities and development partners to develop the health strategy 2018–2020, the mental health strategy 2019–2023, the first Somali road map for universal health care, and national guidelines on the integrated management of neonatal and childhood illnesses and midwifery. Nonetheless, some children and mothers were disproportionately exposed to avoidable and treatable diseases. High costs, distance to health facilities and the need to seek consent had represented obstacles to access to health care. Somalia continued to record the highest maternal mortality rate in the region, due to low levels of family planning, female genital mutilation, limited care provided by and involvement of skilled birth attendants and inadequate access to emergency obstetric care.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-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. -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Address widespread impunity - including for attacks against journalists, civil society and human rights defenders, women and LGBTI persons - by conducting timely and impartial investigations, investigating threats of violence, and prosecuting perpetrators.ExplanationNoted. Attacks against all persons in Somalia are addressed through the criminal justice process. Impunity cases in Somalia are incidental and not "wide spread"ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 51) The Independent Expert noted that women continued to be subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, including conflict-related violence, female genital mutilation and early and forced marriage. Sexual and physical violence against women and girls was widespread, committed with near-total impunity.
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:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:NeglectedContents:...SSWC stated that Somalia had one of the highest maternal mortality and morbidity rates in the world... [Para 54] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:HRW indicated that some soldiers deployed as part of AMISOM had sexually exploited and assaulted women and girls in their bases in Mogadishu. In some cases, women and girls had been offered humanitarian assistance, medicine and food in exchange for sex. Few women had filed complaints due to the fear of reprisals and the absence of effective and safe complaints mechanisms. AI noted that sexual and gender-based violence had also continued to be carried out by members of the Somali National Armed Forces (SNAF), armed opposition and militia groups.
"Somaliland" National Human Rights Commission (SLNHRC) stated that rape was the most predominant form of sexual gender based violence in "Somaliland". Victims of rape and domestic violence were reluctant to report any incident because they had low confidence in the justice system and they feared retaliation. The majority of these cases ended up in mediation and resulted in compensation rather than in court proceedings. Many parents made backdoor deals for compensation. Rape victims rarely obtained justice because mediations took place outside of the courts. [Paras 31, 32] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Forced marriage
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:According to the Independent Expert, armed militias and clan militias, as well as Al-Shabaab, were forcing girls into marriage. In "Somaliland", there were reports that, owing to a lack of legislation stipulating a minimum age for marriage, early forced marriages often occurred with the acquiescence of religious leaders. [Para 38] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"According to the independent expert, in all parts of Somalia there were no adequate detention facilities for women, who were thus extremely vulnerable to violence by fellow male detainees or male wardens. [Para 44]" -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:N/AContents:The civil war that has lasted for more than two decades has negatively impacted on
Somalia’s ability to meet its international and regional human rights treaty body reporting
obligations. However, Somalia has successfully managed to accelerate the submission of
overdue treaty body reports, demonstrating its commitment to upholding its international
human rights obligations. In this context, since 2015, Somalia has developed and submitted
three core human rights treaties’ State Party reports; ... (ii) The Convention on the Rights of the Child and; (iii) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) submitted in October 2020. For these processes, the MoWHRD conducted interviews and broad consultations throughout Somalia to gather the information and data used for these State Party reports. At the time of submitting the UPR’s third cycle national report, Somalia has only two overdue State Party reports, namely, ... ICESCR, which will be the next reports prioritised for submission by the Federal Government. [Para 9]