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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:PanamaPanamaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Implement the commitment made at the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development to pay special attention to the education of boys and girls and achieve gender parity at all levels of education.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:JapanJapanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Take further measures to promote and protect women’s rights, including abolishing in law and practice female genital mutilation.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:CubaCubaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Continue the efforts against sexual and gender-based violence through the strengthening of the role of the Unit created in the Attorney General's Office for this purpose and implement other relevant measures.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Investigate and prosecute all reported incidents of sexual violence and provide support and compensation for the victims.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt the 2018 Sexual Offences Bill urgently.
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State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:JapanJapanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Forced marriage
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Take specific measures to counter serious violations of the human rights of women, such as gender-based violence, inadequate after-care for victims of such crimes, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation.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 63) The MWHR has worked with several CSO on sexual violations cases and promoting human rights. The Ministry is also preparing a memoranda of understanding with CSO concerning human rights education and conducting research on relevant topics, such as human rights awareness raising in a federal context. The MWHR has supported a local CSO to establish a sexual violence crisis line, that victims of sexual abuse can anonymously call and get immediate advise and assistance.
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 ...
- Legislation drafting of an Action Plan on ending Sexual / Gender-based Violence;
- Three GBV centres and two safe houses operationalised in Benadir, providing GBV victims emergency treatment, psychosocial counselling and refer to legal aid;
- Rehabilitation of an Institute for Children and Vulnerable Women funded by the MWHR;
- 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. -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Forced marriage
- Marital rape
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Sexual violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt measures to prevent, penalize and eliminate all forms of violence against women, including stoning, rape, marital rape, sexual violence of all kinds in the framework of armed conflict, domestic violence, forced marriage and FGM.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 63) The MWHR has worked with several CSO on sexual violations cases and promoting human rights. The Ministry is also preparing a memoranda of understanding with CSO concerning human rights education and conducting research on relevant topics, such as human rights awareness raising in a federal context. The MWHR has supported a local CSO to establish a sexual violence crisis line, that victims of sexual abuse can anonymously call and get immediate advise and assistance.
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 ...
- Legislation drafting of an Action Plan on ending Sexual / Gender-based Violence;
- Three GBV centres and two safe houses operationalised in Benadir, providing GBV victims emergency treatment, psychosocial counselling and refer to legal aid;
- Rehabilitation of an Institute for Children and Vulnerable Women funded by the MWHR;
- 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. -
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:TurkeyTurkeyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOICIssue:
- 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:UN CompilationIssue:
- Forced marriage
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"The independent expert urged the international community to explore all possible means to stop ... forcible marriages of young girls to militiamen, the imposition of the strictest dress code for women ... [Para 23]" -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:BotswanaBotswanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to strengthen human rights institutions, including the judiciary and the Ministry of Women and Human Rights in order to ensure effective protection and promotion of human rights. -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:BotswanaBotswanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts towards the protection of women and children's rights, and ensure thorough investigations of alleged violence against women, including sexual violence.ImplementationUN Compilation:
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.
Stakeholder Summary:
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.
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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 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:MadagascarMadagascarRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Reform its legislation in view of promoting non-discrimination and equality between men and women within marriage and for rights of women in case of dissolution of marriage.ExplanationNoted. Somalia requires to engage in wide community dialogue before being able to address this recommendation. -
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:JS5 noted land grabbing by male relatives following the death of a husband/father was a problem. Widows rarely inherited land under customary norms and were often deprived of access to their husband's land if they had no children - land was therefore vested in trusteeship with uncles and other male relatives and inherited by children when they become of age.
JS5 recommended that Somalia undertake specific legal reforms to promote non-discrimination and gender equality in marriage, the rights of women during marriage dissolution (including equal share of property, remarriage and custody of children); and rights of widows ... [Paras 15, 16] -
State Under Review:SomaliaSomaliaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:Referring to the New Deal Compact on Somalia, the Independent Expert stated that human rights were cross-cutting in the goals relating to peace and State-building, but that insufficient attention and resources had been allocated to the strengthening of human rights institutions. He added that specific attention should be paid to the need to allocate adequate resources to the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development and the judiciary. [Para 11] -
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:SwazilandSwazilandRegional 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:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Promote the inclusion of Somali women in the peace process and in public and political life in general.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 13) The Ministry of Women and Human Rights (MWHR) advocates for the inclusion of vulnerable groups in this crucial process. This Ministry is focused on making sure that groups such as women, youth and minorities receive equitable representation in the new regional States' institutions. The FGS works with AMISOM to ensure that newly established States have access to humanitarian assistance.
Para 20) ... In addition, efforts are being put into including vulnerable groups, such as women, minorities and youth in the decision-making process by giving them adequate representation in the different committees debating these issues ...
Para 26) The government has supported 26 legal internships since the last UPR report, including female interns. Providing them with exposure in the public sector, including key ministries, courts and the police, where they gather on-the-job work experience. These graduates are now working with the police, the Attorney General's office, the judiciary, legal aid centres, NGOs and the Parliament.
Para 62) The FGS is committed to work with and utilise the significant experience of the civil society organisations (CSO), which has been built during the civil war period. Somali CSO have been widely consulted by the government on a wide range of topics for which the government has been formulating policies. Several ministries and senior Government officials have held regular discussions with civil society actors including ... women associations.
Para 85) Seats of the Federal Parliament to fill the women's minimum quota of 30% have been agreed upon. However, it has proven challenging to implement this agreement as it has no legal grounds to support the enforcement of the aforementioned quota. After the country's general election in September 2012, only 14% women were elected as MPs. The percentage of female ministers in the first cabinet after the election was 20% (2 out of a total of 10 ministers). Nevertheless, the government is optimistic that women participation in politics and governance will increase significantly in the coming years. The MWHR is campaigning throughout the regions of Somalia to encourage local representatives to include women in the federal states formation process.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 68) SLNHRC stated that the political participation of women was still minimal in "Somaliland", with only one woman in the parliament and only four women among cabinet ministers.