Human rights in Somalia

**Human rights in Somalia** throughout de late 20th-century den early 21st-century be considered dire, but dey gradually improve over de following years. Human rights be guaranteed insyd de Federal Constitution, which be adopted insyd August 2012. They fall under de Ministry of Human Rights wey establish insyd August 2013. De central authorities concurrently dey inaugurate a National Human Rights Day, endorsed an official Human Rights Roadmap, den complete Somalia ein first National Gender Policy.

A Human Rights Task Force be established insyd February 2013 to firm up on de protection of individual rights. De federal government insyd December 2014 organized a public awareness campaign, passed a new 54-point national Child Protection Act, den finish legislation on a Human Rights Commission bill. According to de UN ein Independent Human Rights Expert on Somalia, local human rights protection dey gradually improve as government institutionalization and legislative reform have taken root.

## Human Rights Task Force
Insyd early February 2013, former Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon dey launch an Independent Task Force on Human Rights in order to firm up on de protection of individual rights. De 13-member committee of volunteers be formed after extensive consultations plus civil society groups den de Speaker of Parliament, Mohamed Osman Jawari. Chaired by prominent human rights attorney Maryam Yusuf Sheikh Ali, one of four women on de panel, de Task Force include an educator, a peace activist, leaders of Somali women ein organizations, senior police officers, a humanitarian campaigner, a religious leader, den a media representative.

E be tasked plus investigating allegations of human rights abuses den journalist intimidation. At de end of ein three-month mandate, de committee be scheduled to publish a report on ein findings den recommended courses of action. De Task Force will eventually give way to a permanent parliamentary Human Rights Commission, which dey have de capacity to investigate allegations over a longer period.

## Ministry of Human Rights
Insyd late August 2013 Prime Minister Shirdon established de first dedicated national Ministry for Human Rights. De federal authorities concurrently declared 27 August as Somalia ein National Human Rights Day. E sana be endorsed a Human Rights Roadmap, wey define government duties den sets specific benchmarks to be achieved over a two-year timeframe.

On 17 January 2014, new Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed join de Human Rights portfolio plus Women ein Affairs to form de Ministry of Women den Human Rights. E be led by Khadijo Mohamed Diriye.

## Womendema rights
On August 1, 2012, a new Federal Constitution be adopted, which include several statutes related to equality as proposed by a Committee of Experts (CoE). Article 11 of de Federal Constitution guarantees equal treatment for all citizens regardless of gender.

Women have since obtain greater representation insyd de public sphere. According to de Inter-Parliamentary Union, 30% of seats insyd Somalia ein Federal Parliament be legally reserved for women. Dis quota be secured by Somali parliamentary consultant Hodan Ahmed den oda female political leaders. Ahmed sana help form de Somali Women Parliamentary Association insyd 2009 insyd de preceding Transitional Federal Parliament. Insyd November 2012, Prime Minister Shirdon likewise dey appoint two women to de Cabinet, Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan as de nation ein first female Minister of Foreign Affairs den Maryam Qassim as Minister of Social Development.

## Freedom House index
De following chart show Somalia ein ratings since 1972 on Freedom House ein annual Freedom in the World index. A rating of 1 be "free"; 7, "not free".

## International treaties
International human rights treaties dat Somalia dey sign or ratify include:

## Notes

: 1.  Note that the "Year" signifies the "Year covered". Therefore the information for the year marked 2008 is from the report published in 2009, and so on.
: 2. **^** The 1982 report covers the year 1981 and the first half of 1982, and the following 1984 report covers the second half of 1982 and the whole of 1983. In the interest of simplicity, these two aberrant "year and a half" reports have been split into three year-long reports through extrapolation.

## References


## External links

*Assistance to Somalia in the Field of Human Rights