Somali legal Forum (SlF)

Human rights in Somalia 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] A Human Rights Task Force was also established in February 2013 to firm up on the protection of individual rights. [4] Additionally, the federal government in December 2014 organized a public awareness campaign, [5] passed a new 54-point national Child Protection Act, [6] and finished legislation on a Human Rights Commission bill. [7] According to the UN's Independent Human Rights Expert on Somalia, local human rights protection has gradually improved as government institutionalization and legislative reform have taken root. [8] Contents 1 Human Rights Task Force 2 Ministry of Human Rights 3 Women's ri...

• The territory • It is defined as part of the State Earth surface over which the State exercises its sovereignty '. • The territory includes the mainland, including the waters that flow (lakes, rivers, canals, inland seas), the atmosphere, the soil, and the territorial sea. • The land belonging to the State is bounded or surrounded by borders, which are either conventional or natural. • The conventional boundaries are established by international treaties, concluded with neighboring states; • these boundaries are represented on the ground in various ways (boundary stone, poles, fences, etc.); the natural boundaries are characterized by geographic boundaries (mountains, rivers); thus, for example, when the border is marked by a navigable river, it is assumed that the boundary line for the line distance of the most' high current; if, instead, the river is not 'navigable it is assumed that the boundary passes over the midline. • • Cont • Sovereignty ...