Assistance to Somalia in the Field of Human Rights

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 10Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2012.

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20 documents · 2008–2025

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8 topics

Freedom of Expression Gender-Based Violence Human Rights Humanitarian Assistance Journalists Somalia Somalia Situation Special Rapporteurs

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20 operative paragraphs

Expresses its continued serious concern at the human rights and humanitarian situation in Somalia;

Strongly condemns the grave and systematic human rights abuses perpetrated against the civilian population, including women, children, journalists and human rights defenders, in particular by Al-Shabaab and its affiliates, and calls for their immediate cessation;

Expresses deep concern at the continuing attacks against journalists in Somalia, and urges all parties to refrain from intentional violence against and harassment of journalists and to respect freedom of expression;

Calls on Somalia to fulfil its obligations under international human rights law;

Emphasizes that protecting, respecting and fulfilling human rights will be essential for the legitimacy of any future Somali political leadership;

Calls on the Transitional Federal Government and any successor Government to ensure the inclusion of human rights compliance mechanisms in instruments and institutions at both the national and subnational levels, and to recognize the importance of promoting and protecting human rights;

Calls on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to implement expeditiously the Memorandum of Understanding on technical assistance to the Transitional Federal Government in the field of human rights, and urges Member States to support the Office of the High Commissioner and the efforts of the Somali authorities at national and subnational levels in this regard;

Urges all parties to facilitate rapid and unhindered humanitarian access;

Encourages the Transitional Federal Government, the successor Government, the African Union and the African Union Mission in Somalia to intensify their efforts to facilitate rapid and unhindered humanitarian access, and also encourages the African Union to support the Mission in increasing awareness and training among its troops on human rights and on international humanitarian law, as well as in the protection of civilians, with the support of the international community, while noting that humanitarian access and security and the fulfilment of human rights are linked, and that assistance efforts should take these linkages into account;

Urges all parties to take immediate steps to protect children and to end abuses and violations committed against them and, in particular, calls for an immediate end to the unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers; welcomes the efforts of the Transitional Federal Government towards finalizing a plan of action with the United Nations to end the use of child soldiers, and emphasizes the importance of signing and implementing that plan immediately; and calls for the Transitional Federal Government, relevant United Nations entities and others to strengthen child protection efforts, including by ensuring that such efforts are appropriately resourced;

Expressing concern at the abuses and violations perpetrated against women in Somalia, including sexual violence, and emphasizes the need for accountability for all such abuses and violations;

Urges all parties to take immediate steps to protect women and to end abuses and violations of their human rights, in particular sexual violence, and emphasizes the need for accountability for all such abuses and violations, and calls on the Transitional Federal Government, the successor Government and Somali regional authorities to take all the steps necessary to enable the full and equal participation of women in conflict prevention, management and resolution, as well as in peacebuilding and political processes;

Commends Member States, inter alia, Turkey, that have extended generous education assistance, and invites Member States to follow that example, including in the provision of training programmes for Somali journalists to boost their prominent role in the promotion of human rights through public awareness campaigns in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 10/32 of 27 March 2009;

Decides to extend the mandate of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia for one year, from September 2012, with a view to maximize the provision and flow of technical assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights, in order to support the efforts of the Transitional Federal Government, the successor Government and Somali subnational authorities to ensure respect for human rights and to strengthen the human rights regime, including in relation to the presidential and parliamentary speaker elections, as well as other key transitional tasks that must be completed, and to advise the Transitional Federal Government and the successor Government, as well as the United Nations and the international community, on the steps that need to be taken to ensure that the environment is conducive to the free exchange of ideas and views and the conduct of elections; and requests the Independent Expert to report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fourth session on the situation of human rights and the implementation of technical cooperation in Somalia;

Urges the special procedures system and the thematic mandate holders to engage fully and coordinate with the Independent Expert;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the Independent Expert with all the human, technical and financial assistance necessary to carry out his mandate;

Calls on all parties to ensure that the progress made at the London Conference on Somalia, held on 23 February 2012, is consolidated through effective action, and to redouble their efforts to support the people of Somalia in their search for a better future for their country;

Welcomes the outcomes of the second Istanbul Conference on Somalia, held on 1 and 2 June 2012, which, in particular, reiterated that respect for human rights must be at the heart of the peace process, and called on the Somali authorities to follow through with their commitment to uphold human rights and the rule of law and to put an end to the culture of violence and impunity;

Also welcomes the outcome of the meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia organized by the Government of Italy in Rome on 2 and 3 July 2012;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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