SOMALIA: UN EXPERT HAILS HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORT BUT URGES BROADER CONSULTATION PROCESS

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Date: 3 Sep 2013 14:00:00 -0400
Subject: SOMALIA: UN EXPERT HAILS HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORT BUT URGES
BROADER CONSULTATION PROCESS
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SOMALIA: UN EXPERT HAILS HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORT BUT URGES BROADER
CONSULTATION PROCESSNew York, Sep 3 2013 2:00PMAn independent United
Nations expert today hailed the approval by Somalia of a "road map" to
help promote and protect human rights in the country, but urged the
Government to consult more with civil society and regional
administrations before the document is finalized.

"I welcome the endorsement of the post-transition Human Rights Roadmap
as a very positive step for the advancement of human rights in
Somalia, but unless there is wide ownership by all concerned,
implementation of the Roadmap will be very difficult,"
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the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia,
Shamsul Bari.

In a special session of the Cabinet of Ministers last month convened
by Prime Minister Abdi Farash Shirdon, the Government adopted the
two-year plan to strengthen its human rights record.

During that session, the Cabinet also agreed to create a Ministry of
Human Rights, and declared 27 August as Somalia's National Human
Rights Day.

Somalia has been torn asunder by factional fighting since 1991 but has
recently made progress towards stability. In 2011, Islamist Al-Shabaab
insurgents retreated from Mogadishu and last year new Government
institutions emerged, as the country ended a transitional phase toward
setting up a permanent, democratically-elected Government.

Mr. Bari, who undertook his 11th field visit to Somalia from 26 to 29
August, met with officials in Mogadishu, as well as non-governmental
organizations and the media.

During the visit, he also travelled to Garowe, Puntland, where he met
with representatives of the government and civil society.

The Independent Expert will present his next report to the UN Human
Rights Council in Geneva on 24 September.

He will also take part in a high-level meeting to discuss how to
guarantee maximum effectiveness of technical and other assistance to
Somalia, as well as ensuring implementation of the Human Rights
Roadmap at national and subnational levels in the country.

Independent experts, or special rapporteurs, are appointed by the
Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to examine and report back, in an
unpaid capacity, on specific human rights themes.Sep 3 2013 2:00PM
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