A/HRC/24/40 9. The Independent Expert met the Speaker of the Federal Parliament, Mohamed Osman Jawari, who considered that the proposed road map would be of great relevance to the work of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee. The Independent Expert also made a courtesy call on Fawziya Yusuf Haji Adan, the Foreign Minister of Somalia, who briefed him on the diplomatic efforts of the Federal Government to return Somalia to normalcy, as a dynamic and respectful actor in the concert of nations. 10. The meeting with the Minister for the Interior and National Security, Abdirahman Hussein Guled, gave the Independent Expert insight into the measures taken by the Government to improve the security sector, the achievements of the Somali security forces with support from AMISOM, and the challenges posed by recurring Al-Shabaab attacks. The Minister for Justice, Ahmed Mukhtar Mohamud, briefed the Independent Expert on the ongoing consultations for the establishment of a national human rights commission. 11. The meeting with journalists and legal aid providers was, as usual, very informative and passionate. The Independent Expert learned, regrettably, that 18 journalists had been killed in 2012 and had been killed in 2013, and that both journalists and media workers continued to be targeted and killed, with total impunity for the perpetrators. 12. In addition to information on the proposed road map, the present report also contains a review of the human rights situation in Somalia based on information obtained by the Independent Expert during his talks with the interlocutors mentioned above. He also consulted recent publications and media reports, as well as reports of United Nations agencies and international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs). He benefited from communications received from individuals drawing his attention to human rights concerns. II. Proposed human rights road map A. Contextual background 13. The idea of adopting a post-transition human rights road map for Somalia emerged from discussions the Independent Expert had with government officials and other stakeholders, including the United Nations and civil society, during his two trips to Somalia in 2012. 14. The Independent Expert followed up on these discussions and proposed to the Prime Minister the thematic issues that could be considered for the road map. He suggested that the Government hold consultations with citizen groups on the proposed thematic areas, prioritize issues requiring urgent attention, draw up a plan of action, delineate authorities responsible for implementing activities and provide a time frame within which it hoped to see most of those activities implemented. B. Thematic areas 15. The present section contains a short description of the human rights issues identified by the Independent Expert over the years and which require particular attention. 1. Protection of civilians 16. For more than two decades, protection of civilians in the context of continuing armed conflict has been one of the major concerns in Somalia. The lack of rule of law and the climate of insecurity and impunity created an environment in which human rights 4