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Special attention must be given in this regard to the needs of vulnerable groups,
including minorities, women and internally displaced persons.
116. In areas of South-central Somalia that have gradually come under the control
of the Government, there is a need to provide communities with prompt, substantive
support. At the same time, opportunities to consolidate development in more stable
regions demand additional resources. There is particular need to promote the rule of
law, greater access to justice, the accountability of police services and the viability of
corrections systems.
117. The international community should support the launching of a national and
global awareness-raising campaign on the situation of Somali women and the
establishment of specific funding channels to support local women’s organizations for
the protection of women’s rights and assistance to victims of sexual and gender-based
violence and discrimination in Somalia.
118. The Independent Expert calls upon international donors to support
programmes under the protection cluster of the Consolidated Appeals Process. This
cluster has in the past been underfunded, which has had a negative effect on human
rights-related programmes.
119. The international community must guard against what the Special Rapporteur
on violence against women called the “fragmentation of international assistance” to
Somalia.7 The Independent Expert would like to draw the attention of the United
Nations to this issue as well.
120. The international community should provide financial and technical assistance
to Somaliland authorities, who are making progress in the area of democratization,
good governance and the rule of law. The strategy for the justice sector was a major
achievement that should be implemented in a timely and appropriate fashion.
121. The international community should provide Puntland authorities with support
to eradicate piracy. In this regard, an integrated strategy that combines local and
international measures aimed at addressing the root causes on land, including
livelihood and job opportunities, vocational training and awareness-raising, as well as
illegal fishing and the dumping of toxic waste, should be implemented.
E.
United Nations system
122. The relocation of UNPOS to Mogadishu should lead to an increase in the
engagement of its Human Rights Unit in human rights monitoring and public
reporting, as well as capacity-building programmes and awareness-raising in
Mogadishu and other areas in Somalia. The United Nations must provide the Unit
with sufficient capacity, both in human and financial resources, to be able to carry out
its mandate effectively. OHCHR should in particular pay more attention and provide
additional support to activities in areas highlighted in the present report, in particular
regarding the situation in the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions.
123. In the light of the recent developments in the implementation of Security
Council resolutions 1888 (2009) and 1960 (2010), the United Nations should deploy an
adequate number of women’s protection advisers to the UNPOS Human Rights Unit,
thus strengthening its capacity to monitor, document, report and respond to sexual
violence-related violations and protection concerns.
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