Somalia – Legal Action Worldwide

Somalia’s forgotten women, girls and children

Due to a combination of disasters – climatic shocks, locusts, and COVID-19 – the country has gradually developed into one…

LAW has been operating in Somalia since 2013, providing legal assistance, information and representation to victims and survivors of sexual…

This report was prepared by Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) and commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the…

On 15 September 2020 LAW hosted an online workshop on the Sexual Offences Bill and the Sexual Intercourse Bill, with…

On 8 August 2020 a new Sexual Intercourse Bill, also known as the Penetration Bill, was tabled for consideration before…

On 20 July 2020, LAW released “Transforming the Legacy of Somalia’s Conflict to Ensure Long-Term Stabilisation” a policy brief providing…

On 19 November 2018, LAW staff met with those involved in LAW’s Independent Complaints Mechanism, in Mogadishu, Somalia. LAW is…

Read the article: APPG on Women, Peace and Security: Sexual violence in conflict in Nigeria and Somalia

Read the article: By balancing Sharia law and the new Sexual Offences Bill, Somalia is legislating for the 21st century

Read the article: ‘For me it’s like a murder’: the surge in sexual attacks on children in Somalia

Read the article: Somalia’s first forensic lab targets rape impunity

Read the article (by AFP): Somalia’s first forensic lab targets rape impunity