Saturday, November 12, 2022

Unanswered questions for Somalia

According to this summary of a November 2, 2022 meeting of the Committee Against Torture's experts with representatives of Somalia, Liu Huawen, a Committee expert and co-rapporteur, asked:

In Somalia, military courts had the power to try civilians, especially in terrorism related cases.  It was reported that civilian courts were not functional in many areas of Somalia.  Could statistics be provided on the cases of civilians tried by military courts in recent years, and what were the “special” circumstances for choosing military courts?  Did Somalia have any specific implementation plans and programmes for transferring such cases to civilian courts?

The summary does not include a response from the Somali representatives.

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