Article 11 - Protection and Assistance

1. The National Commission for Refugees and IDPs shall: a) Provide protection and assistance, including providing sustainable solutions, to all internally displaced persons and communities affected by displacement, regardless of the cause and location of displacement. b) Provide protection and assistance, including providing sustainable solutions, to all internally displaced persons without discrimination as to any type of displacement as stipulated in Article 11 of the Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia, such as gender (male, female), political or any other affiliation, country of origin, legal, social status, age, disability, nationality, or due to displacement, or any other similar condition , as per Principle 4(1) of the Guiding Principles and Article 9(1)(a) of the Kampala Convention. c) Ensure special protection for internally displaced persons who have special needs, including children, especially unaccompanied children, pregnant mothers, mothers with young children, women responsible for families, people with disabilities, and the elderly, in accordance with Principle 4 (2) of the Guiding Principles. d) Work with relevant government institutions to ensure that anyone found guilty of an offense under this Act does not escape justice

Article 11 - Equality

(1) All citizens, regardless of sex, religion, social or economic status, political opinion, clan, disability, occupation, birth or dialect shall have equal rights and duties before the law. (2) Discrimination is deemed to occur if the effect of an action impairs or restricts a person’s rights, even if the actor did not intend this effect. (3) The State must not discriminate against any person on the basis of age, race, colour, tribe, ethnicity, culture, dialect, gender, birth, disability, religion, political opinion, occupation, or wealth. (4) All State programs, such as laws, or political and administrative actions that are designed to achieve full equality for individuals or groups who are disadvantaged, or who have suffered from discrimination in the past, shall not be deemed to be discriminatory.

Principal 6.3 - Protection from displacement

Special measures must be taken to protect against displacement of minorities, pastoralists and other groups with a special dependency on, and attachment to, their lands

Article 5 - Non-discrimination

1. This law shall be applied without discrimination as to race, religion, tribe, nationality, membership of a particular group, or political opinion. 2. The protection and assistance to Refugees should be provided without discrimination as stipulated in subarticle 5(1).

Article 8 - Equality of Citizens

1. All citizens of Somaliland shall enjoy equal rights and obligations before the law, and shall not be accorded precedence on grounds of colour, clan, birth, language, gender, property, status, opinion etc. 2. Precedence and discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, clan affiliation, birth and residence is prohibited; and at the same time programmes aimed at eradicating long lasting bad practices shall be a national obligation. 3. Save for the political rights reserved for citizens, foreigners lawfully resident in Somaliland shall enjoy rights and obligations before the law equal to those enjoyed by citizens.

Article 17: Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

1. All persons are equal before the law and have the right to equal protection without discrimination. 2. Without prejudice to Paragraph (1), asylum seekers and refugees must not be subjected to direct or indirect discrimination on any grounds, including age, race, color, gender, disability, region, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.