Last Change:

04/07/2025

National Child Protection Policy

Year: 2020

Type: Domestic policy

Rights Category: Liberty & security of person

Description

This commitment focuses on strengthening child protection in Somalia. It includes:

  • Protecting children from violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
  • Developing child protection services, with specific attention to unaccompanied and separated children, and survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).
  • Pushing for legislative reforms to ensure national laws align with international child rights standards, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child.