Last Change:
04/07/2025
National Child Protection Policy
Year: 2020
Type: Domestic policy
Rights Category: Liberty & security of person
Link to external source:
https://www.govsomaliland.org/uploads/files/2020/08/2020-08-17-09-12-15-1324-1597655535.pdf
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.