Somaliland Summit of reforming the justice systeem Comes to an end.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

The Summit of reforming the Justice System comes to an end

Posted on 18/06/2011 in Latest Headlines

 

Hargeisa(JSLTimes.com) – The summit launched for swift and final reforms to Somaliland legal and justice system which lasted for three days held in Hotel Ambassador in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland was concluded and issued measures intended to curb the widespread injustice existing in the entire regions of Somaliland.

The summit was initiated and opened by the president of Somaliland Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Sillaanyo and attended by almost one hundred sixty representatives including the likes of legal and justice institutions, lawyers, intellectuals and traditional leaders. It put forward the prevalent injustice and its root cause.

The summit was concluded yesterday and issued measures/points which is expected to be the strategy and action plan which will be used to curb the widespread injustice that exist in nationwide.

The measures were overwhelmingly passed by the all the representatives of the summit and are written below:-

1. To strengthen justice commission and enhance the level services when it comes to justice, avoidance of interference be it inside or outside.

2. A particular consideration should be given to the minority and outcast people.

3. To ensure the security of judges.

4. Training the judges about the function of courts.

5. Police lawyers should be given more training.

6. To ensure the independence of legal system and any interference should be avoided by the government or the parliament.

7. Launching campaigns ensuring that Somaliland community should get an understanding of the law.

8. To launch awareness programs on the education of historical development of Somaliland constitution.

9. Jail inmates should be given to healthcare and places suitable to life. They should not be done to forms of abuse specially women and children.

10. To upgrade the level of knowledge of crime investigators.

Apart from that, the chairman of Somaliland Supreme court Mr. Mohamed Hirse Oomane made closing remarks at the summit and distanced himself from the injustice existing in nationwide and managed to divert the blame to the institutions that they have close working relationship with them.

The former justice minister Prof. Ismail Muumin Aar and the newly appointed justice minster talked about the importance of the summit and both agreed on that the main reason of the summit was reached. They said that the outcome was strategic measures that will enable to solve the deteriorating situation in our legal system.

The parliamentary speaker Mr. Abdirahman Abdillahi Cirro closed the summit and thanked the participants. Finally, he made an appeal to international donors that they should speed up the budget intended to invest the implementation of the measures.