{"id":451949,"date":"2025-11-19T13:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=451949"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:08:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:08:58","slug":"senate-endorses-commissioners-of-the-national-independent-human-rights-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/senate-endorses-commissioners-of-the-national-independent-human-rights-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Endorses Commissioners of the National Independent Human Rights Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, SONNA \u2014 Senate of the Federal Parliament of Somalia has formally approved the appointment of the Commissioners of the National Independent Human Rights Commission, marking a major milestone in Somalia\u2019s efforts to strengthen its national human rights architecture.<\/p>\n<p>During today\u2019s session, 28 senators voted in favor of the appointments out of 55 present, with one abstention. Following their endorsement, the newly appointed members took their constitutional oath before the Upper House.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Senate ahead of the vote, the Minister of Family and Human Rights, H.E. Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, underscored the significance of the Commission in safeguarding human rights and enhancing governmental accountability. She expressed full confidence in the new body, noting that it<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>will fully carry out its mandate to hold government institutions accountable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>A Milestone in Somalia\u2019s Human Rights Journey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate\u2019s approval represents the culmination of a national and international process set in motion on 25 September 2025, when the Federal Cabinet voted to conclude the mandate of the UN-appointed independent human rights expert for Somalia. This was followed by a landmark resolution of the UN Human Rights Council on 8 October 2025, granting Somalia full control of its human rights affairs for the first time since 1993\u2014an achievement Minister Al-Makhzoumi described as<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a major victory for the Somali people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On 11 October 2025, the House of the People overwhelmingly endorsed the establishment of the Commission, a step the minister hailed as \u201ca great and historic achievement for the Somali people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newly Appointed Commissioners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Independent Human Rights Commission is composed of nine members who will elect a chairperson from among themselves. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Farhan Mohamed Jamali<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Sheikh Hamza Abshir<\/li>\n<li>Ali Mohamed Almi<\/li>\n<li>Omar Abdullahi Also<\/li>\n<li>Mariam Qasim Ahmed<\/li>\n<li>Fatima Abdelghani Yusuf<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Osman Mahmoud<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Harun Mahmoud<\/li>\n<li>Maimouna Sheikh Omar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Strengthening a National System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These consecutive developments demonstrate Somalia\u2019s growing leadership in managing its own human rights agenda and reaffirm its commitment to building a strong, independent national human rights system aligned with international standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, SONNA \u2014 Senate of the Federal Parliament of Somalia has formally approved the appointment of the Commissioners of the National Independent Human Rights Commission, marking a major milestone in Somalia\u2019s efforts to strengthen its national human rights architecture. During today\u2019s session, 28 senators voted in favor of the appointments out of 55 present, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":451950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-451949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451951,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451949\/revisions\/451951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}