A/HRC/RES/57/27 Recognizing the sustained and vital commitment of the African Union Mission in Somalia, followed by the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia, and the loss and sacrifice of personnel killed in action since these operations began, in maintaining support for peace and security in Somalia, Recognizing also the role that women have played and will continue to play in community mobilization and peacebuilding in Somali society, the need to take special measures to end sexual and gender-based violence, including conflict-related sexual violence, female genital mutilation, child, early and force marriage, and all other forms of unlawful violence in situations of armed conflict, to end impunity and, consistent with international law, to prosecute those responsible for sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls, and the importance of promoting their economic empowerment and full, equal and meaningful participation in political and public decision-making processes, including within Parliament and at all levels of government, in line with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 on women and peace and security, Recognizing further the increased commitment of the Federal Government of Somalia and federal member states to strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights through their respective ministries, while urging increased advocacy for and implementation of human rights commitments in Somalia and engagement with the international human rights system, 1. Welcomes the commitment of the Federal Government of Somalia to improving the situation of human rights in Somalia, and in that regard also welcomes: (a) The Somalia security sector development plan, which should support the emergence of effective Somali security institutions and the progressive handover of responsibility from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia to increased Somali ownership, while expressing appreciation, in particular, that this approach is underpinned by a focus on the rule of law, reconciliation, justice, respect for human rights and the protection of women and children, and girls in particular; (b) The launch of the National Disability Agency’s five-year strategy and action plan in December 2023 and the commitment of the Federal Government to entrenching the rights of persons with disabilities in social, educational, political and economic life through the passing of the disability rights bill, in August 2024, and other legislative mechanisms and through improving the collection of data on persons with disabilities; (c) The launch by the Federal Government in September 2022 of a national action plan for the implementation of the Somali Women’s Charter and Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent Council resolutions on the women and peace and security agenda, which entrenches an unconditional commitment to gender equality, human rights and the empowerment of women, zero tolerance for sexual and gender-based violence, justice for all, women’s economic empowerment, reconciliation and peace for women at the centre of transitional justice, and the launch of the Somalia chapter of the African Women Leaders Network, which supports the implementation of the above-mentioned national action plan; (d) The retention of provisions to protect human rights in chapter 2 of the provisional constitution as part of the constitutional review process, and encourages the Federal Government to ensure that the agreements made by the National Consultative Council are subject to broad consultations with technical experts, members of civil society, including women, persons with disabilities and members of minority clans, and to ensure that they are genuinely representative, that they follow due process through Parliament to enshrine these agreements and that full consideration is given to the long-term affordability of the model proposed; (e) The efforts of the Ministry of Women and Human Rights (now the Ministry of Family and Human Rights Development) to draft key human rights legislation, including sexual offences legislation and the child rights bill, and encourages the Government to ensure that said legislation is subject to broad consultation with civil society, including women, persons with disabilities and members of minority clans, to ensure that it is genuinely representative and compliant with international human rights law, as applicable, and follows due process through Parliament; 2