A/HRC/RES/54/32
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 October 2023
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-fourth session
11 September–13 October 2023
Agenda item 10
Technical assistance and capacity-building
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 12 October 2023
54/32.
Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Acknowledging that peace and security, development and human rights are the pillars
of the United Nations system,
Reaffirming its respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence
and unity of Somalia,
Reaffirming also its previous resolutions on Somalia,
Recalling its resolutions 5/1 and 5/2 of 18 June 2007,
Recognizing that the primary responsibility for promoting and protecting human rights
in Somalia rests with the Federal Government of Somalia, and that enhancing the legal
framework, human rights protection systems and the capacity, transparency and legitimacy
of institutions is essential to help to combat impunity and to improve accountability for
human rights violations and abuses and to encourage reconciliation,
Recognizing also the need for the Federal Government of Somalia and its security
institutions to uphold their international human rights commitments and obligations and to
address abuse and the excessive use of force against civilians,
Recognizing further the importance and effectiveness of international assistance to
Somalia and the continued need to step up the scale, coordination, coherence and quality of
all capacity development and technical assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights at
the national and federal member state levels, and acknowledging the Mutual Accountability
Framework, which is aimed at accelerating reforms regarding human rights, as well as
reforms regarding security, economic and political institutions and elections,
Underscoring the importance of cooperation and consensus for making further
progress on key national priorities, including the implementation of the national security
architecture, the constitutional review, power- and resource-sharing in the federal order,
including fiscal federalism, and reaching an agreement on a federated justice system, all of
which require political agreements that can form the basis for legislation in the federal
Parliament,
GE.23-20064(E)