Somalia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- transitional federal-parliamentary government: there is no permanent national government
- CONSTITUTION
- September 23, 1979
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- there is no national system; a mix of English common law, Italian law, Islamic law, and traditional Somali norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- not operational: following the fall of the National Government, many regions reintroduced Islamic law and Somali customary law, with the possibility of appeal
RELIGIONS
Sunni Muslims
From the country
JANUARY 23, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: POLICE EXECUTE KILLER IN MOGADISHU
A soldier was executed in Mogadishu after he was found guilty of killing a fellow soldier
- JANUARY 20, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Al-Shabaab courts in Middle Shabelle and Lower Shabelle...
Al-Shabaab courts in Middle Shabelle and Lower Shabelle...
JANUARY 10, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: KENYAN STONED TO DEATH BY AL-SHABAAB
Kenyan fighting for the Al-Shabaab was executed by the Somali militant group for alleged espionage.
- JANUARY 1, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
Somalia has been without central government since 1991...
DECEMBER 10, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND EXECUTES TWO AL SHABAAB CONVICTED TERRORISTS
Government officials in Somalia’s Puntland State say they have executed two men convicted
NOVEMBER 12, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH AL SHABAAB LINKED MAN
a court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland sentenced a man found guilty
- OCTOBER 17, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
PUNTLAND: AL SHABAAB RELATED SUSPECT EXECUTED
The high court of Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland conducted death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
in its response to the recommendations received under the Universal Periodic Review...
in its response to the recommendations received under the Universal Periodic Review...
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: JUDGE KILLER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN PUNTLAND
a man convicted of killing a judge was executed by firing squad in Puntland port city of Bossaso
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH
the Bossaso First Degree Court in Somalia's Puntland region sentenced Jama Abdullahi Abdulle to death for killing judge Abdinasir Haji Aden in front of the courthouse on September 14, 2011. It was not immediately clear why Abdulle targeted the judge.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia's military court has sentenced to death 15 soldiers...
Somalia's military court has sentenced to death 15 soldiers...
- AUGUST 28, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the Somali military court has for the first time sentenced a woman...
the Somali military court has for the first time sentenced a woman...