Somali Youth for Peace & Development

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY

Somali Youth for Peace and Development (SYPD) sees justice and human rights as prerequisite for peace and development.

Since the fall of Barre regime in 1991, there was wide-spread human rights violations in the country. Many civilians were killed in cold blood, others looted, and some women were raped. There was confiscation of land in Southern Somalia.

In short, an environment was born in which the powerful clans violate the rights of minorities. A minority to leave peacefully he has to hire the protection of a powerful clan member.

The human rights were not only violated socially, but also politically. The power-sharing formula, 4.5, which was born in Djibouti in 2000, has deprived some clans of their rights to political participation. Without official census, a small share has been allocated for these clans, commonly known in Somalia as 'Others'.

SYPD records the human rights violations in South and Central Somalia. Besides the records, SYPD advocates for the protection of and respect of human rights.

SYPD encourages all stakeholders to apply the agreed-upon principles and universal human rights declarations. We also urge the application of international humanitarian law and freedom of speech.