Annual assessments

OPR's yearly assessment of human rights conditions in Mogadishu's prisons and detention facilities, from the 2022 situational report onward.

2025Annual

Annual Assessment Report on Human Rights Violations in Mogadishu Prisons and Detention Facilities — December 2025

The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Nelson Mandela Rules, open with the following provisions.

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2024Annual

Annual Assessment Report on Human Rights Violations in Mogadishu Prisons and Detention Facilities — December 2024

OPR's annual assessment of Mogadishu's prisons and detention facilities for 2024: the legal framework, conditions of detention, gender-based violence, the treatment of children and minorities, and acc

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2023Annual

Annual Assessment Report on Human Rights Violations in Mogadishu Prisons and Detention Facilities — December 2023

In 2016, Somalia went through a significant transformation as it shifted into a Federal State consisting of six Federal Member States: Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Jubaland, Puntland, Southwest State, and t

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2022Annual

Annual Report on the State of Human Rights Violations in Mogadishu Prisons — December 2022

As of 2016, Somalia became a Federal State with six Federal Member States, including Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Jubaland, Puntland, South West State, and the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. When tal

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2022SITREP

Situational Report (SITREP) on the State of Human Rights Violations in Mogadishu Prisons and Detention Facilities — August 2022

Conditions in many prisons are, in short, so deficient as to constitute cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, violating article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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