Somali judiciary

E745203

branch of government judiciary

The Somali judiciary is the national system of courts and legal institutions in Somalia responsible for interpreting and applying the law, resolving disputes, and upholding justice and the rule of law.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judiciary of Somalia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government ⓘ judiciary ⓘ
aimsTo	protect fundamental rights in Somalia ⓘ provide access to justice for Somali citizens ⓘ
appliesInJurisdiction	Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
coexistsWith	informal customary dispute resolution mechanisms in Somalia ⓘ religious courts applying Sharia in Somalia ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Ministry of Justice of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ international partners for justice sector reform ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Provisional Constitution of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
facesChallenge	limited resources ⓘ political interference ⓘ security constraints ⓘ weak institutional capacity ⓘ
guarantees	independence of judges (in principle) ⓘ right to a fair trial in Somalia ⓘ
hasBranch	Supreme Court of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ appeal courts of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ district courts of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ military courts of Somalia ⓘ regional courts of Somalia ⓘ specialized courts of Somalia ⓘ
hasLanguageOfProceedings	Arabic (in some religious courts) ⓘ English (in some higher or specialized courts) ⓘ Somali language NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestCourt	Supreme Court of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
includes	administrative courts in Somalia ⓘ civil courts in Somalia ⓘ criminal courts in Somalia ⓘ military courts in Somalia ⓘ
legalSystemType	mixed legal system ⓘ
overseenBy	Chief Justice of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Government of Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
reformedAfter	collapse of the Somali central government in 1991 ⓘ
responsibleFor	applying the law in Somalia ⓘ interpreting the law in Somalia ⓘ resolving legal disputes in Somalia ⓘ upholding justice in Somalia ⓘ upholding the rule of law in Somalia ⓘ
subjectTo	Somali civil law ⓘ Somali constitutional law ⓘ Somali criminal law ⓘ
supervises	lower courts in Somalia ⓘ
undergoingProcess	judicial reform and capacity building ⓘ
usesLegalSource	Islamic law (Sharia) ⓘ Somali statutory law ⓘ customary law (Xeer) ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EUCAP Somalia → supports → Somali judiciary ⓘ

Politics of Somalia → hasJudicialBranch → Somali judiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judiciary of Somalia