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SOM-2010-L-91558
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Title_of_text
Somaliland National Human Rights Commission Law (Law No. 39/2010) (Presidential Decree No. 0100/2010).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Somalia
Territorial subdivision(s)
Somaliland
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
2010-12-26
Scope of text
State or Province
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Xeerka Komishanka Qaranka Xuquuqda Aadamaha Somaliland Xeer/No/39/2010
Abstract/Citation
Somaliland National Human Rights Commission (SLNHRC) is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament No. 39/2009. The Act establishes the Commission, and clarifies its mandate, functions and institutional structure.
The members of the Commission were selected by a Committee set up under 10 of the Law and consisting of 3 members appointed by the President, 2 by the House of Elders and 2 Supreme Court Justices. Following the procedure under Article 10 of the Law, the Committee organised an open competition and selected in order of merit, 14 persons who were suitable for appointment as Commissioners. The President then appointed the 7 Commissioners from the list and the remaining selectees were held in reserve in order of their merit as assessed by the Committee.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
http://www.somalilandlaw.com
Publisher
Somaliland Law
Country
Republic of Somaliland
URL
http://www.somalilandlaw.com/
File
SOM91558 Som.pdf (PDF of Law in Somali)
Electronic source title
Somaliland Human Rights Commission
Country
Republic of Somaliland
URL
http://www.slnhrc.org/