Somalia occupied a secondary status in Turkish foreign policy until recently. However, the popular 2011 Erdogan visit to Mogadishu and the following wide aid campaign marked a turning point in Türkiye's Somalia policy. This study explores the evolution of Turkish-Somali…
This paper examines the association between the economic development and the levels of rule of law, political instability, and violence in the Greater Horn of Africa. Employing a descriptive-comparative methodology, the study analyzed trends of the data of the countries…
This isa comparative study on the federal provisional constitution of Somalia along with the constitutions of the Somalia member states namely Puntland, Galmudug, Jubaland, South-West State, and Hirshabelle, to determine the degree of divergence and contradictions in these constitutions. It…
The Somali Penal Code in its Book One, contains a number of general principles that guide the court when applying and interpreting the Law. The article closely examines the following four principles; “The Presumption of Innocence” which considers that the…
This paper explores special investigative techniques as sources of admissible evidence, especially in complex criminal proceedings. Nowadays, such techniques produce admissible evidence in many countries under their national laws. Their laws provide for the conversion of information acquired by special…
Somalia has a cluster of laws governing the relationship between foreign investors and Somali society. This article gives a commentary and in- depth analysis of the Somalia's current foreign investment law (Law No:13 of 21 st January, 2016) as well…
The Somali Penal Code [PC] came into force in 1964, almost 60 years ago. Over this period of time new crimes and complex forms of criminal activities appeared. This PC is expected to remain the main legal instrument in fighting…
This article explores two related questions: (1) can Somalia's public institutions be reengineered using the world's most renowned organizational change theories? (2) where should change begin ina system protracted by corruption and constitutional unrest? Considering these two questions, the paper…
International judicial cooperation in criminal matters becomes more and more important for each country in the world. Somalia is no exception. In increasing number of cases, its authorities would need to turn to foreign judicial authorities to obtain necessary evidence…
Somalia adopted a new federal constitution in 2012 which established a bicameral type of parliament, upper house (senate) and the lower house (the house of the people). This type of legislature is different from the traditional system of Somalia's parliaments…