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CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:C AND TERRIT:N
Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Date of text: 1 August 2012.



Member of:

African Union (AU)

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)


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6) chronologically (latest first)


Agricultural and rural development


Policies

AREA:AG AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P

[LEX-FAOC191685] Somalia: Strategic Plan of the MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 2016-2020. Date of text: June 2016.

[LEX-FAOC149704] Somalia: Strategic Plan of the Ministry of National Resources. Date of text: 2013.

[LEX-FAOC209311] Somalia (Somaliland): Environment and Rural Development Strategic Plan. Date of text: 1 July 2017.

[LEX-FAOC179644] Somalia (Somaliland): Somaliland Food and Water Security Strategy. Date of text: 2011.


Climate change


Policies

AREA:CL AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P

[LEX-FAOC217419] Somalia: Somalia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Framework. Date of text: February 2022.

[LEX-FAOC209353] Somalia: Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Date of text: July 2021.

[LEX-FAOC187280] Somalia: Somalia's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Date of text: November 2015.


Cultivated plants


Policies

AREA:PL AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P NOT AREA:CL

[LEX-FAOC217425] Somalia: Pest Management Plan. Date of text: April 2020.


Disaster risk management


Policies

AREA:DI AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P

[LEX-FAOC217421] Somalia: National Drought Plan for Somalia. Date of text: 16 December 2020.

[LEX-FAOC217425] Somalia: Pest Management Plan. Date of text: April 2020.

[LEX-FAOC209609] Somalia (Puntland): Puntland Disaster Preparedness and Management Framework. Date of text: June 2011.

[LEX-FAOC200511] Somalia (Puntland): Puntland Disaster Management Policy, 2014 Date of text: December 2014.



Legislation

AREA:DI AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC209801] Somalia (Somaliland): National Environment Research and Disaster­-preparedness (NERAD) Agency Law – Law No. 35 of 2006. Date of text: 2006.

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Environment


Policies

AREA:EN AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P NOT AREA:CL

[LEX-FAOC207696] Somalia: National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 2019.

[LEX-FAOC149704] Somalia: Strategic Plan of the Ministry of National Resources. Date of text: 2013.

[LEX-FAOC209311] Somalia (Somaliland): Environment and Rural Development Strategic Plan. Date of text: 1 July 2017.

[LEX-FAOC209573] Somalia (Somaliland): National Environment Policy. Date of text: 2015.



Legislation

AREA:EN AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P NOT AREA:CL

[LEX-FAOC171666] Somalia: Law ratifying the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (MARPOL)(No. 71 of 1989) Date of text: 1 November 1989.

[LEX-FAOC208680] Somalia (Somaliland): Somaliland Environmental Management Law No. 79 of 2018. Date of text: 2 August 2018.

[LEX-FAOC209800] Somalia (Somaliland): Waste Management and Urban Sanitation Law No.83 of 2018. Date of text: 15 December 2018.

[LEX-FAOC209801] Somalia (Somaliland): National Environment Research and Disaster­-preparedness (NERAD) Agency Law – Law No. 35 of 2006. Date of text: 2006.

[LEX-FAOC200510] Somalia (Puntland): Puntland Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation, 2016 Date of text: 24 December 2016.

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Fisheries



Legislation

AREA:FI AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC171668] Somalia: Fisheries law of the Federal Republic of Somalia (Review of 2016). Date of text: 2016.

[LEX-FAOC002144] Somalia: Fisheries Joint Venture Guidelines, 1985. Date of text: 1 April 1985.

[LEX-FAOC210009] Somalia (Somaliland): Somaliland Fishery Law No. 84/2018. Date of text: 7 October 2018.

[LEX-FAOC171664] Somalia (Somaliland): Somaliland Fishery Law (No. 24 of 1995) Date of text: 24 November 1995.

[LEX-FAOC209972] Somalia (Somaliland): Regulations on Registration and Licensing of Fishing Vessels (No. 1/08/2012). Date of text: 5 August 2012.

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Food and nutrition


Policies

AREA:FD AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P

[LEX-FAOC212115] Somalia: Somalia Multisectoral Nutrition Strategy 2019-2024. Date of text: 2019.

[LEX-FAOC167302] Somalia: Somali Nutrition Strategy 2011-2013. Date of text: 2011.

[LEX-FAOC214664] Somalia: Social Mobilisation, Advocacy and Communications Strategy for Scaling Up Nutrition 2019-2021. Date of text: 2019.

[LEX-FAOC179644] Somalia (Somaliland): Somaliland Food and Water Security Strategy. Date of text: 2011.



Legislation

AREA:FD AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC171697] Somalia (Somaliland): National Dairy Act. Date of text: 2015.

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Forestry



Legislation

AREA:FO AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC208689] Somalia (Somaliland): Forestry and Wildlife Conservation Law No. 69/2015. Date of text: 21 December 2015.

[LEX-FAOC209802] Somalia (Somaliland): Law on the Prevention of Deforestation and Desertification (Law N: 04/1998). Date of text: 1998.

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Land and soil



Legislation

AREA:LA AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC204670] Somalia: Interim Protocol on Land Distribution for Housing to Eligible Refugee-Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons, 2019. Date of text: 2019.

[LEX-FAOC209608] Somalia (Somaliland): Urban Land Management Law – Law No: 17/2001 as amended in 2008. Last amended date: 2008. Date of original text: 2001.

[LEX-FAOC209660] Somalia (Somaliland): Somaliland Agricultural Land Ownership Law (No:08/99). Date of text: 1999.

[LEX-FAOC209680] Somalia (Puntland): Regulation of Land Dispute Tribunal (LDT) of Puntland 2017. Date of text: 2017.

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Livestock


Policies

AREA:AN AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P

[LEX-FAOC221869] Somalia: Somalia National Action Plan (NAP) on combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Date of text: 2020.

[LEX-FAOC152356] Somalia: National Livestock Policy. Date of text: November 2006.



Legislation

AREA:AN AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC171698] Somalia: Veterinary Law Code 2016. Date of text: 2016.

[LEX-FAOC042054] Somalia: Law on prohibition of grazing in military zones (No. 72 of 1970). Date of text: 10 December 1970.

[LEX-FAOC042052] Somalia: Livestock Development Agency Law (No. 34 of 1970). Date of text: 26 June 1970.

[LEX-FAOC042053] Somalia: Decree of the President of the Supreme Revolutionary Council on the Organization and Establishment of the Ministry of Rural Development of Livestock (No. 263 of 1970). Date of text: 25 November 1970.

[LEX-FAOC171697] Somalia (Somaliland): National Dairy Act. Date of text: 2015.

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Sea



Legislation

AREA:SE AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC158857] Somalia: Proclamation by the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia of 30 June 2014 on the EEZ. Date of text: 30 June 2014.

[LEX-FAOC002145] Somalia: Law No. 37 of 1972 on the Somali Territorial Sea and Ports. Date of text: 10 September 1972.

[LEX-FAOC004925] Somalia: Law on the Somali Territorial Sea and Ports, 1972 (Articles 1 to 5). Date of text: 1972.

[LEX-FAOC002146] Somalia: Maritime Code. Date of text: 21 March 1959.

[LEX-FAOC171664] Somalia (Somaliland): Somaliland Fishery Law (No. 24 of 1995) Date of text: 24 November 1995.

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Social protection


Policies

AREA:SO AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P

[LEX-FAOC203954] Somalia: Somalia Social Protection Policy. Date of text: March 2019.



Legislation

AREA:SO AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC204670] Somalia: Interim Protocol on Land Distribution for Housing to Eligible Refugee-Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons, 2019. Date of text: 2019.

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Water


Policies

AREA:WA AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P

[LEX-FAOC198013] Somalia: Puntland Water Policy 2007. Date of text: 2007.

[LEX-FAOC207667] Somalia: National Water Resource Strategy 2021-2025. Date of text: August 2021.

[LEX-FAOC207680] Somalia: Somalia National Water Resource Strategy 2021- 2025: A Roadmap to Realisation Date of text: August 2021.

[LEX-FAOC214827] Somalia: WASH Sector Strategic Plan 2019-2023. Date of text: May 2019.

[LEX-FAOC214702] Somalia: WASH Sector Policy. Date of text: 2019.

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Legislation

AREA:WA AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC204083] Somalia: Somaliland Ports Authority, Law No. 94/2021 Date of text: 12 April 2021.

[LEX-FAOC002527] Somalia: Law No. 28 of 20 February 1971 Governing the Water Development Agency. Date of text: 20 February 1971.

[LEX-FAOC152457] Somalia (Somaliland): National Water Act (No. 49 of 2011). Last amended date: 17 November 2017. Date of original text: 28 March 2011.

[LEX-FAOC197932] Somalia (Puntland): Puntland Water Resources Act. Date of text: September 2018.

[LEX-FAOC210898] Somalia (Puntland): Puntland State Water and Land Resources Data Management Law No. 2 of 2021. Date of text: 8 April 2021.

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Wild species and ecosystems


Policies

AREA:WB AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P

[LEX-FAOC167299] Somalia: National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020 (NBSAP). Date of text: December 2015.



Legislation

AREA:WB AND CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L R M) NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC018381] Somalia: Law on Fauna (Hunting) and Forest Conservation (No. 15 of 1969). Date of text: 25 January 1969.

[LEX-FAOC042049] Somalia: Law on the establishment of the National Parks Agency (No. 34 of 1971). Date of text: 1 March 1971.

[LEX-FAOC042051] Somalia: Decree of the Supreme Council concerning trophies (No. 3 of 1969). Date of text: 16 December 1969.

[LEX-FAOC208689] Somalia (Somaliland): Forestry and Wildlife Conservation Law No. 69/2015. Date of text: 21 December 2015.

[LEX-FAOC042041] Somalia: Amendment to the Law on Fauna (Hunting) and Forest Conservation (No. 65 of 1971). Date of text: 13 October 1971.

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Miscellaneous


Policies

CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:P NOT AREA:(AG CL PL DI EN FI FD FO GD IN LA AN SE SO WA WB)

[LEX-FAOC207686] Somalia: National Development Plan 2020 to 2024. Date of text: 2020.

[LEX-FAOC169866] Somalia: National Development Plan 2017-2019. Date of text: 2017.

[LEX-FAOC149735] Somalia: The Somali Compact Date of text: 2014.

[LEX-FAOC204111] Somalia: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Policy, 2019 Date of text: July 2019.

[LEX-FAOC204930] Somalia: National Policy on Refugee-Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons. Date of text: 2019.

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Legislation

CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND Z:(L NOT P) NOT AREA:(AG CL PL DI EN FI FD FO GD IN LA AN SE SO WA WB)

[LEX-FAOC217416] Somalia: Somali Petroleum Law. Date of text: February 2020.

[LEX-FAOC005344] Somalia: Law No. 40 of 4 October 1973 on Cooperative Development in the Somali Democratic Republic. Date of text: 4 October 1973.

[LEX-FAOC204118] Somalia: Law on the Registration of Commercial Companies at the Duty Free Zones, Law No. 96/2021 Date of text: 12 April 2021.

[LEX-FAOC204114] Somalia: Somaliland Special Economic Zones Law, No: 93/2021 Date of text: 6 February 2021.

[LEX-FAOC209470] Somalia: Law on the Delineation of the Organization of the Government and of Independent Public Bodies - Law No.71/2015. Date of text: 8 February 2016.

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International agreements

CC:SOM AND T:ALL AND REPEALED:N AND SUPERS:N NOT RO:Y AND TERRIT:N AND Z:A NOT Z:P

[LEX-FAOC203287] African Union (AU): Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cabo Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Eswatini; United Republic of Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe: AFRICAN UNION CONVENTION ON PREVENTING AND COMBATING CORRUPTION. Date of text: 11 July 2003.

[LEX-FAOC045449] African Union (AU): Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cabo Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Eswatini; United Republic of Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe: African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version). Date of text: 11 July 2003.

[LEX-FAOC210459] Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Angola; Burundi; Comoros; Djibouti; Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Kenya; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Seychelles; Somalia; Sudan; Uganda; United Republic of Tanzania; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Egypt; Libya; Madagascar; Tunisia: Treaty establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. Date of text: 5 November 1993.

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