STORY: Somali prosecutors seek to strengthen

their strategic role in the justice system

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DATELINE: 12/DECEMBER/2017, MOGADISHU SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Med shot, prosecutors attending a conference

2. Close up shot, prosecutors taking notes
3. Close up shot, note pad
4. Med shot, prosecutors listening
5. Close up shot, a prosecutor listening to Chief Justice Ibrahim Idle
Suleyman
6. Med shot, Ahmed Ali Dahir, Attorney-General of the Federal Government of
Somalia speaking at the conference
7. Wide shot, prosecutors listening
8. Med shot, prosecutors listening
9. Close up shot, a document
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ahmed Ali Dahir, Attorney-General of the
Federal Government of Somalia
The role of prosecutors and also how they are integrating with them and how
they are making the cooperation work together because as we know Somalia
we were unitary state but now we took it as a federal system. Were looking
for the way to work together as federal member states prosecutors and
federal government prosecutors, how to work together, contact them on which
jurisdiction, their competencies and all discussions. Were also discussing
about the code of conduct of prosecutors,

11. Close up shot, a prosecutor listening

12. Wide shot, Ahmed Ali Dahir, Attorney-General of the Federal Government
of Somalia reading through a document at the conference
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ahmed Ali Dahir, Attorney-General of the
Federal Government of Somalia
We are preparing to establish the umbrella or can I say the association of
prosecutors, Somali National Prosecutors. They will discuss those issues. Its
important to nominate a technical committee whos preparing for TORs
(Terms of Reference) and also preparing all documentation by-laws and all
those issues,

14. Med shot, Ahmed Ali Dahir, Attorney-General and other high ranking
Federal Government officials at the conference
15. Close up shot, a prosecutor reading through a document
16. Close up shot, a prosecutor
17. Med shot, prosecutors from regional governments taking notes
18. Med shot, prosecutors listening
19. Close up shot, a prosecutor listening
20. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Ibrahim Idle Suleyman, Somalia Chief Justice
The first responsibility of protecting the law falls under the national
prosecution office. They have that responsibility to protect the countrys law
and for the law to be implemented,

21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Judge Zafar Gondal, the justice technical

specialist for the UNDP Somalia
Prosecution is becoming more and more specialized field. There are
specialized for organized crime, there are specialized investigative technics.
So you have to learn that one so thats why I think its very important sharing
the experience, learning within the country and then youll share your
experience outside the country and throughout the world,

22. Close up shot, a prosecutor at the conference

23. Med shot, prosecutors at the conference
24. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Fadumo Ahmed Islo one of the first women
prosecutors from Jubbaland
Most of the cases that come to us are mainly about women, mothers and
family issues. In such cases, they need a family prosecutor who they can trust
and share their problems freely which was not there before I became a
prosecutor and Im glad I can address this gap,

Somali prosecutors seek to strengthen their strategic role in the justice

system

Mogadishu, 14 December 2017 - Somali prosecutors from the federal

government and federal member states held their first annual conference in
Mogadishu this week, and they agreed to establish a Somali Prosecutors
Association to strengthen the role that prosecutors play in the countrys justice
system and better protect their independence and integrity.

The two-day conference, which sought to improve the relationship between

institutions of the federal government and federal member states, also
discussed a code of conduct for all prosecutors in the country.

The national conference is useful in promoting cooperation among

prosecutors, Attorney General Ahmed Ali Dahir said during the official
opening of the conference.

The event also addressed professional matters of mutual interest for the
countrys prosecutors, particularly in view of the critical role they will play in
the implementation of the new Justice and Corrections model recently
adopted by Somalias National Security Council.
They have a responsibility to protect the law [and] to ensure its
implementation, under the National Prosecution Office, noted Ibrahim Idle
Suleyman, Chief Justice of the Federal Government.

Prosecution is becoming more and more a specialized field. It is very

important to share the experience, learning within the country and then
outside the country, said Zafar Gondal, Justice Technical Specialist of the
United Nations Development Programme in Somalia.

Some participants stressed the need to bring more women into Somalias
justice system.

Fadumo Ahmed, a prosecutor from Jubbaland, highlighted the need for

family-sensitive prosecutors to deal with complex family cases brought
before the courts. The cases that come to my office are mainly about women,
mothers and family issues. In such cases, they need a family prosecutor
whom they can trust and freely share their problems with, she emphasized.

The conference was supported by the United Nations Rule of Law Global
Focal Point in Somalia and the International Development Law Organization.

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