Laws of Somalia

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Amendment to the Law on Fauna (Hunting) and Forest Conservation (No. 68 of 1970)

Act · Made 1971-10-13

Amendment to the Law on Fauna (Hunting) and Forest Conservation (No. 65 of 1971)

Act · Made 1971-10-13

Constitution of the Puntland State of Somalia

Constitution · Made 2009 · Puntland

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)

Regulation · Made 1970-11-25

Decree of the Supreme Council concerning trophies (No. 3 of 1969)

Regulation · Made 1969-12-16

Energy Law No. 81/2018

Act · Made 2018-03 · Somaliland

Environment and Rural Development Strategic Plan

policy · Made 2017-07-01 · Somaliland

Environmental And Social Impact Assessment And Audit Regulations (ESIA) 2024

Regulation · Made 2024

Environmental Protection and Management Act 2024

Act · Made 2024-04

Fisheries Joint Venture Guidelines, 1985

Regulation · Made 1985-04-01

Fisheries law of the Federal Republic of Somalia (Review of 2016)

Act · Made 2016

Forestry and Wildlife Conservation Law No. 69/2015

Act · Made 2015-12-21 · Somaliland

Interim Protocol on Land Distribution for Housing to Eligible Refugee-Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons, 2019

Other · Made 2019

Law No. 28 of 20 February 1971 Governing the Water Development Agency

Act · Made 1971-02-20

Law No. 37 of 1972 on the Somali Territorial Sea and Ports

Act · Made 1972-09-10

Law No. 40 of 4 October 1973 on Cooperative Development in the Somali Democratic Republic

Act · Made 1973-10-04

Law on Fauna (Hunting) and Forest Conservation (No. 15 of 1969)

Act · Made 1969-01-25

Law on prohibition of grazing in military zones (No. 72 of 1970)

Act · Made 1970-12-10

Law on the Delineation of the Organization of the Government and of Independent Public Bodies - Law No.71/2015

Act · Made 2016-02-08

Law on the establishment of the National Parks Agency (No. 34 of 1971)

Act · Made 1971-03-01

Law on the Prevention of Deforestation and Desertification (Law N: 04/1998)

Act · Made 1998 · Somaliland

Law on the Registration of Commercial Companies at the Duty Free Zones, Law No. 96/2021

Act · Made 2021-04-12

Law on the Somali Territorial Sea and Ports, 1972 (Articles 1 to 5)

Act · Made 1972

Law ratifying the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (MARPOL)(No. 71 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-11-01

Livestock Development Agency Law (No. 34 of 1970)

Act · Made 1970-06-26

Maritime Code

Act · Made 1959-03-21

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Policy, 2019

policy · Made 2019-07

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020 (NBSAP)

policy · Made 2015-12

National Dairy Act

Act · Made 2015 · Somaliland

National Development Plan

policy · Made 2011-11 · Somaliland

National Development Plan 2017-2019

policy · Made 2017

National Development Plan 2020 to 2024

policy · Made 2020

National Drought Plan for Somalia

policy · Made 2020-12-16

National Environment Policy

policy · Made 2015 · Somaliland

National Environment Research and Disaster-preparedness (NERAD) Agency Law – Law No. 35 of 2006

Act · Made 2006 · Somaliland

National Environmental Policy

policy · Made 2019

National Eviction Guidelines, 2019

Regulation · Made 2019

National Livestock Policy

policy · Made 2006-11

National Policy on Refugee-Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons

policy · Made 2019

National Solutions Pathways Action Plan 2024 - 2029

policy · Made 2024

National Water Act (No. 49 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-03-28 · Somaliland

National Water Resource Strategy 2021-2025

policy · Made 2021-08

Penal Code, 1962

Act · Made 1962-12

Pest Management Plan

policy · Made 2020-04

Procedural Regulation on Ministries and Agencies Lr.01/2018

Regulation · Made 2018 · Somaliland

Proclamation by the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia of 30 June 2014 on the EEZ

Act · Made 2014-06-30

Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia

Constitution · Made 2012-08-01

Puntland Disaster Management Policy, 2014

policy · Made 2014-12 · Puntland

Puntland Disaster Preparedness and Management Framework

policy · Made 2011-06 · Puntland

Puntland Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation, 2016

Regulation · Made 2016-12-24 · Puntland

Puntland State Water and Land Resources Data Management Law No. 2 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-04-08 · Puntland

Puntland Water Policy 2007

policy · Made 2007

Puntland Water Resources Act

Act · Made 2018-09 · Puntland

Regulation of Land Dispute Tribunal (LDT) of Puntland 2017

Regulation · Made 2017 · Puntland

Regulations on Registration and Licensing of Fishing Vessels (No. 1/08/2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-08-05 · Somaliland

Social Mobilisation, Advocacy and Communications Strategy for Scaling Up Nutrition 2019-2021

policy · Made 2019

Somali Civil Code

Act · Made 1973-06-02

Somali Fishery Law No. 23 of 30 November 1985

Act · Made 1985-11-30

Repealed

Somali Nutrition Strategy 2011-2013

policy · Made 2011

Somali Petroleum Law

Act · Made 2020-02

Somalia Multisectoral Nutrition Strategy 2019-2024

policy · Made 2019

Somalia National Action Plan (NAP) on combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

policy · Made 2020

Somalia National Climate Change Policy 2020 (updated 2023)

policy · Made 2020

Somalia National Development Plan 2020–2024

policy · Made 2020

Somalia National Water Resource Strategy 2021- 2025: A Roadmap to Realisation

policy · Made 2021-08

Somalia Recovery and Resilience Framework (RRF)

policy · Made 2018-06

Somalia's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)

policy · Made 2015-11

Somalia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Framework

policy · Made 2022-02

Somalia's Third Generation Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0)

policy · Made 2025

Somalia Social Protection Policy

policy · Made 2019-03

Somaliland Agricultural Land Ownership Law (No:08/99)

Act · Made 1999 · Somaliland

Somaliland Environmental Management Law No. 79 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-08-02 · Somaliland

Somaliland Fishery Law (No. 24 of 1995)

Act · Made 1995-11-24 · Somaliland

Somaliland Fishery Law No. 84/2018

Act · Made 2018-10-07 · Somaliland

Somaliland Food and Water Security Strategy

policy · Made 2011 · Somaliland

Somaliland National Development Plan II 2017-2021

policy · Made 2021-07 · Somaliland

Somaliland: National Development Plan III (2023-2027)

policy · Made 2023 · Somaliland

Somaliland National Vision 2030

policy · Made 2011-12 · Somaliland

Somaliland National Water Policy

policy · Made 2002-04 · Somaliland

Somaliland Ports Authority, Law No. 94/2021

Act · Made 2021-04-12

Somaliland Special Economic Zones Law, No: 93/2021

Act · Made 2021-02-06

Strategic Plan 2016-2020

policy · Made 2016-06

Strategic Plan 2024-2028

policy · Made 2023-11

Strategic Plan of the Ministry of National Resources

policy · Made 2013

The National Durable Solutions Strategy 2020-2024

policy · Made 2020

The Somali Compact

policy · Made 2014

Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

policy · Made 2021-07

Urban Land Management Law – Law No: 17/2001 as amended in 2008

Act · Made 2001 · Somaliland

Veterinary Law Code 2016

Act · Made 2016

WASH Sector Policy

policy · Made 2019

WASH Sector Strategic Plan 2019-2023

policy · Made 2019-05

Waste Management and Urban Sanitation Law No.83 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-12-15 · Somaliland