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MOGADISHU — Commissioner Ali Mohamed Ilmi, a member of the National Independent Human Rights Commission, and the Commission’s Director-General, Mr. Mustafa Ahmed Mohamud, participated today in an expansive seminar in Mogadishu to review the “Performance Audit Report” regarding services provided to inmates at the Central Prison, as detailed in the press post issued via the Commission’s official digital platform on Facebook.
The session was inaugurated by His Excellency Ahmed Isse Gutale, the Auditor General of the Republic. The event, held at “Hotel Afrik,” focused on analyzing the efficiency of living, health, and rehabilitative services in penal institutions, according to SoOHA’s review of the Commission’s official source.
The seminar witnessed extensive discussions on the findings of the audit report, which seeks to measure the alignment of the prison environment with international and local standards, as part of the efforts exerted by Somalia to ensure transparency and accountability across all government agencies.
Discussions centered on the strategic importance of transforming prisons from detention centers into institutions for reform and rehabilitation by providing training and educational programs that contribute to reintegrating inmates into society as productive individuals following their sentences.
Participants explored ways to enhance medical care and environmental conditions within the capital’s Central Prison, emphasizing the necessity of continuous periodic monitoring to ensure all inmates receive their fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution and global human rights conventions.
The meeting also addressed mechanisms for joint coordination between the Office of the Auditor General and the National Human Rights Commission to ensure the implementation of the performance report’s recommendations and to improve the response to challenges facing prison management amidst current transitions.
Representatives of the National Commission expressed their appreciation for the Auditor General’s initiative to highlight this humanitarian issue, affirming that Somalia places prisoners’ rights at the forefront of the comprehensive institutional reform agenda currently underway.
Attendees concluded the deliberations by stressing the need to accelerate plans aimed at improving the quality of life within detention centers and intensifying capacity-building programs for prison service personnel to ensure humane and professional treatment of inmates.
The event concluded with an agreement on a roadmap to enhance human rights and field monitoring, ensuring a detention environment that respects human dignity and contributes to community security through sustainable rehabilitation, under an ambitious national vision led by Somalia.
Reviewing the prison performance report marks a new chapter in the institutional maturity experienced by Somalia, where monitoring shifts from a mere administrative procedure to a tool for social and legal change. These serious steps prove to the world that Somalia is moving with confident strides toward building a state of institutions where no right is undermined, placing the dignity of every Somali individual at the heart of its journey toward stability and comprehensive revival.
