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Peace Agreement between the Sa’ad and Saleman sub-clans

  • Country/entity

    Somalia
  • Region

    Africa (excl MENA)
  • Agreement name

    Peace Agreement between the Sa’ad and Saleman sub-clans
  • Date

    18 Feb 2007
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/local conflict ( Somali Civil War (1991 - ) )
  • Stage

    Framework/substantive - comprehensive
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Somali Local Peace Processes
  • Parties

    Sa’ad and Saleman sub-clans
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Short peace agreement between the Sa'ad and Saleman sub-clans in Adado that restores land-holdings back to original owners, agree to use shariah as the basis for criminal justice, and establish a joint elders' council, a joint local police committee and a joint local judiciary committee authorized to extend this agreement in all the respective areas.


Groups

  • Children/youth

    No specific mention.

  • Disabled persons

    No specific mention.

  • Elderly/age

    No specific mention.

  • Migrant workers

    No specific mention.

  • Racial/ethnic/national group

    No specific mention.

  • Religious groups

    No specific mention.

  • Indigenous people

    No specific mention.

  • Other groups

    No specific mention.

  • Refugees/displaced persons

    No specific mention.

  • Social class

    No specific mention.


Gender

  • Women, girls and gender

    No specific mention.

  • Men and boys

    No specific mention.

  • LGBTI

    No specific mention.

  • Family

    No specific mention.


State definition

  • Nature of state (general)

    No specific mention.

  • State configuration

    No specific mention.

  • Self determination

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum

    No specific mention.

  • State symbols

    No specific mention.

  • Independence/secession

    No specific mention.

  • Accession/unification

    No specific mention.

  • Border delimitation

    No specific mention.

  • Cross-border provision

    No specific mention.


Governance

  • Political institutions (new or reformed)

    No specific mention.

  • Elections

    No specific mention.

  • Electoral commission

    No specific mention.

  • Political parties reform

    No specific mention.

  • Civil society

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional/religious leaders
    Page 1, 6. For effective sustainability and implementation of this historic agreement, the two sub-clans agree to establish a joint elders’ council, a joint local police committee and a joint local judiciary committee authorized to extend this agreement in all the respective areas.
  • Public administration

    No specific mention.

  • Constitution

    No specific mention.


Power sharing

  • Political power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Territorial power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Economic power sharing

    No specific mention.

  • Military power sharing

    No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

  • Human rights/RoL general

    No specific mention.

  • Bill of rights/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Treaty incorporation

    No specific mention.

  • Civil and political rights

    No specific mention.

  • Socio-economic rights

    No specific mention.


Rights related issues

  • Citizenship

    No specific mention.

  • Democracy

    No specific mention.

  • Detention procedures

    No specific mention.

  • Media and communication

    No specific mention.

  • Mobility/access

    No specific mention.

  • Protection measures

    No specific mention.

  • Other

    No specific mention.


Rights institutions

  • NHRI

    No specific mention.

  • Regional or international human rights institutions

    No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

  • Criminal justice and emergency law
    Justice sector reform→Criminal justice and emergency law→Criminal Justice System reform
    Page 1, 5. The two sub-clans agree to respect and uphold the peace accord and its authentic implementation. They agree to practice Sharia and use this as the basis for settling any crime committed.
  • State of emergency provisions

    No specific mention.

  • Judiciary and courts
    Page 1, 6. For effective sustainability and implementation of this historic agreement, the two sub-clans agree to establish a joint elders’ council, a joint local police committee and a joint local judiciary committee authorized to extend this agreement in all the respective areas.
  • Prisons and detention

    No specific mention.

  • Traditional Laws
    Page 1, 4. Property captured in the fighting is to be unconditionally returned to its owner on the basis of Sharia law, including vehicles, camels and cattle etc. Note: Military equipment, such as battlewagons and guns, are excluded and are dealt with through a technical settlement.

    Page 1, 5. The two sub-clans agree to respect and uphold the peace accord and its authentic implementation. They agree to practice Sharia and use this as the basis for settling any crime committed.

Socio-economic reconstruction

  • Development or socio-economic reconstruction

    No specific mention.

  • National economic plan

    No specific mention.

  • Natural resources

    No specific mention.

  • International funds

    No specific mention.

  • Business

    No specific mention.

  • Taxation

    No specific mention.

  • Banks

    No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

  • Land reform/rights
    Land, property and environment→Land reform/rights→Property return and restitution
    Page 1, 4. Property captured in the fighting is to be unconditionally returned to its owner on the basis of Sharia law, including vehicles, camels and cattle etc. Note: Military equipment, such as battlewagons and guns, are excluded and are dealt with through a technical settlement.
    Land, property and environment→Land reform/rights→Other land rights
    Page 1, 3. Every person is entitled to have access to his/her own property - water pools, houses, plot of land, etc. - regardless of the properties’ location.
  • Pastoralist/nomadism rights

    No specific mention.

  • Cultural heritage

    No specific mention.

  • Environment

    No specific mention.

  • Water or riparian rights or access
    Page 1, 3. Every person is entitled to have access to his/her own property - water pools, houses, plot of land, etc. - regardless of the properties’ location.

Security sector

  • Security Guarantees

    No specific mention.

  • Ceasefire

    No specific mention.

  • Police

    No specific mention.

  • Armed forces

    No specific mention.

  • DDR

    No specific mention.

  • Intelligence services

    No specific mention.

  • Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

    No specific mention.

  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • Terrorism

    No specific mention.


Transitional justice

  • Transitional justice general
    Page 1, 2. The long-standing blood vendetta conflict between the two sides is completely dismissed. Abiding by the Somali tradition and cultural context, the two communities opened a new chapter for peace. All forms of properties destroyed in the fighting were also dismissed.
  • Amnesty/pardon

    No specific mention.

  • Courts

    No specific mention.

  • Mechanism

    No specific mention.

  • Prisoner release

    No specific mention.

  • Vetting

    No specific mention.

  • Victims

    No specific mention.

  • Missing persons

    No specific mention.

  • Reparations
    Transitional justice→Reparations→Material reparations
    Page 1, 4. Property captured in the fighting is to be unconditionally returned to its owner on the basis of Sharia law, including vehicles, camels and cattle etc. Note: Military equipment, such as battlewagons and guns, are excluded and are dealt with through a technical settlement.
  • Reconciliation

    No specific mention.


Implementation

  • UN signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Other international signatory

    No specific mention.

  • Referendum for agreement

    No specific mention.

  • International mission/force/similar

    No specific mention.

  • Enforcement mechanism
    Page 1, 1. The peace agreement is non-negotiable, with no recourse to past events from now onwards.

    Page 1, 6. For effective sustainability and implementation of this historic agreement, the two sub-clans agree to establish a joint elders’ council, a joint local police committee and a joint local judiciary committee authorized to extend this agreement in all the respective areas.
  • Related cases

    No specific mention.

  • Source
    Ibrahim Ali Amber ‘Oker’, Community-based Peace Processes in South Central Somalia (ed.) Mark Bradbury (Somalia: The Center for Research and Dialogue & Interpeace, 2008), p. 116

Peace Agreement between the Sa’ad and Saleman sub-clans, Adado, 18 February 2007

The peace agreement is non-negotiable, with no recourse to past events from now onwards.

The long-standing blood vendetta conflict between the two sides is completely dismissed.

Abiding by the Somali tradition and cultural context, the two communities opened a new chapter for peace.

All forms of properties destroyed in the fighting were also dismissed.

Every person is entitled to have access to his/her own property - water pools, houses, plot of land, etc. -

regardless of the properties’ location.

Property captured in the fighting is to be unconditionally returned to its owner on the basis of Sharia law, including vehicles, camels and cattle etc.

Note:

Military equipment, such as battlewagons and guns, are excluded and are dealt with through a technical settlement.

The two sub-clans agree to respect and uphold the peace accord and its authentic implementation.

They agree to practice Sharia and use this as the basis for settling any crime committed.

For effective sustainability and implementation of this historic agreement, the two sub-clans agree to establish a joint elders’ council, a joint local police committee and a joint local judiciary committee authorized to extend this agreement in all the respective areas.