General Assembly

Somaliland Lawyers Association has general assembly that all the members meets and held at once in every two years, the assembly is the supreme organ of authority in the Bar which approved the constitution of the Bar and has power the election of the BOD as per the constitution

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Board of Directors

The Also Association has effective governing “Board of Director” of Fifteen (15) members, which is functional. The Board of director is the leading body of the association between two sessions  and they review and approves association plans, identify needs, and link planning to budget, approves implementations of the operational manuals, associational policies and procedures, internal control system, designs and develops the strategic plans/directions of the Bar; and amends where deem necessary.

They prepare and announce, organize and hold the ordinary and extraordinary assembly meetings and they mobilize and secure the resources/funds of the Bar through broad donor-based fund diversification strategy.

BOD nominate Executive Director of Bar and approve the departmental officers of the association; also the BOD has empowered to monitor and supervise the administration activities running by Executive Director.

The Bar has written constitution approved by the Assembly on Jun 2004, and amended on July 2008. The association has registration legal documents, and therefore is operational by law.

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Secratrait

UNDER UPDATE

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Executive summary:

Somaliland lawyers association is non-political, non-profit making human right and legal professional association, which unite 120 of the Somaliland lawyers including law professors of Hargeisa University faculty of law, other law colleges, legal advisors of the both legislative Houses, Government ministries, local Governments, national commercial companies and legal consultancies of the UN and International Humanitarian agencies around Somaliland six regions and founded Jun 2004.

SOLLA as a local professional association mandated enhancing the reputation of the Somaliland lawyers, to improve the quality of their performance in service delivery, and protection of the lawyers rights and observance for their duties; the realization of access justice, fair and independent judiciary, respect of human rights, promotion of the legal education, realization of democratic and proper application of the laws.  Firstly the promotion of the respect for human rights is one of the indispensable purposes of the Bar (SOLLA). Secondly, SOLLA undertake to provide free legal assistance, legal defense and legal representation for vulnerable people of the community, human right victims and those have no ability to hire a lawyer; where also the system of periodic reporting within the context of the major international human rights instruments is the Associational vital element in monitoring the full and effective national implementation of international human rights standards.

SOLLA works with the local societal groups and the government to the responsibilities and strategies towards civil protection on the observance of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the community, fulfillment of democratic and sustain of peace in Somaliland.

In addition, SOLLA engages a process to review the country’s existing laws and advise a process of the new legislations concerns the civil liberties and fundamental freedoms of the community, upgrading democratic system, access justice and fair and independent judiciary system of Somaliland.

As an independent expert on human rights SOLLA has established human right monitoring system to eliminate abuses, violations or neglect, exploitation, discrimination, or exclusion from the development process and to provide free legal aid supporting for human right victims. It had a specific committee of experts nominated and elected within the association’s board.

Hence our intermediate objectives is to adopt appropriate human rights and legal education strategy that could transfer human rights, democratic and responsibilities to the people we serve to enable them all realize, understand or claim and best defend and practice their rights. 

On the other hand, SOLLA carry out legal researches for promoting the understanding and legal knowledge of the country thought legal studies, analyzes of the laws of the country for their adoption, reforms and application and interpretation of the laws, to improve the legal system of the country.    

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