1. Displaced persons shall be protected fully, in particular against all forms of harm including mutilation, torture, cruel conditions, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and other barbarity to their personal dignity, such as acts of gender-based violence including rape, and all other forms of indecent assault such as sexual exploitation or forced labour

6. Promote and facilitate voluntary reunification of separated families.

Refugee-returnees and IDPs shall be protected from discriminatory and arbitrary arrests and detentions because of their displacement status

1. All federal government institutions, FMS government authorities and the BRA have the primary duty and responsibility to establish conditions, as well as provide the means, that allow refugee-returnees and IDPs to make a free and informed choice to return voluntarily, in
safety and with dignity, to their homes or places of habitual residence, or to locally integrate
where they find themselves or to settle voluntarily in another part of the country.
2. Somali refugee-returnees and IDPs have the right to voluntarily return to their area of origin
or to settle in any part of the country, to live with dignity, respect, prosperity and liberty.
3. All the concerned parties shall make special efforts to ensure the full participation of refu-
gee-returnees and IDPs themselves in the planning and management of return, local inte-
gration or settlement in another part of the country

Refugee-returnees and IDPs have:
a. the right to seek their safety and welfare, and establish their residence and move freely throughout the country, irrespective of clan affiliation, migration status, gender or other criteria;
b. the right to leave their country and seek life in another country;
c. the right to seek asylum in another country; and

All refugee-returnees and IDPs have the right, like any other citizen, to an adequate standard
of living, and regardless of any circumstances and without discrimination they shall be provided
with:
a. essential food and potable water;
b. basic shelter and housing;
c. essential medical services and sanitation;
d. basic education; and
e. personal security.

Certain refugee-returnees and IDPs (e.g. children, especially unaccompanied minors; expectant mothers; mothers with young children; female heads of household; child-headed households; orphans; persons with disabilities or chronic disease; and elderly persons) shall be entitled to protection and assistance required by their condition, and to treatment that takes into account their special needs.
2. People who are ill or infirm, people with disabilities and all other vulnerable persons shall receive medical care, attention and other basic supplies to the fullest extent practicable and with the least possible delay, including the diagnosing and treating of contagious diseases.
3. Special attention should be given to the health needs, including special health access, of women and girls. This should include health care as well as appropriate counselling for victims of sexual violence and other abuse.
4. Special attention should be given to the prevention of contagious and infectious disease including HIV/AIDS among refugee-returnees and IDPs.
5. Tailored long-term services should be provided to people suffering from chronic illnesses
including mental illness.

The Federal Government of Somalia shall ensure the issuance of all documents necessary for
refugee-returnees and IDPs for the enjoyment and exercise of their legal rights (e.g. passports, personal identification documents, and birth and marriage certificates). In particular,
the authorities shall facilitate the issuance of new documents or the replacement of documents lost in the course of displacement, without imposing unreasonable conditions such
as requiring the return to one’s habitual residence in order to obtain required documents, or
imposing prohibitive costs

Refugee-returnees and IDPs, whether or not they are living in camps, shall not be discriminated against in the enjoyment of their rights, including the ones listed below, as a result of their displacement:
i. the right to move freely throughout the country.

1. Refugee-returnees and IDPs, whether or not they are living in camps, shall not be discriminated against in the enjoyment of their rights, including the ones listed below, as a result of their displacement:
c. the right to own secure land and property;