This second part of the country guidance is the common analysis. Its contents include:
1. General remarks
2. Actors of persecution or serious harm
3. Refugee status
- 3.1. General remarks
- 3.2. Persons associated with the government of Somalia and/or international actors
- 3.3. Persons fearing recruitment by Al-Shabaab
- 3.4. Deserters and defectors from Al-Shabaab
- 3.5. Individuals refusing to pay ‘taxes’ to Al-Shabaab
- 3.6. Humanitarian workers and human rights defenders
- 3.7. Journalists
- 3.8. Individuals (perceived as) contravening social or religious laws/tenets
- 3.9. Individuals involved in blood feuds/clan disputes
- 3.10. Individuals accused of crimes in Somalia
- 3.11. Minorities
- 3.12. LGBTIQ persons
- 3.13. Women and girls
- 3.13.1. Violence against women and girls: overview
- 3.13.2. Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C)
- 3.13.3. Women and girls fearing forced recruitment by Al-Shabaab
- 3.13.4. Women and girls who have left Al-Shabaab
- 3.13.5. Child marriage and forced marriage
- 3.13.6. Women and girls in clan conflicts
- 3.13.7. Single women and female heads of households
- 3.14. Children
- 3.15. Persons with disabilities or severe medical issues
4. Subsidiary protection
- 4.1. Article 15(a) QD
- 4.2. Article 15(b) QD
- 4.3. Article 15(c) QD
- 4.3.1. Preliminary remarks
- 4.3.2. Armed conflict (international or internal)
- 4.3.3. Qualification of a person as a ‘civilian’
- 4.3.4. Indiscriminate violence: general approach
- 4.3.5. Serious and individual threat
- 4.3.6. Qualification of the harm as ‘threat to (a civilian’s) life or person
- 4.3.7. Nexus/’by reason of’
5. Actors of protection
- 5.1. The State
- 5.2.Parties or organisations, including international organisations
- 5.3. Considerations on clan support
6. Internal protection alternative
- 6.1. Preliminary remarks
- 6.2. Part of the country
- 6.3. Safety
- 6.4. Travel and admittance
- 6.5. Reasonableness to settle