Name of Policy/Legal Framework

Brief Description

Somaliland Constitution (2001)

Provides provision and chapters protection rights of citizens to information, and ensures clear check and balance to prevent abuse of power.

Somaliland Mining Act in 2008 (Draft)

Looks comprehensive but lacks special provision of protection rights to small-scale artisanal mining communities and linkage to long-term global development agendas such as SDGs and climate action.

Somaliland Upstream Policy 2014

Very small policy document lacking extensive inputs running from deciding on extracting underground wealth to long-term development including FDI

Exploration and Extraction of Natural Resources of Oil Act in 2021

With an official gazette in 2021, the Act was passed late questioning the fiscal grounds for Genel operations since 2012.