THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA (3) The mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission shall include: (a) Bearing witness to, record, and in some cases, grant amnesty to the perpetrators of crimes relating to human rights violations, and rehabilitation of the criminals;; and (b) Promoting forgiveness, reconciliation and national unity. Article 111J. The Office of the Ombudsman (1) There shall be established the Office of the Ombudsman. (2) The Ombudsman must act in accordance with the Constitution and the Laws. (3) (a) A member of the Council of Ministers, the Federal Parliament or any other person shall not interfere with the work of the office of the Ombudsman. (b) Each department of the Government shall co-operate with the office of the Ombudsman regarding the need to maintain its independence, integrity and effective service delivery. While acting in accordance with the recommendations of the Judicial Service Commission, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia shall nominate an Ombudsman. (a) The Judicial Service Commission can recommend the nomination of a person as an Ombudsman, only if such a person is qualified to be nominated as a judge of the Constitutional Court. (b) The Ombudsman·s term of office is seven (7) years. (4) In Clause 5, the wRUG´RIILFHUµ means any person who is elected or nominated or who works for a Federal Government, Federal Member State government or a local government institution or an officer who is part of a business owned, managed or is in the hands of the government, or an office member of the defense or police forces, but does not include a judge of the Constitutional Court, a High Court or any other officers involved until an allegation becomes evident of a judicial task. (5) The Ombudsman shall: (a) Investigate complaints regarding allegations or outright violations against basic rights and freedoms, abuse of power, unfair behavior, mercilessness, lack of clemency, indiscipline or disrespect towards a person that lives in Somalia by an officer who works at the various levels of government, an apparently unfair behavior, or act in a corrupt manner, or a behavior by an officer deemed as illegal by a democratic society or regarded as mischief or injustice. (b) Investigate complaints in relation to the activities of the Public Service Commission of the government, administrative institutions of the government, and the defense and police forces whoever such complaints relate to, failure to equally align those services or fair recruitment among all people in those services or to administer those services fairly. (c) Take appropriate steps that the public calls for, to rectify or change items mentioned in earlier clauses through a fair, and appropriate process, which include, but are not limited to: (i) Consultations and sacrifices among the people concerned;; (ii) Reporting on the complaints and matters presented to the Ombudsman, and submit to the head of the offender;; (iii) To forward the matter to the Attorney General;; (iv) To bring the matter before a court that forbids improper conducts by an officer;; or 41

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