Closed petition The United Kingdom to Recognise Somaliland as an Independent Sovereign State

Closed on 30 March 2015

We hereby request HM Government recognise Somaliland’s (SL) independence for the following reasons;
1. The union between the states was invalid because the treaty was not ratified.
2. The Somali state perpetrated human rights abuses, illegal detention, torture, disappearances, extra judicial executions, & genocide which created the entitlement of a people’s remedial right to self-determination under international law.
3. In a referendum 66% of eligible voters participated & 97% supported dissolution of the union.
4. SL satisfies the conditions of statehood & is entitled to the procedural right to self-determination.
5. SL has had 2 internationally observed presidential elections declared as free and fair.
6. On 7/7/10 PM David Cameron said “I welcome the peaceful & credible elections in SL, it’s an example of genuine democracy in an area of the world not noted for it”.
7. SL is stable but in a volatile region, recognition is the only way to safeguard that stability.