STORY: SOMALI PRIME MINISTER AND UNODC

LAY FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE MOGADISHU

PRISON AND COURT COMPLEX
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DATELINE: 18/02/2016, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST
1.
Wide shot, the Mogadishu Police Court Complex
2.
Med shot, the Mogadishu Police Court Complex
3.
Wide shot, construction ongoing on site
4.
Med shot, construction ongoing on site
5.
SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) OMAR ABDIRASHID ALI
SHARMARKE, PRIME MINISTER OF SOMALIA.
This is not going to be only a punishing facility, it will serve as a correctional
facility so that the offenders can reintegrate back to the community. We hope
the construction of this facility will strengthen the course of justice and tackle
extremism,
6.
Wide shot, an excavator flattens the ground
7.
Med shot, an excavator flattens the ground
8.
Close up, an excavator flattens the ground
9.
Med shot, invited guests lay the foundation to the new building
10.
SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) GENERAL BASHIR MOHAMED
JAMA GOOBE, SOMALIA CUSTODIAL CORPS COMMISSIONER.
It will be a four complex building that will serve as prisons, schools,
technical training centers, manufacturing sector, the court, and the
residential homes for judges and attorneys.
11.
Wide shot, invited guests are escorted to the podium
12.
Med shot, invited guests are escorted to the podium
13.
Wide shot, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister of
Somalia
14.
Med shot, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister of
Somalia
15.
SOUNDBITE: JOSE VILA DEL CASTILLO, EAST AFRICA
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS
AND CRIME. (UNODC)
The foundation of the new grand complex of Mogadishu is a major
investment of the United Nations rule of law in Somalia. This first phase of the

grand complex is going to be ready in the next twelve months, and judges and
prosecutors will be able to handle proper trials in proper facilities
16.
Wide shot, dignitaries present during the ceremony
17.
Med shot, dignitaries present during the ceremony
18.
Close up, Franciscus Albercht Makken, Dutch Ambassador to
Somalia
19.
Wide shot, the Somali Prisons Band
20.
Med shot, the Somali Prisons Band
21.
SOUNDBITE: AMBASSADOR FRANCISCUS MAKKEN,
DUTCH AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA.
I sincerely hope that since this court and prison by the middle of next year
will be functional and that the justice community will be safe. Trials will be
conducted in an orderly manner and the situation of high risk and regular
prisoners will be humane which will also help in the fight against
radicalization.
22.
23.

Wide shot, Somali Prisons Police parade

Med shot, Somali Prisons Police parade

STORY
Mogadishu, 18 February 2016 The first phase of the construction of the new
Mogadishu Court and Police Complex (MPCC) is underway.
The foundation stone for the complex was laid today in the capital Mogadishu,
at a ceremony presided over by Somalias Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali
Sharmarke, the Dutch ambassador to Somalia Frans Makken, senior United
Nations officials and senior officials from the Federal Government of Somalia.
The MPCC project is a key component of the Global Maritime Crime
Programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),
which was originally launched in 2009 to provide support for the trials of piracy
suspects in east Africa.
This is not going to be only a punishing facility, it will serve as a correctional
facility so that the offenders can reintegrate back to the community. We hope
the construction of this facility will strengthen the course of justice and tackle
extremism, Prime Minister Sharmarke said in his remarks during the
foundation stone laying ceremony.
Trials of high-risk suspects are projected to begin by the middle of 2017.
When complete, the complex will provide accommodation for suspects and
inmates near secure courthouse facilities to reduce the need to transport
prisoners through Mogadishu, which exposes them and corrections officers to
risks of violent attacks.
The foundation of the new grand complex of Mogadishu is a major
investment of the United Nations rule of law in Somalia. This first phase of the
grand complex is going to be ready in the next twelve months, and judges and
prosecutors will be able to handle proper trials in proper facilities, explained
Mr. Jos Vila del Castillo, the East Africa Regional Representative of UNODC.

The UN Office for Project Services produced designs for the facility in
consultation with UNODC and is overseeing construction of the MPCC, which
is expected to be completed by early 2018. In its finished state, the prison will
be equipped with 1,000 beds and meet international human rights standards.
Three medium-security cell-blocks will be erected during the third and fourth
phases of construction.
Yuri Fedotov, Executive Director of the UNODC added, Through this
important project, we are helping the people of Somalia rebuild much needed
institutions that respect and promote the rule of law and tackle damaging
terrorism and organized crime.
Mr. Fedotov thanked the governments of Denmark, the Netherlands and the
United Kingdom for funding the construction of the MPCC, along with the UN
Multi-Partner Trust Fund.
The project is being undertaken within the structure of the Somali Joint Rule
of Law Programme under the Somali New Deal Compacts peace- and statebuilding goal 3 that focuses on justice issues.
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