ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the application of this model of self-determination through a study of practice. It discusses the significance of self-determination in the context of state-building efforts conducted as part of the Somali National Reconciliation process. The chapter also discusses the significance and role that self-determination standards have played in the process of rebuilding a functioning state in Somalia. It shows how, in relation to internal self-determination requirements, concerns regarding the representativeness of government and state institutions were present at all times. The chapter shows under examination, the various steps through which new governments have been set up as part of the Somali National Reconciliation Process have never been able to show that the process was an effect of a free choice of the Somali people. It provides an overview of how self-determination concerns were included in the process of reconstruction of state structure and governance institutions in the period from 2000 to 2012.
