Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation
Somalia Civilian Casualties: Loosened Targeting Rules and Transparency Rollbacks
Trump's Somalia designation and overall loosening of targeting rules — including relaxing the 'near-certainty' standard for civilian safety — significantly increased the pace of airstrikes across multiple theaters. Amnesty International documented civilian deaths in Somalia strikes that the US had said killed no civilians. The administration also reduced the reporting requirements for civilian harm assessments, eliminating the only systematic public accounting of civilian harm.