South Sudan

HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH SUDAN

Displaced people arrive in Awerial, Lakes State, by river barge from Bor town in December2013. Tens of thousands of people fled fighting between government and rebel forces in Bor to an impromptu camp in Awerial or to other locations in South Sudan.

© 2014 AP Photo/Ben Curtis

South Sudan: Massacres, Unlawful Killings, Pillage

The crimes against civilians in South Sudan over the past months, including ethnic killings, will resonate for decades.

South Sudan: Government Forces Recruiting Child Soldiers

Feb 16, 2015
South Sudan: AU Putting Justice on Hold

Feb 3, 2015
Dispatches: Will the AU Help Bring Justice to South Sudan?

Jan 27, 2015
Transfer LRA Commander to International Court

Jan 9, 2015

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Ending the Era of Injustice

Advancing Prosecutions for Serious Crimes Committed in South Sudan’s New War
South Sudan’s New War

Abuses by Government and Opposition Forces
“They Are Killing Us”

Abuses Against Civilians in South Sudan’s Pibor County

South Sudan

South Sudan: Government Forces Recruiting Child Soldiers

Feb 16, 2015
South Sudan: AU Putting Justice on Hold

Feb 3, 2015
South Sudan Civil Society Organization Petition to the AU Peace and Security Council

Jan 28, 2015
Dispatches: Will the AU Help Bring Justice to South Sudan?

Jan 27, 2015
Transfer LRA Commander to International Court

Jan 9, 2015

The United States, Uganda, and the Central African Republic should ensure the prompt transfer of a rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2005, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Dominic Ongwen for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Q&A on LRA Commander Dominic Ongwen and the ICC

Jan 9, 2015

On January 6, 2015, US military advisers supporting the African Union Regional Task Force in the Central African Republic received the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen into custody. The United States, Uganda – the primary contributor to the AU task force – and the Central African Republic should ensure the prompt transfer of Ongwen, believed to be about 34 years old, to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2005, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Ongwen for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
South Sudan: Obama Should Support Arms Embargo

Jan 8, 2015

US President Barack Obama should call for and support a comprehensive United Nations arms embargo on the parties to South Sudan’s brutal conflict, 29 South Sudanese and international human rights, humanitarian, and other groups said today in a letter to President Obama.
South Sudan: Joint Letter to President Obama regarding Arms Embargo

Jan 8, 2015
Dispatches: South Sudan’s Year of Atrocities, Where is the African Union’s Report?

Dec 14, 2014
A crisis the US can do something about

Dec 11, 2014

“They will kill us because we are Nuer!” shouted a young man trying to get through the gate of the United Nations base in Bor, South Sudan when I was there in early November. The base has been sheltering thousands of people, mostly ethnic Nuer. Due to recent construction, UN staff were closing the gate earlier than usual, and the young man feared being caught out of the safe haven in the majority Dinka town.

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