Tag: human rights violations

In its resolution 31/20 of 23 March 2016, the Human Rights Council established the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan for a period of one year, and requested the …

The Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCISS) contains important provisions on transitional justice, including a mandate to put on trials those responsible for …

This policy brief (2016) examines the current state of human rights situation in South Sudan, and the global and regional contexts that complicate it. It particularly looks at how the …

This report documents violations of international law during South Sudan’s government military campaign in Unity State, April 2015.

This paper is the third in a series of working papers developed by the South Sudan Law Society (SSLS) to stimulate thought on issues of truth, justice and reconciliation in …

This report documents abuses by government and opposition/allied forces, focusing on Juba, where the conflict erupted in December 2013, and three other main towns.

Drawing on research conducted by Human Rights Watch staff in Nairobi and Juba, this report focuses on criminal accountability for serious crimes committed during South Sudan’s current conflict.

Based on interviews with more than 50 displaced Murle victims and witnesses, “They Are Killing Us” exposes how the conflict and serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law …

This report examines child and forced marriage in South Sudan. The report suggests that child marriage has a significant negative impact on women and girl’s realization of key human rights, …

This report focuses on human rights violations committed in Western Bahr El Ghazal State between December 2012 and January 2013. Download

This report attempts at understanding the events that followed from fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) in the politically disputed town of …

This article (2003) explores linkages between the transnational activities of a Canadian oil company operating in Sudan and the human rights and humanitarian violations committed by the government of Sudan …

This Amnesty International report explores the link between massive human rights violations by the government forces and allied militias, and the oil operations by foreign companies in Sudan. The pattern …

This document discusses the history, composition and activities of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army  at a Human Rights meeting in Geneva in 1999. Download