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 government of the young state could be more caring about the lives of citizens and what options the world community has in prevention and punishment of atrocities and crimes committed against the South Sudanese citizens.
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CSRF Research Repository
The CSRF Research Repository aims to support greater contextual knowledge for policy makers, programme managers, and implementers by providing a searchable repository of research, analysis, and resources, and providing periodic updates on new research and analysis.
This document provides a synopsis of the key messages that emerged from the plenary and breakout sessions (during the 2016 Symposium “The Future of Human Security in Sudan and South Sudan) and that are relevant for the field of armed violence research in Sudan and South Sudan broadly, and for the HSBA project in particular. Download
Analysis of the risks that South Sudan faces given the current convergent economic, security and political crises on the eve of the overdue establishment of the Transitional Government of National Unity. Download
This policy brief is produced in cooperation between University for Peace (UPEACE) Centre The Hague, the South Sudan Law Society (SSLS) and PAX. It examines sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Unity State, South Sudan, and offers a number of policy options to help reduce the use of SGBV as a weapon of war in South Sudan. The study contains background information on the protection of civilians (POC) site that the United Nations Mission in…
This article describes the recent conflict developments in Upper Nile State, with particular attention to the effects of Kiir’s state reorganisational decree which divides Upper Nile State. Download
This weekly review attempts to explore the content of the NGO Act, particularly a number of provisions, which the opponents of this legislative measure claim, albeit indirectly, present imminent, serious impacts, on humanitarian operations in South Sudan.
This briefing describes the recent conflict developments in Unity State, with particular attention to the effects of Kiir’s state reorganisational decree which divides Unity State into three states. Download
This article argues that the use of targeted sanctions in the case of South Sudan’s current internal conflict (2013-2015) does not support but rather purport or, at worst, present a threat to sustainable peace. Download
This paper from 2015 focuses on the role of the CSOs (civil society organizations) and faith-based organizations in the settlement of major and local conflicts that have thus far afflicted South(ern) Sudan.
Calls for further development and implementation of a youth development policy in South Sudan. Highlights strategies used and factors leading to the failure to implement a youth development policy.
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