This report from early 2016, composed by the UN Panel of Experts on South Sudan, provides a summary of the Panel’s investigations into the command responsibility within the belligerent parties to the war, details of the actions and policies resulting from command decisions and a description of the linkage to the criteria for sanctions designation established in the resolution. Download
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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 report about possible developments in South Sudan up to 2020 is based on a study by Jaïr van der Lijn of SIPRI, commissioned by PAX. The report presents different scenarios for South Sudan for 2020. Its purpose is to contribute to the debate on how to stimulate peace, security and development in South Sudan, and to present implications for (inter)national action. 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 report, the first of a three-part comparative study on peacekeeping across Africa, examines civilian perspectives of peacekeeping forces in South Sudan. It is not an assessment of the operations of UNMISS per se, but an analysis of UNMISS as seen by the civilians they are supposed to protect. Download
This document reviews the historical linkages between oil and security in Sudan and South Sudan, and provides an overview of the key actors in the sector. After considering the security impact of the political and economic dimensions of oil production, it examines the more direct relationship between oil and violence, assessing the current situation within and between the two states as well as at the local community level as of mid-2015. Download
Reflection on past and forthcoming aid practices in South Sudan, as well as on the assumptions and ambitions that underpin them. Download
This evaluation, commissioned by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), reviewed the status of the Common Humanitarian Funds (CHFs), including a country level report of South Sudan in 2015 Download
This paper (2015) attempts to address the looming question of the unintended consequences of – and questions raised by – a renewed large-scale humanitarian operations in South Sudan.
This paper explores the role of the Ugandan Forces and International Commitment in the ongoing armed conflict in South Sudan. Download
This report looks forward from January 2015 to quantify the economic costs that would be incurred by South Sudan, other countries in the neighbouring region, and the wider international community, should the conflict continue. Download
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