This study aims to provide a critical legal evaluation of the Transitional Constitution, to analyse the constitution making procedures set out in that text, especially from a comparative perspective, and where appropriate to identify relevant procedures that could be locally adapted. Download
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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 paper from 2011 discusses some of the state-building challenges faced by the newly found state of South Sudan. Download
This briefing (2011) discusses the distribution of state-owned small arms and light weapons and related trade flows in South Sudan. Download
This report emphasizes the need for nation building and national identification – in the face of ethnic and religious diversity, and exclusive government practices – through a broad-based national cultural program. Download
This research aims to enhance understandings of the current perceptions and practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) of oil companies and consortia in South Sudan. Drawing on interviews with oil company representatives and international frameworks of corporate responsibility, the principal aim is to supplement the wealth of research that already exists in this domain with a more practical approach to how the oil companies and consortia might better manage and mitigate the social and environmental…
The civil war that has intermittently raged in the Sudan since independence in 1956 is, according to Francis Deng, a conflict of contrasting and seemingly incompatible identities in the Northern and Southern parts of the country. Identity is seen as a function of how people identify themselves and are identified in racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious terms. The identity question related to how such concepts determine or influence participation and distribution in the political,…
This research aims to analyze the dynamic between community security and security promotion initiatives. In the case of South Sudan, it aims to analyze what interaction takes place between community security and specific programmes such as the DDR programme, community disarmament and, to the extent mentioned by respondents at the grassroots level, SSR. Download
This article discusses the concept of citizenship in Sudan in light of the Sudanese and Southern Sudanese interim constitutions and relevant laws. Download
This Environmental Impacts, Risks and Opportunities Assessment was carried out from 2 May to 15 June 2011 with the aim of identifying environmental project interventions that will assist the Government of South Sudan to establish adequate environmental governance. Action in this area is urgent due to the effects of climate change and the increasing pressures on the environment caused by the resettlement of people returning to South Sudan after the war. After a period of…
This report (2011) presents the views of 38 aid agencies working on peace-building, development, and humanitarian assistance in South Sudan. It highlights ten priority areas for action that, in the view of NGOs operating in South Sudan and based on lessons learnt during the CPA interim period, should have been prioritised by donors in the first years after independence of South Sudan for the people of South Sudan. Download
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