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African Union Must Establish Court For South Sudan

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ADDIS ABABA, 25 NOVEMBER 2024 – The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has called on the African Union (AU) and the international community to intensify their support for the peace The newly elected leadership of the African Union (AU) must take more measures to fight impunity in South Sudan and finally establish a special court to deal with crimes against humanity in the country. African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat says he welcomes a decision by South Sudan’s Transitional Government of National Unity to establish an AU Hybrid Court for the country as required by a peace agreement signed in 2018.

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Transferring Policy: The African Union’s Protection of Civilians Policy in Peacekeeping Missions in Somalia and South Sudan News and Press Release Source ACCORD Posted 1 Aug 2023 Originally 1. BACKGROUND: CONFLICT IN SOUTH SUDAN On 15 December 2013, following months of political disputes within the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party, an armed confrontation started at the military barracks in the capital city, Juba, and escalated into full-blown conflict with violence quickly spreading to other areas of the country. Since then, South Sudan Download logo Ahead of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) meeting on South Sudan on 30 November, Amnesty International and the South Sudanese Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) have called on the African Union to speed up the formation of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS).

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South Sudan’s transitional unity government announced on Friday that it will establish the African Union (AU) Hybrid Court to prosecute human rights violations. The Commission for Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing, and the Compensation and Reparation Authority that will administer a fund for victims. African Union Condemns Violence in Sudan, Calls for Humanitarian Ceasefire and Urges Coordinated International Support to the Sudanese People Amidst Armed Confrontation

The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions, statements of its President, and press statements concerning the situation in South Sudan, Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and national unity of the Republic of South Sudan, and recalling the importance of the principles of non-interference, good A member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has said that it is of paramount importance for the Government of South Sudan to set up and

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is convening the Third Meeting of the Expanded Mechanism on the Sudan Crisis to be held on Wednesday 31 st May 2023 at the African Union (AU) headquarters. The meeting will bring together representatives from the Trilateral Mechanism (the AU, IGAD and UN), the League of Since the original commitment to establish a Hybrid Court in 2015, the Government has failed to engage seriously with the African Union to

Interrogating the role of the African Union and South Sudan in operationalising South Sudan’s new Hybrid Court. Since South Sudan’s conflict began in December 2013, the population has been plagued by brutal violations and abuses committed by government and opposition forces. Widespread impunity for the This policy paper seeks to highlight South Sudan’s priorities and the implementation status of its national transitional justice programme, measured against the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) as a benchmark.4 The country’s transitional justice programme is set out in the R-ARCSS, particularly Chapter V, which is titled ‘Transitional Justice, Accountability

Finally, the Council requested the AU Commission to assist RTGoNU in establishing the Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS), and to support truth, reconciliation, and reparations. The African Union (AU) encountered significant challenges in its role as a leader and coordinator in the ongoing crisis in South Sudan, particularly in its interactions with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the organization officially tasked with mediating the conflict.

Juba, South Sudan, 22 July 2017: The African Union Commission (AUC) in accordance with the Communiqué of the 547th meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) of 29 September 2015, embarked on a consultative mission to Juba from 20 to 22 July 2017 to engage with the Transitional Government of National Unity on the implementation The Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (5.3.1) states that the AU is responsible for establishing a hybrid court for South Sudan to ‘investigate and where necessary prosecute individuals bearing responsibility for violations of international law and/or applicable South Sudanese The situation remains delicate as South Sudan navigates its transitional period while attempting to establish a functioning justice system. The establishment of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan remains hindered by legal, procedural, and financial obstacles, despite urgent calls for justice from victims.

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“We have continued to emphasize the government obligation to make concrete moves on establishing the hybrid Court for South Sudan, given that accountability is an essential component of the On August 25,Transitional Justice Working Group of South Sudan, Human Rights Watch, and Institute for Security Studies held a webinar for the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC

Encouraging the Government of South Sudan to continue engaging with the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) to enhance international support for South Sudan’s peacebuilding objectives, “The Compensation and Reparation Authority will help to mobilize the resources today to rebuild the facilities that were destroyed during the war,” she said. Chapter 5 of the 2018 revitalized peace agreement calls for the establishment of three transitional justice mechanisms including, CRA, Hybrid Court for South Sudan and CTRH.

Open letter| African Union’s failures in the South Sudan political crisis (2017-2025) under Moussa Faki’s chairmanship South Sudanese citizens flee from fighting. (AFP photo) The African Union (AU) Commission on Sunday welcomed a decision to establish the AU Hybrid Court of South Sudan. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the chairperson of the 55-member pan-African bloc, welcomed „the announcement by the government of South Sudan approving the establishment of the AU Hybrid Court of Nairobi — Work with African Union to Establish Hybrid Court South Sudan ’s parliament has approved two laws on transitional justice that advance accountability and justice for victims of abuses

Call for action She stressed that the African Union must take the next steps necessary to establish the Hybrid Court and support the Truth Commission and the other processes. “At present South Sudan is a haven for those who commit the most atrocious violence,” said Ms. Sooka. We, the undersigned South Sudanese and international non-governmental organizations, write to share our thoughts with you on the way forward for the Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS). We recognize the efforts made by the African Union Commission (AUC) to date, as outlined in the Draft Project Proposal for Establishment of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan.1 We suggest ADDIS ABABA (19 October 2022) — South Sudan’s conflict has become increasingly complex but the level of suffering for millions of civilians remains intolerable, said UN experts visiting Ethiopia for talks with the African Union on the peace process. Members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan were in Addis Ababa to urge African countries and other

VOA: A U.N. investigative body is calling on the African Union to quickly establish a court for South Sudan to prosecute perpetrators of heinous crimes and bring justice to victims of sexual Ahead of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) meeting on South Sudan on 30 November, Amnesty International and the South Sudanese Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) have called on the African Union to speed up the formation of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS). The states of Central African Republic (CAR) and Republic of South Sudan (RoSS) have experienced civil wars in more recent times in which the worst forms of human rights violations have occurred. As a result, there have been demands for the perpetrators to be held accountable for mass crimes. In the case of the CAR, a hybrid court called the Special Criminal

The African Union Commission’s failure to advance justice for the countless victims of atrocities in South Sudan raises concerns about the regional body’s commitment to accountability, 34 It is seven years since the first peace deal was signed in South Sudan and with it a commitment made to set up a African Union-backed up Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS) to investigate and prosecute war crimes and other human rights violations committed in the conflict since 2013. But the creation of the [] For example, the African Union Commission’s Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, sees the agreement as putting ‘an end to the delays in establishing the court, transitional justice, accountability, reconciliation and healing institutions in order to bring justice and healing to all South Sudanese.’