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- Sunday 30 September 2012
28 September 2012 (BOR) – The chairperson of the South Sudan Human Rights Commission, Laurence Corbandy visited Jonglei State on Thursday to address the issues of human rights protection as addressed by the UN Mission in South Sudan. (...)
- Saturday 6 October 2012
UN Human Rights Council Report on South Sudan, 29 August 2012
- Saturday 1 September 2012
By Julius N. Uma
August 31, 2012 (JUBA) - The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has strongly criticized South Sudan’s recent decision to hang two men in a central prison located in the capital, Juba, saying those executed (...)
- Tuesday 30 April 2013
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, is due to begin an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti on Tuesday to collect first-hand information (...)
- Friday 8 March 2013
By Navi Pillay
March 7, 2013 - Last month, in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, a 20-year old mother of two was stripped naked and tortured until she confessed to practicing sorcery. Then she was burned alive on the local rubbish (...)
- Friday 6 April 2012
April 5, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The statements made by South Kordofan governor Ahmed Haroun telling Sudanese troops not to bring back rebel fighters alive are "extremely worrying", the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (...)
- Monday 17 September 2012
September 16, 2012 (JUBA) - The Government of South Sudan and its partners should be fully supported in efforts to build the capacity of rule of law institutions as a mechanism of addressing the shortfalls in its human protection (...)
- Saturday 4 August 2012
August 3, 2012 – (KHARTOUM) - United Nations human rights body, the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged the Sudanese government to launch an independent investigation into the killing of protesters, mainly high school (...)
- Friday 29 June 2012
June 28, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday urged Sudanese authorities to ensure that Friday’s planned demonstration proceeds peacefully, without mass arrests and violent measures (...)
- Friday 31 August 2012
By Julius N. Uma
August 30, 2012 (JUBA) - At least 50% of households in South Sudan remain food insecure, while about 14% are severely affected, a United Nations Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS) conducted in the young nation, (...)
Latest Comments & Analysis
On Abyei enough is enough 2013-06-18 05:01:47 By Deng Vanang June 17, 2013 - No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody’s wish that dialogue could (...)
The arming of rebels in Sudan and South Sudan: what is the evidence? 2013-06-18 04:57:44 By Eric Reeves 17 June 2013 - News reporting in general, a great deal of analytic writing, and virtually all diplomatic pronouncements about military support for rebel groups—in South Sudan and (...)
Bashir’s decision, a material breach of the oil agreement 2013-06-16 06:21:14 By Justice Deng Biong June 15, 2013 - After its ratification by the National legislatures in both South Sudan and Sudan States, the Cooperation Agreement [CA] (Oil Agreement included) signed on (...)
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