(10 November 2022) This report is based on the findings of internationally trained local monitors who documented several incidents in South Sudan. Based on the information collected, there is a reasonable basis to believe that the incidents listed in this report occurred and meet the threshold of international crimes. Both the monitors and the national human rights organizations they collaborated with must remain anonymous, given the security risks currently faced by civil society organizations in the country.
Introduction
Since the gaining of its independence in 2011, South Sudan has been marred by armed conflicts, territorial disputes, power struggles, interethnic violence, food shortages, mass displacement of populations and in general, a succession of humanitarian crises. The signing of the ‘Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan’ (R-ARCS) in 2018 was a crucial step in the country’s effort toward democratization, peacebuilding and reconciliation. The limited implementation of all peace agreements has led South Sudan to fall back into a situation marked by waves of localized violence, abuses and targeting the civilian population.
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