NAIROBI/GENEVA (5 October 2023) – As South Sudan considers the prospect of national elections in December 2024, its Government must urgently cease unlawful media censorship, end intolerable...

GENEVA ( 18 July 2023) – The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czechia), has appointed Carlos Castresana Fernández of Spain as a member of Commission on Human Rights in...

GENEVA (3 April 2023) – Without tackling impunity, South Sudan will not stem pervasive violence and horrific human rights violations and abuses, a UN inquiry said Monday in a new report that details...

As delivered. Good morning, Mr. President, High Commissioner, Minister of Justice. I am now presenting on behalf of the UN Commission on Human Rights, our seventh report to the Council. I am here...

GENEVA (7 March 2023) – Impunity is a major driver of the human rights and humanitarian crises in South Sudan, which continue to cause immense trauma and suffering for civilians in the country, the UN...

JUBA (17 February 2023) – After nearly five years of delays in the implementation of the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement, South Sudan’s political leaders must seize the opportunity to reset the...

JUBA/GENEVA, 13 February 2023 – Members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan will begin their eleventh visit to South Sudan on Tuesday, 14 February 2023. Barney Afako and...

LONDON (28 November 2022) -- If the Government of South Sudan is serious about tackling sexual violence it should immediately remove from office and investigate Governors and County Commissioners...

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...

JUBA/GENEVA, 26 September 2022 – The international community urgently needs to pay more attention to the escalating violence proliferating at a local level all over South Sudan, warned United Nations...