They’ll roar again unless there’s justice for atrocities and the armed forces are reformed
On February 22, hours before the deadline for rival South Sudanese political groups to form another unity government, Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut swore in five vice-presidents to deputise for President Salva Kiir, including the president’s arch-rival, Riek Machar.
In 2019, the United Nations Panel of Experts on South Sudan reported that the NSS had recruited more than 10000 fighters from Kiir’s home area and tribe, who were then trained as army troops but remained under direct NSS command. Earlier this year, Amnesty International saw child soldiers among government and opposition troops at training sites and agreed-upon assembly points called cantonment sites, including in the ranks of the VIP Protection Force.
Instead of being recruited into the Unified Forces or deployed to protect VIPs, suspects of crimes committed in relation to the conflict should be investigated and face justice. The lack of investigation and prosecution feeds into entrenched impunity that has fanned cycles of atrocities. Accountability is required to break this cycle.
The UN Human Rights Council and South Sudan must also support a full renewal of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan and South Sudan must continue collaborating with it.
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