UN human rights experts on five-day visit to South Sudan

February 7, 2022 (JUBA) – Members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights are currently in South Sudan on a five-day visit.

The commissioner, headed by Yasmin Sooka, are expected to meet with key government ministers, members of civil society, religious leaders, diplomats, entities monitoring the 2018 revitalised peace agreement, United Nations agencies and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

“As part of these meetings, they will discuss steps and support necessary to implement transitional justice mechanisms under the revitalised agreement, following a related conference hosted by the Commission in December 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya,” reads a statement extended to Sudan Tribune.

The commissioners will hold a press conference in the capital, Juba on Friday.

The Commission will present its report on the human rights situation in South Sudan to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March 2022.

First established in March 2016, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan is an independent body mandated by the UN Human Rights Council.

The Commission is mandated to, among others, investigate the situation of human rights in South Sudan, and to determine and report the facts and circumstances of human rights violations and abuses, including by clarifying responsibility for violations and abuses that are crimes under national and or international law.

(ST)