November 25, 2024 (NEW YORK) - The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has called on the African Union (AU) and the international community to intensify their support for the peace process and a holistic transitional justice to ensure sustainable peace. The Commission, in a press release issued in Monday, welcomed the recently enacted laws establishing the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing (CTRH) and Compensation and Reparation Authority (CRA), and urged the AU to provide the support to operationalize the laws. It called on the AU to renew its efforts to revive the stalled process of establishing the Hybrid Court for South Sudan. The three transitional justice mechanisms together with critical state-building measures provided for under the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan form the cornerstone of the country’s path toward healing, accountability, and lasting peace. In the statement, the Commission said Commissioner Barney Afako led a mission from November 18–22 to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, which hosts the headquarters of the AU. The Commission’s delegation met with the AU ad hoc Committee on South Sudan (C5 group), AU Commission focal points on legal matters, conflict prevention, governance, …
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