South Sudan: JMEC – Progress Report No. 2: Status of Implementation of R-ARCSS 2018, October 12 2018

 

South Sudan: CTSAMVM Technical Committee Second Meeting Report, Khartoum, Sudan October 10, 2018 (10.10.2018)

IGAD: Woman representation in R-ARCSS Agreement Institutions and Mechanisms (09.10.2018)

South Sudan Woman’s Coaltion: Parties to the Revitalized ARCSS should Unreservedly Implement at least (35%) Participation and Representation of Woman Provided in the Revitalized Peace Agreement (10.10.2018)

South Sudan: SPLM Leaders – Former Political Detainees Ratify the Revitalized Agreement (09.10.2018)

South Sudan: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) available to facilitate release of detainees (09.10.2018)

As a neutral intermediary, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is not involved in any negotiations preceding any release of detainees.

JUBA, South Sudan, October 9, 2018 – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is prepared to facilitate the release of detainees for all parties to the conflict in South Sudan. This is in-line with the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, which mentions the ICRC as a facilitator of persons detained in relation to the conflict.

“We have offered our services to all sides and confirmed our readiness to act as a neutral facilitator for the release of detainees,” said François Stamm, the head of delegation for the ICRC in South Sudan. “The ICRC has previously acted as a neutral intermediary in release operations in South Sudan and we will do so again at the request of the parties to the conflict and with the consent of detainees.”

As a neutral intermediary, the ICRC is not involved in any negotiations preceding any release of detainees. The ICRC facilitates the release with the consent of those detained who have the opportunity to share their concerns confidentially and then provides them with safe transport. The ICRC is in confidential dialogue with the parties to the conflict.

South Sudan: National Security Service (NSS) – Press Release (07.10.2018)

South Sudan: Meeting of the Chief of the South Sudan Defence Forces with the SPLA/IO Chief General Staff, Khartoum, Republic of the Sudan, October 30, 2018 (02.10.2018)

South Sudan: Formation of SSOA Interim Executive Body (02.10.2018)

South Sudan signs the 1951 Refugee Convention (01.10.2018)

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today welcomes South Sudan’s accession to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. President Salva Kiir signed the accession instrument in Juba on Friday (September 28) after it was ratified by the Transitional National Legislative Assembly.

South Sudan has become 143rd country to accede to both the 1951 Convention on Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.

The country hosts some 300,000 refugees, despite all the challenges of civil war that has displaced a large number of its own population.

“This is a milestone for the world’s youngest nation as South Sudan commits to assuming more responsibility to protect refugees and asylum-seekers in the country,” said Valentin Tapsoba, Director of UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for Africa.

In 2016 the country also became a party to the 1969 Organisation of African Union Convention on Refugees, a regional instrument governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in the African continent.