Constitution Making in South Sudan Justice Africa May 9th, 2013
Following its secession from Sudan in 2011, the world’s newest country instituted a four year interim constitution in order to smoothly accommodate its period of transition from former province to sentient nation state. The ratification of a permanent constitution encompasses South Sudan’s acceptance of the challenges it faces in constructing a legitimate socio-political dispensation in the future. Its institution will inscribe the legality and life force of prospective development. The Constitution Project initiative, driven by Justice Africa and the South Sudan Law Society, and funded by Humanity United, aims to enhance the participation of South Sudanese citizens in the formation of the constitution making process. Active measures include promoting education, information sharing, generating pluralistic dialogue surrounding the values of the constitution, and facilitating a coordinated program that advocates a pro-people constitution. Justice Africa understands that the process of constitution making is equally as important as the final substance; it is therefore vital that the citizens of South Sudan are included in this process. The following excerpt is taken from the Humanity United website; it reiterates some of the progress being made by South Sudanese civil society in the endeavour of adding their voice to the constitution. “In part as a result of the Justice Africa program, an engaged and empowered civil society has been able to advocate for greater representation in the creation of a national constitution, leading to an expansion of representation: from a single initial representative, to six civil society representatives participating in the drafting committee. These civil society representatives will play a meaningful role in drafting the document, and their participation remains vital to assuring the South Sudan constitution reflects the voice and will of the public.” Please read more at: http://www.humanityunited.org/performancereport2012/programhighlights.php#civilsociety Track civil society development updates on www.justiceafrica.org. Follow us on twitter and have your say on the importance of constitution building @justiceafrica This entry was posted on Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at 11:57 am and is filed under Justice Africa News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Comments posted on this site are the sole opinions of respondents, and are not reflective of the views of Justice Africa. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
