South Sudan rejects draft resolution to appoint human rights special rapporteur
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July 1, 2015 (JUBA) - The South Sudanese government has urged the
international community to withdraw a draft resolution aiming to
appoint a special rapporteur to monitor and report on human rights in
South Sudan.
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UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
In a statement extended to Sudan Tribune on Wednesday the South
Sudanese foreign ministry said a draft proposition to appoint the
human rights rapporteur was submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
in Geneva by the Troika countries and the European Union .
The sponsors of the draft resolution several times supported calls to
release a report by the African Union Commission of inquiry on South
Sudan, saying its publication is necessary to ensure that such
violence against civilians cannot be undertaken with impunity.
"The Government of the Republic of South Sudan is perturbed by the
proposition and having considered the gravity of this proposal
carefully, wishes to vehemently register its objection (to the
appointment of the special rapporteur)," said the foreign ministry.
Juba government reiterated that such demarche by the main sponsors of
the IGAD-brokered peace process would negatively impact the ongoing
efforts to achieve a lasting peace in the country.
"The government therefore appeals to Troïka and EU to withdraw this
resolution. What South Sudan needs is support from Troïka, EU and the
entire international community to reach peace settlement at the early
possible time, and not to impose sanctions or appointing a special
rapporteur," emphasised the foreign ministry.
The statement enumerated the steps and measures adopted by the
government to ensure the protection of human rights and freedoms,
pointing that the new state is a multiparty democracy and the rights
and freedoms are enshrined in the South Sudanese transitional
constitution.
In a report about the human rights situation released on Tuesday 30
June, the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) accused the South
Sudanese army of committing widespread human rights abuses, including
the alleged raping and immolation of women and girls.
UNMISS head, Ellen Margrethe Løj, called on the SPLA to allow UN human
rights investigators to access the sites of the alleged atrocities.
“Revealing the truth of what happened offers the best hope for
ensuring accountability for such terrible violence and ending the
cycle of impunity that allows these abuses to continue,” said Løj.
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2 July 07:06, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g
This is exactly what South Sudan needs. It is long overdue. The
support Juba leadership is asking for is wrongly placed. No human
being in a sober mood can support those who allow sovereignty as a
cover to oppress, molest, mass murder its citizens. Support to them
would mean involvement in the murder of innocent people. Screws should
be tightened to these murderers who stole our country.
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