AU urged to set up S Sudan hybrid court Nichola Mandil | August 29, 2016 <http://www.eyeradio.org/au-urged-set-sudan-hybrid-court/> | 1:09 pm [image: Congressman Henry Smith - Aug 27, 2016. Picture by Nichola Mandil/Eye Radio] Congressman Henry Smith - Aug 27, 2016. Picture by Nichola Mandil/Eye Radio
The congressional Subcommittee on Africa and Global Human Rights is urging the African Union to speed up the establishment of the hybrid court for South Sudan. According to the peace agreement, the court should be established by the African Union to investigate and try individuals responsible for violations of during the conflict and throughout the transitional period. The peace agreement gives the hybrid court the jurisdiction on genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and any other serious crimes under international law and any other relevant laws of South Sudan. The deal says that the court should have been established six months after the formation of the transitional government, which delayed until last April. Christopher Henry Smith is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations at the U.S. House of Representatives. “I’m a strong believer in hybrid court. So I would hope the AU should move faster and I think also should go intending with the reconciliation effort as well which [is] articulated in the peace accord,” Mr Smith told Eye Radio. It is proposed that the court will have seven judges, four from the AU-member countries and three from South Sudan. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ordZ3-95j8KuLuJ87SMsT%3DNOc%2BBtDKMTvOmB0bP_1e0UA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
