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President Kiir directs SPLA to respect international humanitarian law JUBA (9 Dec.) South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has directed the national army SPLA to respect the international humanitarian law, a spokesperson for the SPLA army said. Brig. Lul Ruai Koang, spokesman of the SPLA forces in Juba, told Radio Tamazuj yesterday that the SPLA Chief of General Staff Paul Malong Awan informed the army in a lecture that President Kiir said he will not tolerate any crimes of sexual violence. “The SPLA Chief of General Staff has addressed the army, and he informed them that President Kiir directed all the forces not to commit any crime of sexual violence, because will be punished. The President had signed a joint communiqué in October 2014, so this is what the SPLA is implementing, “said Lul. In May 2016, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Bangura urged high-level authorities in South Sudan to implement commitments made to address sexual violence crimes.Rights groups have accused the SPLA army of committing crimes of sexual violence against civilians during July clashes in the capital Juba. -- 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/CAJb14oqMFbMoUJw%3DF7FoPG6gegkb3Pbr1cuSEP3czEigAKFFcA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
