Commission on Human Rights Urges South Sudan to make justice a reality

[...] "The plight and suffering of South Sudanese women and girls can no longer be ignored; they urgently deserve justice, compensation and medical and trauma support services. The Terrain trial verdict should not be the exception, but the rule in South Sudan from now on," says Ms. Yasmina Sooka chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan.

She called on the Government of the world's youngest state to use the opportunity created by the renewal of the peace agreement to ensure justice and accountability for the victims of the many crimes committed against its population.

The Commission's mandate is to determine and report the facts and circumstances of, collect and preserve evidence of, and clarify responsibility for alleged gross violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes, including sexual and gender-based violence and ethnic violence, with a view to ending impunity and providing accountability.

Listen to an extract of the statement Yasmin Sooka the Commission chairpersoN, delivered, stressing the need for peace and justice mechanisms to promote accountability.