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Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July, 2011 but internal fighting is
standing in the way of the country's progress and brought about widespread
human rights abuses, according to agencies. (Photo taken from BBC)
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African Union human rights body has said it can't consider communications [of
human rights violations] against Africa's newest country, South Sudan.
The
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, ACHPR, on June 18, 2016
maintained it cannot consider Communications against South Sudan prior to its
ratification of the [African] Charter.
The
Commission reviewed the Paper on Consideration of Communications against South
Sudan two weeks ago. South Sudan has not yet ratified the African Charter on
Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).
The
decision is contained in a Communiqué of the 20th Extraordinary Session
of the Commission held in Banjul, Islamic Republic of The Gambia from 9 – 18
June, 2016.
South
Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July, 2011 but human rights agencies
said internal fighting is standing in the way of the country's progress and has
brought about widespread human rights abuses.
A referendum on independence, engulfed in hopes and fears, ended Africa's longest-running civil war. But a recent two-year civil war has displaced more than 2 million and left several thousand people death.
Written by Modou S. Joof
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