South Sudan Human Rights Commission limited resources are hindering its capacity to investigate human rights violations in Jonglei state.
Acting chairperson Biel Jock Thick told the press Friday in Juba that the Commission could not go to Pibor to probe abuses raised by Human Rights Watch in a letter to President Salva Kiir Mayardit due to lack of logistics.He said the Commission is not in position to conduct thorough investigations in the field because it does not have resources although the Human Rights Watch report deserved a full investigation.
Dr Jock said lack of roads and issues of security prevented members of the Commission to reach Pibor in Jonglei State to investigate alleged human rights violations.
Dr Jock called on individual victims of the alleged violations to file their complaints to the commission for investigation.
He appealed to President Kiir to activate the committee formed in March to investigate and report the inter-communal violence between the Lou Nuer and Murle tribes in Jonglei State and enlarge its terms of reference.
UNMISS, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, and Human Rights Watch reported rampant human rights violations by military personnel during the disarmament of civilians in Pibor.