Lack of progress in implementing key provisions of the Revitalised Peace Agreement contributes to insecurity and impunity in which human rights violations occur, says Yasmin Sooka, chairperson of the United Nations Commission Human Rights on South Sudan.
She told journalists in Juba on Friday that violence at state level remains persistent and is characterized by displacement, gross human rights violations including sexual violence.
Sooka says critical elements involving security sector reform, constitutional; elections reform and transitional justice are yet to be addressed
UN human rights commissioners quoted South Sudan civil society whom they met, saying they are scared to discuss the human rights situation for fear of relation by state security services with a track record.
Sooka expressed commission readiness to support the government to fully implement Chapter Five of the Agreement, building on the recommendations of the joint workshop of 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The UN Human Rights Commissioners spoke to the media on Friday at UNMISS headquarters in Juba after the ninth meeting in South Sudan.
The Chapter Six of the Revitalised Agreement provides for the development of a permanent constitution.
The commission will present its report on the human rights situation in South Sudan to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland