The United Nations Human Rights Council should appoint a special rapporteur to monitor and document human rights violations in South Sudan to promote justice, says Human Rights Watch.
‘The situation in South Sudan calls for urgent action,’ says John Fisher, Geneva Director at Human Rights Watch.
‘A UN special rapporteur is needed not just to monitor the ongoing abuses, but also to contribute to justice and accountability’, Fisher reiterates.
The Human Rights Watch Director pleads that ‘The Human Rights Council should not turn its back on South Sudan.’
On February 17, 2016, government forces attacked civilians living in a UN camp in Malakal, killing at least 25 people, he says.
Government soldiers attacked civilians, burned homes, displaced communities and targeted people for arbitrary detention in Western Equatoria, the Director says.
The Rights Watch says UN report published on March 11 adds to mounting evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity including killings, illegal detention and widespread sexual violence and use of child soldiers.