Amnesty International welcomes the decision by the High Court in Eastern Equatoria State in southern South Sudan to release Magai Matiop Ngong on 22 March 2022. Magai Matiop Ngong was a 15-year-old secondary school student when he was sentenced to death by hanging on 14 November 2017 after being...

Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council today, Amnesty International thanked the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (the Commission) for their report, which again demonstrates the alarming scale of grave human rights violations and abuses, flagrant disregard for international humanitarian...

We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations, write to urge your delegation to support the extension of the full mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council’s 49th session (28 February-1 April 2022). The CHRSS is the only...

Since independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan has faced the challenge of respecting, protecting and fulfilling the full panoply of human rights that come with the responsibility of being a sovereign state. It has consistently ranked towards the bottom of global human development indexes. The...

The Bank of South Sudan must immediately unfreeze the accounts of three civil society organizations, a think tank, four civil society activists and a political activist. The 46 organizations signed on to this statement believe that the freezing of these bank accounts is an attempt by the South...

Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council today, Amnesty International said that it remains concerned about the government’s lack of political will to ensure accountability for crimes under international law. While the organization took note of the launch of a reconstituted Technical Committee in May...

Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council today, Amnesty International said that it remains concerned about the government’s persistent targeting of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, association and peaceful assembly, including a new wave of repression in response to calls for peaceful...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of South Sudan in January – February 2022. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to South Sudan in its previous UPR, including in relation to the ratification of key...

On 27 May, the UN Security Council renewed the arms embargo on South Sudan and established five benchmarks against which future decisions to renew, end or change the embargo will be taken. The UN Security Council’s decision to renew the arms embargo on South Sudan until 31 May 2022 is welcome news...

I write to you as Secretary General of Amnesty International, the global human rights movement with 10 million members and supporters. Five years ago today, the New York Times published an op-ed in your names advocating for truth, not trials, and calling on the international community to reconsider...

We write to express our deep concern over the slow progress in establishing accountability mechanisms in South Sudan, including the Hybrid Court for South Sudan. Your statement following the January 29, 2021 announcement of the Government of South Sudan’s approval for the establishment of this...

Amnesty International is deeply concerned by questions recently raised in relation to the renewal of the important mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) during the current session of the UN Human Rights Council. We are surprised and disappointed that Cameroon, on behalf...