We, the undersigned South Sudanese and international organisations, write to express our support for the National Legislative Assembly (NLA)’s initiative to ensure that South Sudanese legislation makes crimes under international law criminal under national law. It is well documented that all parties to the conflict in South Sudan have deliberately targeted and killed civilians, committed crimes of sexual violence, destroyed schools and hospitals, stolen civilian property, attacked humanitarian personnel and recruited child soldiers. Such acts amount to war crimes and, in some cases, may also constitute crimes against humanity.
