South Sudan's army unveils Action Plan against Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Channel: UNMISS VIDEOS
Date: 2019-03-14

South Sudan’s top army commanders hold up copies of an important document:

An Action Plan that aims to curb conflict-related sexual violence within their ranks.

They have been developing this document for two days in the country’s capital, Juba.

Acts of sexual violence have been endemic in South Sudan since conflict erupted in 2013.

Minister of Defence, Kuol Manyang Juuk
It is a very serious situation, and this is why we are under sanctions – we are under sanctions by the UN Security Council and other individual countries.”


Alain Noudehou, UNMISS Deputy Special Representative
The Action Plan reiterates the government’s commitment to the constitutional provisions and its international obligations of human rights, including the right to liberty and security, and the right not to be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment.
 
The Action Plan draws from a joint communique signed in 2014 by President Salva Kiir and the UN to address conflict-related sexual violence in the country.