Juba, September 24, 2015 (SSNA) -- Local and international human rights organizations have written a joint letter to the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma urging her to attend an African Union Peace and Security Council’s meeting scheduled to take place in New York on September 26, 2015.
In the document, the agencies suggest that Dr. Zuma should use the up-coming meeting as a chance to express her commitment to establish a Hybrid Court for South Sudan and also publish the atrocities report, adding that AUC must show its commitment to justice.
“We write as a group of South Sudanese and international non-governmental organizations to encourage you to take advantage of the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting on South Sudan scheduled for September 26, 2015 in New York to express your commitment to establish the Hybrid Court for South Sudan and to help ensure publication of the report of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) without delay,” the letter reads in parts.
“Publication of the [atrocities] report of the AUCISS report remains of great importance,” the letter continues.
The groups remind AUC’s Chairperson that the recently signed power-sharing deal calls for establishment of Hybrid Court for South Sudan and Truth, Reconciliation and Healing Commission and a Compensation and Reparations Authority.
“As you are aware, the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, signed by South Sudan’s government on August 26, 2015 and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in Opposition on August 17, 2015, provides for a Hybrid Court for South Sudan to be established by the African Union Commission as well as a Truth, Reconciliation and Healing Commission and a Compensation and Reparations Authority,” the group added.Read more
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