South Sudan
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for March 2013
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for March 2013, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
The Security Council is expected to discuss the situation in Sudan and South Sudan, including reports on the UN mission in Abyei (UNISFA) and the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The Council should inquire into any lack of gender-specific data, analysis and recommendations, in these reports, including on violations of women’s and girl’s human rights; the inclusion of measures to protect women’s and girls’ human rights in national security policy frameworks; women’s share of positions in the UNMISS field positions; number of senior gender experts in UNMISS; and the extent to which UNMISS addresses specific issues affecting women and girls in the terms of reference and mission reports. The Council should inquire as to women’s engagement in the implementation of the Cooperation Agreements, and support women’s representation as chairs and members of committees, and consultation with women in the areas where agreements will be implemented. The Council should also inquire as to access to information on the substance and status of the peace process, particularly for women. In its review of the UNISFA report, Council members should ask how the next mandate renewal can better reflect the concerns and rights of women, including by ensuring a gender-responsive approach to community security via the gender sensitization training of security forces, inter alia the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNIFSA), national militaries, and the police service; appointing and ensuring funding for a gender advisor to UNIFSA.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for November 2012
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for November 2012, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
The Council is expected to renew the mandate and receive a report on the UN mission in Abyei (UNISFA). The mandate should include specific language on women’s role in political solutions to the ongoing crisis; gender dimensions of the humanitarian situation; and specific gender language regarding human rights monitoring. The report on the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) should include gender analysis, inter alia in the areas of SSR, rule of law, peacebuilding and implementation of peacebuilding benchmarks. Humanitarian concerns should be central, and the mission should provide specific information on efforts to address violations of women’s rights, including sexual violence, and addressing impunity for these crimes. The South Sudan Human Rights Commission and the UNMISS human rights team must fulfill their commitment to investigate inter-communal violence in Jonglei, and make their reports and recommendations public. UNMISS should mobilize necessary resources, particularly dedicated senior gender expertise, to ensure protection of civilians and to prevent human rights violations against local communities. The mission should ensure any support to the SPLA and the government during civilian disarmament is in line with UNMISS’ mandate to protect civilians and with the UN Human Rights Due Diligence Policy on support to non-UN security forces. In its consideration of the report on the status of negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan, Council members should enquire as to women’s full representation in these negotiations, and women’s rights and priorities in the outcomes of the negotiations.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for October 2012
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for October 2012, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
The Council is expected to review the mandate of the UN force in Abyei (UNISFA) pursuant SCR 2047 (OP 7). In its discussion, the Council must ensure effective implementation of the human rights monitoring mandate in accordance with resolution 1990/2011. In addition, the Council is likely to continue to discuss implementation of SCR 2046 regarding negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan. The Council must inquire into and ensure support for women’s full participation in these negotiations, and the enshrining of their rights and concerns in any agreements that result.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for September 2012
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for September 2012, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
Sudan / South Sudan
The Council is expected to consider the report of the Secretary-General on the status of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. Civilians in Blue Nile continue to endure Sudan’s indiscriminate bombing and other abuses, even as ongoing tensions between Sudan and South Sudan threaten the wider border area. Since July 2011, there have been no UN monitors on the ground to document the impact of the fighting on civilians in Blue Nile. The Security Council should urge the Sudanese Government to allow a full and impartial investigation by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights into events in both Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. In these discussions, the Council should:
- Ensure that the Government of Sudan allow and facilitate immediate and impartial humanitarian access to all areas of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, and further immediately end indiscriminate aerial bombings and other violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile;
- Demand that the SPLM-North take concrete steps to ensure fighters respect international humanitarian and human rights law;
- Establish an independent inquiry into alleged violations and abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile since June 2011;
- Encourage senior facilitators and negotiators to consult with women leaders and women’s groups.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for August 2012
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for August 2012, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
In its discussions regarding the report of the Secretary-General on Sudan and South Sudan, the Security Council should sustain pressure on both parties to the conflict, and in particular the government of Sudan, to stop all aerial bombings and other indiscriminate attacks on the civilian population in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states. The Sudanese government should immediately allow for independent and unimpeded humanitarian assistance to people in need in those areas, as the deadline given by resolution 2046 (2012) ends on 2 August. The Council should once more demand for all parties “to promote and protect human rights, including those of women and people belonging to vulnerable groups, to comply with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian and international human rights law”, and continue calling for those responsible for “serious violations of such law, including sexual violence, to be held accountable.” The Security Council will be ready to adopt ‘additional measures’ as announced in resolution 2046 (2012) if progress in at least those two areas is not confirmed, and support the establishment of an independent inquiry into the alleged violations and abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile since June 2011, including any allegations of violence against women. The dire situation of refugees and internally displaced persons, in particular women and girls from the conflictaffected areas should be addressed as a matter of urgency. The Council should:
- Support the development of Special Protection Units within the South Sudanese Police to provide protection for women and girls;
- Encourage coordination within the international community for effective training of the South Sudanese Police on WPS issues; and
- Call for increased international support for GBV programming
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for July 2012
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for July 2012, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
In its expected report and renewal of the mandate of UNMISS, the Security Council should ensure the current provisions on women’s empowerment in the mandate are strengthened, particularly in ensuring women participate in all aspects of constitution building and political work, and in all negotiations underway to resolve current crises. A key step would be supporting the development and implementation of a National Action Plan on WPS. In addition, the Council should:
- Ensure the protection component of UNMISS’s mandate is supported, and is resourced to provide protection to the South Sudanese population;
- Ensure DDR programs comprehensively support women associated with armed forces; and include in these efforts a comprehensive approach to mine action, and to dealing with the scourge of small arms and light weapons;
- Ensure concerted humanitarian support and training to the large number of returnees, both those in South Sudan and in preparation for those who are likely to return;
- Support the revision of South Sudan’s legal framework, particularly in ensuring that women have true access to justice, including in crimes of sexual violence and domestic violence, and in the interim ensure measures are taken to provide that access to justice for women;
- Ensure support for coordination of funding, development, and capacity building initiatives by the international community, particularly by mandating funding targets for women’s education/literacy, economic development, and agricultural engagement, as detailed in recommendations for the 2011 South Sudan International Engagement Conference;
- Particular attention in this development work should be paid to supporting traditionally underserved populations, including women with disabilities and rural women;
- Specifically request that the Secretary-General’s regular report on UNMISS include comprehensive sex-disaggregated data, analysis, and recommendations; and
- In line with a number of such measures the UNSC has supported, ensure that there are provisions for crucial and long-term support to civil society, particularly women’s rights organizations, and ensure that UNMISS is mandated to engage with and support the South Sudanese people, including in rural areas.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for April 2012
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for April 2012, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
The Council is expected to discuss the Secretary-General’s most recent report on the situation in Abyei. Given new attacks and counter-attacks in recent months, humanitarian concerns, particularly for women, should be central to the Council’s review of the situation. Fact-finding investigations by the South Sudan Human Rights Commission and the human rights team of UNMISS must fulfill their commitment to investigate the inter-communal violence in Jonglei, and make their reports and recommendations publicly available.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for December 2011
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for December 2011, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
In December, the Council will consider a report from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Among the many security concerns in South Sudan, the Abyei conflict is causing displacement in South Sudan, and armed violence has caused significant civilian casualties. The Council should ensure women, peace and security considerations are highlighted, particularly in regards to ongoing sexual and gender-based violence and women’s role in the ongoing peace and reconciliation process.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for August 2011
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for August 2011, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan
The newly independent Republic of South Sudan, which hosts the recently mandated UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), faces many security challenges and could benefit from support and assistance by international and regional partners. The Abyei conflict is also causing displacement in South Sudan and armed violence within communities has caused significant civilian casualties. In supporting the implementation of its resolution S/RES/1996, the Council should:
- Ensure appropriate support for Troop Contributing Countries and Police Contributing Countries in their pre-deployment training of troops, specifically on how to best operationalize the women, peace and security and protection elements of the UNMISS mandate; and
- Support expert capacity in the mission regarding early warning and conflict prevention, and to monitor and report on human rights threats against civilians.
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Monthly Action Points on Women, Peace & Security for July 2011
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace & Security
In the MAP for July 2011, the NGOWG had several recommendations for the Security Council on the current situation in South Sudan.
A new state South Sudan will require international support and engagement. To that end, the Council should:
- Encourage the Government of South Sudan to strengthen its obligations to uphold the human rights of its people, including through ratifying CEDAW without reservation, ensuring women’s participation in the drafting process, and enshrining women’s equal rights in the new constitution.
- Focus on SPLM/A reform, and renewed efforts at reconciliation and mediation.
- Support coordinated efforts to protect civilians from the threat of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which disproportionately targets civilians. This requires coordinated international and regional efforts to offer civilians effective warning of and protection against attacks, as well as a focus on the long-term security needs in more remote areas.
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NGO Resources
Refugees Tell of Bombing in Sudan’s Blue Nile State
7 December 2011
Amnesty International
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Tens of Thousands of South Sudanese Stranded in the North
7 July 2011
Refugees International
Link
South Sudan: UN Cost-Cutting Threatens Peacekeeping Mission
6 July 2011
Human Rights Watch
Link
South Sudan: A Human Rights Agenda
30 June 2011
Human Rights Watch & Amnesty International
Link
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