Asserting that the South Sudan “peace process and justice process are by no means mutually exclusive,” Human Rights Watch urged the African Union to reverse its decision to delay publishing findings from the AU’s commission of inquiry into atrocities committed during South Sudan’s ethnic conflict.
The HRW Africa Director Daniel Bekele accusing the AU of “putting justice on hold,” said,
“The recent conflict in South Sudan is one of the most brutal wars, which is characterized by massive casualties and destruction of property – by property I mean civilian property – for thousands of people. And people have basically been targeted and killed for who they are for their ethnicity. And thousands of people have died and thousands of people have been displaced. So the full facts need to come out and those that are responsible for these atrocities need to be held to account. It is crucial that findings and recommendations of the commission of inquiry need to be made public.”
“That seems to be the assumption with the peace negotiators and some of the African Union officials. But we believe that assumption is rather misplaced. We don’t think that a peace process and a justice process are mutually exclusive,” he added.
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The HRW Africa Director Daniel Bekele accusing the AU of “putting justice on hold,” said,
“The recent conflict in South Sudan is one of the most brutal wars, which is characterized by massive casualties and destruction of property – by property I mean civilian property – for thousands of people. And people have basically been targeted and killed for who they are for their ethnicity. And thousands of people have died and thousands of people have been displaced. So the full facts need to come out and those that are responsible for these atrocities need to be held to account. It is crucial that findings and recommendations of the commission of inquiry need to be made public.”
“That seems to be the assumption with the peace negotiators and some of the African Union officials. But we believe that assumption is rather misplaced. We don’t think that a peace process and a justice process are mutually exclusive,” he added.
South Sudan's conflicting sides sign 'power sharing' ceasefire deal (01 Feb 2015)
South Sudan signs agreement to tackle sexual violence in conflict (14 Oct 2014)