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Yasmin Sooka, Chair of the Human Rights Commission to South Sudan was among the team of UN-appointed independent experts who on Thursday wrapped a four-day visit to the country, the thirteenth since 2016, to document its human rights situation.

The war-scarred nation, which gained its independence in 2011, is faced pervasive violence and rights violations, entrenched impunity as well as a repressed civic and political space, the experts said in a report last year.

"The Commission's visit to Warrap highlighted the ongoing violence, including deadly clashes, mass displacement, killings, abductions, sexual violence and child recruitment," Ms. Sooka told UN News on Thursday.

"Without urgent reforms on accountability, justice and governance, the country risks ongoing violence. The government must act to promote human rights and ensure peace," she said.

Since war broke out in neighbouring Sudan in 2023, more than half a million people have fled to South Sudan, straining resources and humanitarian needs in a system already at breaking point.

Nearly half of the South Sudanese population is at risk of acute food insecurity and one in 10 children under the age of five dies, as of December 2023. 

Women and children are also being abducted and traded for cattle or money during cattle raids or revenge attacks in parts of the country, the Commission previously said. 



South Sudan 'must act' to ensure peace, says Human Rights Commissioner

*Qatar calls for safeguards for all Israeli nuclear facilities
Qatar reiterated its call for intensified international efforts Saturday to subject all of Israel’s nuclear facilities to the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Qatar’s Ambassador Jasim Yacoub Al Hammadi highlighted “the need for the international community and its institutions to uphold their commitments under resolutions of the UN Security Council, which called on Israel to subject all of its nuclear facilities to IAEA safeguards.”

He also highlighted “the urgency for the international community and its institutions to take decisive action to compel Israel to implement international resolutions, recognise the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state.

*Russia says France has repeatedly lied
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has accused France of lying and violating international agreements, including the implementation of the Minsk agreements for a settlement in Ukraine and violated security guarantees given to Viktor Yanukovych, a former Ukrainian president.

He stressed: "France, like other countries, didn’t fulfill its guarantees. It was a real lie," adding that when French President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of posing a threat to Europe, he did not mention France's mistakes.

The Minsk Agreements were meant to resolve the Crimea crisis in 2014, as well as Eastern Ukraine.

*Arab League denounces attack on security forces in Syria
The Arab League condemned acts of violence and attacks on government security forces to fuel internal tensions and threaten civil peace in Syria.

It expressed "condemnation of violence, attacks on government security forces, and reckless killings, threaten civil peace, and exacerbate the challenges Syria is facing at this critical stage."​​​​​​​

The Arab League emphasised that "such circumstances require a focus on policies and measures that strengthen and safeguard stability and civil peace to thwart any plans aimed at destabilising Syria and undermining its chances for recovery."

*North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine for the first time
North Korea has unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US.

The naval vessel appears to be a 6,000-ton-class or 7,000-ton-class one which can carry about 10 missiles, South Korean submarine expert said, adding the use of the term “the strategic guided missiles” meant it would carry nuclear-capable weapons.

*Un warns South Sudan’s peace process at risk amid growing violence
A recent surge in violence and escalating political tensions in South Sudan are putting a fragile peace process in jeopardy, a UN human rights commission warned.

"We are witnessing an alarming regression that could erase years of hard-won progress," Yasmin Sooka, chairperson of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, said.

She urged leaders to "urgently refocus on the peace process, uphold the human rights of South Sudanese citizens, and ensure a smooth transition to democracy."

March 9, 2025

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