Seeking ‘Truth’ After Devastating, Multi-Layered Conflict

IF 0.3 Q3 LAW

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies Pub Date : 2021-10-11 DOI:10.1163/18781527-bja10035

Owiso Owiso

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Abstract

In August 2015, the Government of South Sudan and other parties to the country’s civil conflict signed a peace agreement, the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, aimed at ending the civil conflict that broke out on 15 December 2013. After this agreement failed to hold, South Sudan descended into a second wave of civil conflict. A recommitment to the agreement was secured through regional efforts on 12 September 2018. Dubbed the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, the agreement provides a transitional justice architecture which includes a truth commission, a hybrid court and a reparations authority. This paper examines the potential of the proposed Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing to contribute towards sustainable transitional justice solutions in South Sudan, based on contemporary standards and practice of transitional justice. Through historical, descriptive and analytical approaches, the paper grapples with South Sudan’s complex truth-seeking journey following years of multi-layered conflict.

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在毁灭性的、多层次的冲突之后寻求“真相”

2015年8月，南苏丹政府与该国国内冲突的其他各方签署了一项和平协议，即《关于解决南苏丹共和国冲突的协议》，旨在结束2013年12月15日爆发的国内冲突。在这项协议未能生效后，南苏丹陷入了第二波内战。2018年9月12日，通过区域努力确保了对该协议的重新承诺。该协议被称为《关于解决南苏丹共和国冲突的振兴协议》，提供了一个过渡性司法架构，其中包括一个真相委员会、一个混合法庭和一个赔偿当局。本文根据当代标准和过渡时期司法实践，探讨了拟议中的真相、和解与治愈委员会在促进南苏丹可持续过渡时期司法解决方案方面的潜力。通过历史、描述和分析的方法，本文探讨了南苏丹在多年多层次冲突后复杂的寻求真相之旅。

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Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies LAW-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies is a peer reviewed journal aimed at promoting the rule of law in humanitarian emergency situations and, in particular, the protection and assistance afforded to persons in the event of armed conflicts and natural disasters in all phases and facets under international law. The Journal welcomes submissions in the areas of international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international refugee law and international law relating to disaster response. In addition, other areas of law can be identified including, but not limited to the norms regulating the prevention of humanitarian emergency situations, the law concerning internally displaced persons, arms control and disarmament law, legal issues relating to human security, and the implementation and enforcement of humanitarian norms. The Journal´s objective is to further the understanding of these legal areas in their own right as well as in their interplay. The Journal encourages writing beyond the theoretical level taking into account the practical implications from the perspective of those who are or may be affected by humanitarian emergency situations. The Journal aims at and seeks the perspective of academics, government and organisation officials, military lawyers, practitioners working in the humanitarian (legal) field, as well as students and other individuals interested therein.