No One to Intervene: Gaps in Civilian Protection in Southern Sudan

Publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Publication Date:
21 June 2009
Tags:
Sudan, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution

In the most deadly spate of intercommunal violence since the end of the 21-year civil war in 2005, more than 1,000 men, women, and children were killed in attacks in Jonglei state in Southern Sudan in March and April 2009. The attacks starkly demonstrate the failure of both the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) and the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) to protect civilians from violence, in particular from intercommunal violence that appears to be intensifying.

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