Legal Awareness on CRSV to Duty Bearers.

Crimes against humanity such as conflict related sexual violence (CRSV) are punishable by law. However, that is only possible if the sections that hold the perpetrators accountable are enshrined within the supreme law of the country in which the crimes are committed. Even with international law on crimes against humanity available, it is still difficult for many governments to implement that law to the letter in their countries. In this workshop therefore, we invited duty bearers who include, legislators, civil servants, security forces and members from CSOs to create an awareness on the laws that can be used to bring perpetrators of human rights abuses to justice.

The good news is that at least there are countries in which the international humanitarian law has played a major role in restoring peace after devastating conflict and enables such countries to find lasting peace and tranquillity hence creating enabling conditions for development.

South Sudan however is still straggling with drafting a permanent constitution in the first place which makes it very difficult if not impossible to bring the perpetrators of crimes against humanity to face justice. This however doesn’t mean we can not site legal implications of crimes against humanity within the international humanitarian law for duty bearers to know and possible advocate