Submission to the Committee On the Rights of the Child’s Review

[HRW] Since South Sudan’s civil war began in 2013, both the government and opposition forces have committed widespread atrocity crimes, including unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment, recruitment and use of children in their armed forces, rape, and other forms of sexual violence.[1] The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS)[2] and the 2018 Revitalized ARCSS[3] provide for three important mechanisms to deal with human rights violations arising from t

[HRW] Since South Sudan’s civil war began in 2013, both the government and opposition forces have committed widespread atrocity crimes, including unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment, recruitment and use of children in their armed forces, rape, and other forms of sexual violence.[1] The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS)[2] and the 2018 Revitalized ARCSS[3] provide for three important mechanisms to deal with human rights violations arising from t