The studies in this report from 2014 are the result of a research project designed to inform Government measures to improve petroleum sector practice, and with that, reduce tension between the oil companies and the local communities. Download
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CSRF Research Repository
The CSRF Research Repository aims to support greater contextual knowledge for policy makers, programme managers, and implementers by providing a searchable repository of research, analysis, and resources, and providing periodic updates on new research and analysis.
Drawing on research conducted by Human Rights Watch staff in Nairobi and Juba, this report focuses on criminal accountability for serious crimes committed during South Sudan’s current conflict.
The research paper describes attitudes towards federalism and the ways it was presented from before Sudan’s independence in 1956, up to South Sudan’s independence today. Download
The purpose of this paper is to chronicle three conflicts in Sudan and it attempts to explain why the occur, emphasizing the role of the elites in these conflicts. The paper provides an analysis of grassroots conflicts in Sudan. The paper uses the Dinka-Mundari-Bari Conflict in Central Equatoria State in Southern Sudan as a case study to expound the argument that elites play an important role in transforming low key community disputes involving competition over…
This briefing explains the composition and contributing factors to the emergence of the SPLM-IO. Download
This commentary outlines a number of political development that have fuelled the armed conflict since December 2013. Download
Based on 55 interviews conducted with recently arrived refugees from South Sudan and Ugandan government officials, this report explores not only the immediate predicament facing these recently arrived refugees, but also the longer-term implications for peace and security in South Sudan, as reflected in their understanding of the conflict. Download
This article addresses the social and political implications of wartime and post-war resource capture in South Sudan. It argues that predation by armed groups during the second civil war (1983–2005) initiated a process of dominant class formation, and demonstrates how, through various strategies of resource capture and kinship networks, commanders from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and other factions formed a new aristocracy – a “dominant class” that thinks of itself as “the best”….
Agriculture and food security are the most vulnerable and climate-sensitive sectors in South Sudan. The high level of food insecurity in the country is explained by a set of interrelated factors including climate change/variability, climate related disasters, conflict, food prices and market dynamics among others. Variability and extreme climatic events, decades of civil war and conflict, as well as environmental degradation, have contributed to increased vulnerability to food security. Natural and partly man-made disasters such…
The analysis in this report is informed by dialogue and discussion that took place at the Protection Cluster workshop in June/July 2014, which was facilitated by Ferdinand von Habsburg-Lothringen. The information presented here is changed from the original workshop report and adapted for the humanitarian community in South Sudan, presenting a broad overview of positive trends and conflict dynamics and stressing the importance of analysis in the protection and broader humanitarian response in South Sudan….
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