This review weighs the impact of both the government’s approach to the crisis (since Dec. 2013) and the current position taken by the Western countries, who have threatened to impose sanctions, visa restrictions and asset freezes for political actors who are proven to stand in the way of peace.
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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.
This report provides an account of the political and humanitarian situation since the outbreak of large scale armed violence in December 2013, and furthermore suggests a number of possibilities to resolve the conflict. Download
This briefing seeks to explain the root causes of the ongoing crisis, focusing on divisions within the governing party and issues of military integration. Download
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
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
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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