This paper evaluates the extent to which the environmental provisions of the South Sudanese Petroleum Act (2012) have been enforced, and attempts to identify the gaps and challenges facing the implementation. To determine the level of enforcement, the Sudd Institute conducted structured interviews with key officials from the ministries of Environment and Petroleum and Mining and Nile Petroleum Corporation.
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This report looks at one of the most important yet contested political processes in South Sudan: the process of drafting a permanent constitution. It takes a social science perspective and focuses, in particular, on the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in the constitution-making process. The report argues that temporary constitutions negotiated in closed settings can increase conflict levels within a country. In South Sudan, for example, the President failed to prioritise the review of the…
This briefing describes events of the conflict between SPLM/A and SPLM/A-IO in Unity State, importantly evolving around the oil fields of Rubkona and Pariang counties. Download
This paper is based on a preliminary exploration of local representation in the Bor County Land Authority (CLA) in South Sudan. CLAs were set up with the mandate to represent rural communities and incorporate local concerns in land matters. The study explored the means of CLA authorization, communicative interactions, and the extent of downward accountability. Download
This collection of customary court reports and lawyers’ caseload reports provides an insight into the functioning of the justice system in South Sudan. Download
This analysis summarizes findings from conflict analyses undertaken as part of the UNICEF Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy (PBEA) Programme, funded by the Government of the Netherlands. The purpose of the report is to create actionable recommendations for the education sector in South Sudan to inform and shape peace consolidation and nation building. The analysis points out some of the key challenges of the South Sudan’s education system that pertain to massive gaps in service delivery,…
This paper is a compilation of different key actors’ views (including South Sudanese civil society) of the New Deal implementation in South Sudan. It presents key recommendations drawn from the opinions expressed by the different actors interviewed or engaged in the process of developing the paper. Download
As South Sudan emerges from the immediate aftermath of conflict, the task of strengthening government capability, particularly in the core civil service, will be essential to facilitating economic development and ensuring the basic social services the population needs to construct the new country’s future. This note brings an outside perspective to those challenges. It identifies key short-and medium- term bottlenecks to building civil service capacity and, drawing on experience with similar problems elsewhere, raises policy…
This report describes the path that led from the early stages of Yau Yau’s rebellion, through its evolution in the post-independence period, to the signing of the agreement culminating in the establishment of the GPAA. It explores the role of local and international actors in the negotiation process, and reviews the first phases of implementation of the new administrative area, its main challenges and early achievements, and the prospects of peaceful coexistence for its heterogeneous…
The introduction to this special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies on Emerging South Sudan: Negotiating Statehood explores whether the ‘emerging’ state South Sudan needs a ‘permanent’ constitution given the negotiated nature of statehood. Download
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