AU urged to speed up formation of South Sudan’s hybrid court
South Sudanese demonstrate in Juba against the recruitment of children to join warring parties in the country on December 9, 2017. As per the peace accord, the African Union is to set up a hybrid court for South Sudan to investigate and prosecute individuals suspected of committing crimes since the conflict began in December 2013. FILE PHOTO | AFP
The Human Rights Watch has urged the African Union Commission to engage South Sudan’s unity government to speed up the establishment of the hybrid court as stipulated in the 2018 peace agreement.
