South Sudan: Elections Minus Safeguards Could Fuel Renewed Atrocities, Warns UN Commission

South Sudan: Elections Minus Safeguards Could Fuel Renewed Atrocities, Warns UN Commission

Geneva -- Political, security and human rights safeguards required for a peaceful and credible vote are largely absent in South Sudan, a UN commission has warned.

UN Commission: Sham elections could fuel conflict, atrocities in South Sudan - Radio Tamazuj

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Thursday warned in a new advisory that as South Sudan moves towards its first national elections since independence, the political, security and human rights safeguards required for a peaceful and credible vote that delivers democratic change are largely absent. The Commission cautioned that elections held without a strategy for democratic consolidation and preventing national schisms could ins…

UN warns South Sudan elections without safeguards, dialogue could fuel conflict

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has warned that holding elections without essential political, security and human rights safeguards could fuel renewed conflict and increase the risk of crimes. In a new advisory issued on Thursday, the Commission says South Sudan is moving toward its first national elections since independence, but many of the conditions needed for a peaceful and credible vote remain absent. The Commission says r…