UN Commission Warns of ‘Constitutional Coup’ in South Sudan

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan called on member states and regional and international partners to take urgent action to prevent renewed conflict and secure lasting peace, irrespective of the electoral timetable. The commission warned that the political settlement established in 2018 to prevent another war is being undermined, putting civilians and the country’s fragile transition at grave risk. “A negotiated settlement has been displaced under cover of elections. This amounts to a constitutional coup through legislative reforms: the unilateral dismantling of the inclusive power-sharing settlement and concentration of all authority in the President,” Yasmin Sooka, chair of the commission, told the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee. Radio Tamazuj