Constitutional Reform – 2015
2015
The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict called for a draft Constitutional Bill within twenty-one days of signing the agreement to incorporate the agreement into the South Sudan constitution. It also called for additional amendments as necessary to facilitate the implementation of other provisions within the agreement. Additionally, the agreement called for a permanent constitution to be completed within eighteen months of signing.
The National Constitution Amendment Committee (NCAC) was formed in December[1] as a result of the 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict and began deliberating the integration of the peace agreement into the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan (TCRSS). However, in 2015, no bills relating to the incorporation or accommodation of the agreement and its provisions were drafted in 2015. Work on the permanent constitution did not begin in 2015. [2]
[1] SudanTribube.com. (December 25, 2015 Friday). Machar calls on South Sudanese people to consolidate peace. Sudan Tribune. Retrieved from Nexis Uni.
[2] “Freedom in the World 2015- South Sudan,” Freedom House, https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/south-sudan