On August 17, Vice President Taban Deng Gai pledged that government and opposition troops would be unified before the end of May, 2017.[1] On August 20, over 6,000 SPLM/A-IO soldiers joined the government army.[2]
[1] “South Sudan says rival forces will be merged by May 2017,” Xinhua General News Service, August 17, 2016.
[2] “Over 6000 South Sudan rebel fighters defect to government army,” BBC Monitoring Africa, August 22, 2016.
The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) required the establishment of a Unified Command to be started immediately and completed within eighteen months.
No developments observed in this year.
No developments observed in this year.
The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) reaffirmed the independence of the judiciary and required judiciary reforms that included a review of the Judiciary Act.
No developments observed in this year.
No developments observed in this year.
The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) established right of return for displaced persons and required the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and South Sudan (GRSS) Armed Opposition to assist with resettlement, reunification of families, registration of lives and property lost, and reintegration of displaced persons.
No developments observed in this year.
No developments observed in this year.
The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) required the transitional government to hold elections sixty days before the end of the transition period to elect the President, National Assembly, State Governors and State Assemblies as well as establish a National Elections Commission.
No developments observed in this year.
The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan called for the National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) to review the Political Parties Act of 2012 for compliance with the agreement, and to amend the National Elections Act of 2012 to conform to the terms of the agreement. Neither of these acts was addressed in 2015.