The Effectiveness of The African Court on Human and People's Rights in Resolving The African Challenges: A Case Study of War Out Break in The Republic of South Sudan as at 2013-2014

ABSTRACT The research was focused on the effectiveness of the African court on human and people's rights in resolving the African challenges: A case study of war outbreak in the Republic of South Sudan in 2013-2014. The general objective of the study was to examine the effectiveness of the African court on human and people's rights in resolving Afi·ican challenges. The study is to examine the legal frame work in establishing African court on human and people's rights and its mandate. To assess the human rights violation in south Sudan at the outbreak of war in 2013-2014. And finally to suggest the possible measures and recommendation to African court on human and people's rights in south Sudan.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

DECLARATION .................................................................................................... i 

APPROVAL .......................................................................................................... ii 

DEDICATION ...................................................................................................... iii 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................... iv 

LIST OF ABREVA TIONS .................................................................................... v 

LIST OF INSTRUMENTS ................................................................................... vi 

LIST OF CASES ................................................................................................. vii 

ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... ix 

TiBLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................... x 

CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................................. l 

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 

1.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 

1.2 Back ground of the study .................................................................................. I 

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM ...................................................................... 10 

1.5. General objective .......................................................................................... 10 

I .5.2 Specific objectives of the study ................................................................... 1 I 

1 .2 SCOPE OF THE STUDY .............................................................................. 12 

1.2.1 Time Scope ................................................................................................. 12 

1 .2.2 Geographical scope: .................................................................................... 12 

1.3 Significance of the study ................................................................................ 12 

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1.4 METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................... 13 

1.5 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS ...................................................................... 13 

1.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ................................................................. 14 

I. 9 literature review ............................................................................................. 15 

1.10 CHAPTERIZATION ................................................................................... I 9 

CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................... 20 

THE LEGAL FRAME WORK ESTABLISHING THE AFRICAN COURT 

ON HUMAN AND PEOPLE'S IUGHTS AND ITS MANDATE IN SOUTH 

SUDAN ............................................................................................................... 20 

2.0 Introduction .................................................................................................... 20 

2.1 The establishment of the African court on human and people's rights ............ 20 

2.1. J International human rights law .................................................................... 21 

? I ? I . 11 . . I ?? -· ·- nternatwna 1umamtanan aw .................................................................... __ 

2.1.4 Domestic law of the constitution of south Sudan ......................................... 27 

2.1.5 The African court on human and people's rights frame work ...................... 29 

2.1.6 The Jurisdiction of the African Comi of Human Rights .............................. 32 

CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................... 35 

THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN SOUTH SUDAN AT THE OUT 

BREAK OF ........................................................................................................ 35 

THE WAR IN 2013-2014 .................................................................................... 35 

3.0 Introduction .................................................................................................... 3 5 

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3.1 Abuses by Security Forces ............................................................................. 35 

3.2 Conflict Related Sexual Violence ................................................................... 36 

3.3 Violations against Individuals ........................................................................ 38 

3.4 Crimes against humanity ................................................................................ 39 

3.6 Violations of freedom of expression and censorship of the press .................... 42 

3.6 GENEVA (9 MAY 2014) ............................................................................... 44 

3.7 Documents on Human Rights Situation in south Sudan .................................. 46 

CHAPTER FOUR INTRODUCTION THE POSSIBLE MEASURES TO 

AFRICAN COURT ON I-lUMAN AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS IN SOUTH 

SUDAN SITUATION ........................................................................................ 48 

4.0 Introduction .................................................................................................... 48 

4.1 Accountability Measures ................................................................................ 48 

4.2 Government accountability measures ............................................................. 49 

4.3 The appropriate recommendation to African comi on human and people's 

rights in south Sudan ............................................................................................ 54 

CHAPTER FIVE INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 56 

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 

STUDY ............................................................................................................... 56 

FINDINGS .......................................................................................................... 56 

5.0 Introduction .................................................................................................... 56 

5.1 Summary of findings ...................................................................................... 56 

5.3 Recommendations .......................................................................................... 61 

REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 64