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

UN Warns South Sudan Elections Could Deepen Conflict Without Safeguards

Commission Chair Yasmin Sooka stressed that the UN body supports the right of South Sudanese people to elect their representatives freely and peacefully.

UN warns South Sudan election could reignite conflict, atrocities

A United Nations Commission warned Thursday that South Sudan's long-awaited elections set for December could reignite conflict and heighten the risk of atrocities. The warnin...

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.

As elections near, South Sudan risks new atrocity crimes, warns rights probe

The under-reported humanitarian crisis in South Sudan risks deepening with the real possibility of further atrocity crimes unless renewed fighting stops, a UN-backed probe said on Thursday.

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…