UN Security Council must not lift South Sudan arms embargo until human rights benchmarks are met

Members of South Sudan’s SSPDF singning in an unidentified area outside Juba, South Sudan, in January 2017 (Credit: Unknown)

May 17, 2021(SSNN) — Lifting the UN arms embargo on South Sudan could have dire consequences for human rights, Amnesty International warned today, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on 27 May to decide the future of the embargo. The Security Council must ensure a range of human rights benchmarks are met before the embargo can be lifted. These […]

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