Over the past years, the government of South Sudan, through the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, has been implementing a series of activities as part of an effort to ensure respect for human rights and strengthen the rule of law across the country.

These actions include:

• Compiling a list of all international instruments, which carry a reporting obligation to them.
• Ensuring cooperation with human rights treaty bodies, including by attending treaty body meetings to capture emerging obligations.
• Facilitating ratification of international human rights instruments that South Sudan is party to.
• Preparing country reports under the various human rights instruments.
• Involving the Human Rights Commission and other stakeholders in designing a tool for monitoring state reporting.
• Establishing a human rights partners’ forum to share views and propose strategies of addressing human rights challenges.
• Prosecuting cases pertaining to human rights violations.
• Advising government institutions and public officials of their obligations to respect human rights of all citizens and uphold the rule of law.
• Facilitating meetings of rule of law agencies to discuss any concerns pertaining to human rights and rule of law.
• Developing legal framework and policy strategies to ensure protection of human rights and upholding the rule of law.
• Facilitating the harmonization of customary laws with statutory law and the Constitution.
• Improving conditions in prisons and detention facilities throughout the country.
• Conducting regular inspection visits to prisons and detention facilities.
• Training public prosecutors and police investigators on juvenile justice.
• Enhancing the capacity of the women and juvenile unit at the Ministry.
• Developing guidelines on the treatment of juveniles and women within the criminal justice system.