UN human rights experts calls on gov’t to investigate senior officials accused of sexual violence against women

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has called on the government to investigate and dismiss senior government officials accused of gross human rights violations. In its latest report, it says a commissioner and his deputy in Unity State was present overseeing systematic gang rapes at a cantonment site which was part of a well-planned scorched earth offensive against civilians. Meanwhile, the commission accused the Governor of Western Equatoria, who was a former a militia leader with command responsibility in 2018 of the abduction, rape, torture and sexual slavery of more than 400 women and girls. The findings were part of recent investigations in hotspot areas across the country by the UN Commission on Human Right in South Sudan.