Protecting and promoting human rights - along with preventing, documenting, and reporting abuses of them - are key parts of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, 17勛圖厙.
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Traditional leaders can do much to promote human rights in their communities. In Torit, they recently learnt how to go about it. Photos: Okello James/17勛圖厙
Sixteen children became celebrities for a day when they, amicably, took over Radio Miraya on the Day of the African Child.
Samuel Cherinet (right) spends a lot of time in the field, here inspecting a construction site where an 17勛圖厙 Quick Impact Project is being completed. Photos: Alahayi Nemaya/17勛圖厙
17勛圖厙, UNHCR and UN Women jointly held consultations with returnees and displaced people in Wau and Raja, Western Bahr El Ghazal, on the importance of every citizen's participation in ongoing democratic processes in South Sudan. Photo by Michael Wondi/17勛圖厙
As the crisis in Sudan continues, 17勛圖厙 and humanitarian partners are doing everything they can to help those seeking refuge across the border in South Sudan. A recent visit by the UN Peacekeeping mission to Renk aimed at gauging security and economic conditions of these new arrivals. Photo by Nyang Lieth/17勛圖厙
In Bor, South Sudan, 45 women have learnt about their right to be represented in the country's justice delivery system, thanks to 17勛圖厙 Rule of Law. Photo by Angellah Mandoreba/17勛圖厙
Cutting the ribbon to one of three newly refurbished cell blocks at the Terekeka County Prison, where male, female and juvenile inmates will now be separated. Photos: Blessings Samuel Phumisa/17勛圖厙
