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The government took steps to develop its legal and institutional structure but has yet to ratify major human rights treaties, despite repeatedly saying it would do so. Lack of capacity and inadequate training of police, prosecutors, and judges have resulted in numerous human rights violations in law enforcement and administering justice. 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view-display-id-panel_pane_4 view-taxonomy-news-listings view-dom-id-7"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/13/trials-child-marriage">The Trials of Child Marriage</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 13, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In Yemen, South Sudan, and other parts of the world, instead of going to school or spending time with their friends and families, girls, some as young as 8, are married -- often to much older men. If the girls don’t want to marry, their families generally force them. After they are wed, life often changes for the worse.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/south-sudan-stop-harassing-detaining-journalists">South Sudan: Stop Harassing, Detaining Journalists</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">May 3, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Security force harassment and unlawful detention of journalists is undermining freedom of expression in South Sudan, the Agency for Independent Media (AIM), Amnesty International, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and Human Rights Watch said today, on World Press Freedom Day.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/10/exchanging-daughters-livestock-child-marriage-south-sudan">Exchanging Daughters for Livestock: Child Marriage In South Sudan</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 10, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Aguet, from South Sudan, was forced at age 15 to marry a 75-year-old man. Her family received 80 cows as dowry in exchange. “I resisted the marriage,” she told Human Rights Watch. But her uncles beat her and the marriage went ahead. Aguet dropped out of school and went to live with her husband, who now also beats her.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/07/south-sudan-end-widespread-child-marriage">South Sudan: End Widespread Child Marriage</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The government of South Sudan should increase efforts to protect girls from child marriage. The country’s widespread child marriage exacerbates South Sudan’s pronounced gender gaps in school enrollment, contributes to soaring maternal mortality rates, and violates the right of girls to be free from violence, and to marry only when they are able and willing to give their free consent.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/07/child-and-forced-marriage-south-sudan">Child and Forced Marriage in South Sudan</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 7, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">To be forced into marriage and pregnancy as a child--when your own life has barely begun--is a serious violation of human rights. Far from creating a nurturing and safe space, child marriage is a driver of poor maternal health, violence, poverty, and pain.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/02/05/us-act-protect-children-conflict">US: Act to Protect Children in Conflict</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Feb 5, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United States government should promptly carry out the recommendations of a United Nations committee of experts to improve protection of children abroad from armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child released a report and recommendations to the US government on February 5, 2013.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/31/south-sudan-threats-free-speech">South Sudan: Threats to Free Speech</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 31, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">(Nairobi) – South Sudan should urgently step up efforts to protect freedom of speech and assembly, Human Rights watch said today in releasing its World Report 2013. The government should investigate and prosecute attacks on protesters, activists, and journalists and pass laws protecting free expression.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/04/last-nuba-again">Last of the Nuba, again?</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Central government forces in Sudan, under the country’s longtime ruler, Omar al-Bashir, use tactics against communities it believes support the SPLA-North that were characteristic of the conflict: indiscriminate bombing, assaults on civilians by soldiers and allied militia, and obstructing humanitarian aid.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130513232204/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/20/south-sudan-heed-global-call-end-death-penalty">South Sudan: Heed Global Call to End Death Penalty</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">South Sudan should carry out its commitment for a moratorium on the death penalty. 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