{"value":{"id":1519081,"askingMemberId":1583,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-10-10T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-10-12T00:00:00","uin":"59157","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to HRC 51: UK Statement under Item 2 General Debate on Acting High Commissioner Oral Update, published on 20 September 2022, (a) what steps will he take to help ensure perpetrators of killings and sexual violence in South Sudan are held to account and (b) if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a hybrid court in that country.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4680,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-10-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>South Sudan is an FCDO human rights priority country. The UK Government regularly raises concerns with South Sudanese authorities regarding impunity for those engaged in sub-national violence and sexual and gender based violence. Last week, the British Ambassador to South Sudan raised concerns with South Sudanese Government Ministers regarding ongoing violence in Upper Nile State and Unity State. The UK took a leading role in renewing the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan and supported renewal of the UN Arms Embargo and Sanctions regime. We fund a Gender Adviser who works within the ceasefire monitoring mechanism to advise on prevention and reporting of conflict-related sexual violence. The UK has funded the establishment of mobile gender based violence (GBV) courts in two South Sudanese states and provided support to strengthen the GBV court in Juba.</p><p>The UK supports the South Sudanese 2018 peace agreement as a vital mechanism for ensuring accountability, reconciliation, peace and justice in South Sudan. This includes Chapter V, which has provisions for the formation of a Hybrid Court for South Sudan.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"South Sudan: Sexual Offences","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1519081","method":"GET"}]}