UNITY – The recent deployment of a mobile court in Mayom county in South Sudan’s Unity state, has concluded, handling 31 cases, securing 24 convictions, and releasing 22 prisoners over six weeks.
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The recently concluded mobile court in Mayom, Unity state, handled 31 cases, securing 24 convictions, and releasing 22 prisoners over six weeks. Mobile courts, a collaboration between South Sudan’s judiciary and Government, as well as UNMISS, bring justice to locations lacking access to formal legal systems. Photo by Peter Bateman/UNMISS
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Civil society and youth representatives, government partners, women, and state elections committees in Northern Bahr El Ghazal came together for a two-day workshop facilitated by the United Nations Integrated Electoral Assistance Team to boost capacities on electoral standards, principles and management techniques. Photo by Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS
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UNMISS and UNDP jointly held a two-day workshop to prepare Tonj South for an upcoming circuit court. This initiative, which falls under the Kong Koc Project funded by the South Sudan Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience, aims to enhance justice delivery by addressing long-pending cases involving intercommunal violence. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS
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UNMISS facilitated a visit by state authorities to Western Bahr El Ghazal's Boro Medina, where hundreds of refugees and returnees fleeing the Sudan crisis continue to arrive every day. Photo by Roseline Nzelle Nkwelle/UNMISS
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As South Sudan gears up for its first post-independence elections, UNMISS holds two workshops in Unity and Ruweng Administrative Area respectively to build capacities among civil society actors. Photo by Luk Riek Nyak Bol/UNMISS