LEGAL PROTECTION OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN SOUTH SUDAN

Abstract

This article analyses the legal framework protecting
victims of trafficking in South Sudan. It discusses the
international framework from human rights law and
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protection. It then offers a critical study of the South
Sudanese legal framework on trafficking. It establishes
that South Sudan criminalises some forms of trafficking
and protects victims. The article, however, notes that
South Sudanese legal framework fails to criminalise
trafficking comprehensively and does not protect
victims sufficiently. Its provisions obfuscate protection
aspects that international law establishes. Its poor and
fragmented manner of criminalising trafficking equally
contributes to ineffective protection. It is noted that
lack of a sectoral legislation is largely responsible for the
ensuing legal dilemma. The main recommendation is
that South Sudan should ratify the Organized Crime
Convention and its Anti-Trafficking Protocol and enact
a specific legislation to protect victims of trafficking and
remove the existing confusion