Local justice and power of an official nature in Southern Sudan
In this article, the author examines the growing ambiguity that characterises the administration of justice in southern Sudan since an autonomous government was set up, thanks to the 2005 peace agreement. While the State was a distant, separate body owing to the monopoly exerted over it by the peopl...
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Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
2009-12-01
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| description | In this article, the author examines the growing ambiguity that characterises the administration of justice in southern Sudan since an autonomous government was set up, thanks to the 2005 peace agreement. While the State was a distant, separate body owing to the monopoly exerted over it by the peoples of the North, its courts of justice, precarious though they might be, could be viewed in the South as an agent that is neutral, albeit distant from local power networks: it was considered to be the hakuna sphere of power, to which people would only resort after the closest systems of conflict resolution (based on family ties) had failed. However, the creation of an autonomous government has brought the hakuna sphere closer to local reality, creating interferences between two realities that had become accustomed to functioning in a parallel manner. This new situation has generated new dynamics as regards how to react to local conflicts and also, logically, with respect to how to go about resolving them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13e759a31c8e4943866e1ac2ac56572e2022-12-21T22:49:35ZspaBarcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals1133-65952013-035X2009-12-01876593Local justice and power of an official nature in Southern SudanCherry LeonardiIn this article, the author examines the growing ambiguity that characterises the administration of justice in southern Sudan since an autonomous government was set up, thanks to the 2005 peace agreement. While the State was a distant, separate body owing to the monopoly exerted over it by the peoples of the North, its courts of justice, precarious though they might be, could be viewed in the South as an agent that is neutral, albeit distant from local power networks: it was considered to be the hakuna sphere of power, to which people would only resort after the closest systems of conflict resolution (based on family ties) had failed. However, the creation of an autonomous government has brought the hakuna sphere closer to local reality, creating interferences between two realities that had become accustomed to functioning in a parallel manner. This new situation has generated new dynamics as regards how to react to local conflicts and also, logically, with respect to how to go about resolving them.http://www.cidob.org/es/content/download/22755/253620/file/05_leonardi.pdfSudanconflict resolutionjusticeautonomous governmenttraditional authority |
| spellingShingle | Cherry Leonardi Local justice and power of an official nature in Southern Sudan Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals Sudan conflict resolution justice autonomous government traditional authority |
| title | Local justice and power of an official nature in Southern Sudan |
| title_full | Local justice and power of an official nature in Southern Sudan |
| title_fullStr | Local justice and power of an official nature in Southern Sudan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Local justice and power of an official nature in Southern Sudan |
| title_short | Local justice and power of an official nature in Southern Sudan |
| title_sort | local justice and power of an official nature in southern sudan |
| topic | Sudan conflict resolution justice autonomous government traditional authority |
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