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This report is part of CRIN's access to justice for children project, looking at the status of the CRC in national law, the status of children involved in legal proceedings, the legal means to challenge violations of children’s rights and the practical considerations involved in challenging violations.
South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, acceded to the CRC in January 2015, but it has not incorporated it into its domestic law. The Transitional Constitution and the Child Act seek to incorporate many of the CRC's provisions and provide the legal framework through which to challenge children's rights violations. However, South Sudan faces a variety of issues obstructing children's access to justice, including weak implementation of the laws, divergent customary law, ill-equipped statutory courts, virtually non-existent legal aid, and ongoing ethnic conflict.
