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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The visiting United Nations (UN) human rights experts on Friday voiced alarm over a rise in abductions of women and children in South Sudan\u2019s Jonglei and Pibor Administrative Areas.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters at a press conference at the UN House in Juba, Ms. Yasmin Sooka, Chairperson of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, said the abducted women and children were subjected to sexual slavery and others forced as wives.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, we travelled to Bor and Pibor and we noted an increased proliferation of abduction and while abduction is not a new phenomenon in South Sudan,\u201d she said, \u201cthe increase and impact on women and children is deeply troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The top UN official said the Commission documented cases of abductions leading to killings, forced marriages, sexual slavery, and even trafficking. They attributed these acts to \u201carmed groups and also members of armed forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe authorities told us that they lack resources to deal with the issue conclusively,\u201d Sooka added. \u201cThe Commission documented many testimonies of women being abducted with the release being accomplished by payment of ransom to abductors following the intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barney Afako, another member of the Commission, noted a shift in targeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are told that in the past there was a focus on children, but increasingly older women were being abducted, so we have stories of mothers being abducted alongside their children often several children,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Carlos Castresana Fernandez, U.N. Commissioner on Human Rights, highlighted the challenges impeding justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Sudan judiciary is not functioning, it is severely under-sourced, has no money or the personnel or the distribution in the territory and lack the means to be impartial and independent and in most part of the country has no effective present,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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