Tag: Transitional Constitution
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Judicial Independence under Threat in South Sudan
—Mark Deng, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School In my first post published on 13 April 2025, I discussed the nature of South Sudan’s 2011 Transitional Constitution, calling it a conflation of international template and domestic aspirations. I also discussed the idea of a strong president deeply embedded in that document and how it has…
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The ‘Intermestic’ Transitional Constitution of South Sudan
— Mark Deng, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School Every constitution drafted since at least the 18th century has this feature. What is it? If you said ‘constitutional borrowing’, give yourself a pat on the back! South Sudan’s Transitional Constitution is no exception in this respect.
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Sudan’s Constitutional Charter is a Ray of Hope but Tough Times Lie Ahead
–Waikwa Wanyoike, Strategic Litigation Director, Open Society Justice Initiative – London On August 4, 2019, an historic agreement was signed in Sudan between the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) and the Military Transition Council (MTC). The FFC is the revolutionary group that triggered the removal of the long-term autocratic leader Ahmad Al Bashir.