UN's South Sudan Inquiry Gets Wider Powers to Pursue Abuses

The United Nations commission of inquiry for South Sudan now has broader powers to pursue human rights abuses in the country's civil war. The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday gave the commission the ability to collect and preserve evidence and point the finger at suspected perpetrators. Human Rights Watch calls it a significant step toward accountability for mass rape, torture and more. The U.N. inquiry began a year ago to document human rights violations in South Sudan....

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