{"id":1462,"date":"2023-02-13T10:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T15:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/?page_id=1462"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:13:42","slug":"hope-for-accountability-the-hybrid-court-of-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/in-print\/volume-53\/volume-53-number-2-winter-2022\/hope-for-accountability-the-hybrid-court-of-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for Accountability: The Hybrid Court of South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January of 2021, the government of South Sudan indicated its intent to <\/span>establish a hybrid war crimes tribunal, the Hybrid Court of South Sudan <\/span>(<\/span>\u201c<\/span>HCSS<\/span>\u201d<\/span>), to prosecute human rights violations that occurred during the civil <\/span>war that began in 2013. With this announcement came a renewed hope of<\/span><\/span> jus<\/span>tice,<\/span><\/span><\/span> accountability, and peace for the South Sudanese people. However, given <\/span>the government\u2019s previous hostility toward the HCSS, prior efforts to delay its <\/span>establishment, and the fact that it may well be implicated in many of the <\/span>Court\u2019s investigations and cases, there is also a justifiable skepticism<\/span><\/span> surround<\/span>ing<\/span><\/span><\/span> the creation of the Court. Indeed, establishing and operationalizing the <\/span>HCSS is sure to present immense challenges, including the government\u2019s lack of <\/span>political will to prosecute, difficulties surrounding victim participation and <\/span>protection, and funding. However, this Note argues that it is precisely because <\/span>of these challenges that a hybrid court is the mechanism most suited to this<\/span><\/span> cir<\/span>cumstance,<\/span><\/span><\/span> and that the HCSS is South Sudan\u2019s best hope for achieving justice <\/span>and accountability. This Note examines the many advantages of the hybrid <\/span>court paradigm, including its flexibility, increased legitimacy, capacity<\/span><\/span> build<\/span>ing,<\/span><\/span><\/span> and norm diffusion, and analyzes how these benefits could be leveraged in <\/span>the South Sudanese context. This Note concludes by proposing several specific <\/span>recommendations for establishing an effective, independent hybrid court capable <\/span>of bringing justice and accountability to the people of South Sudan and ending <\/span>the cycle of violence and impunity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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