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UNPOL train South Sudan police officers on leadership, crime prevention, human rights, trust building
A South Sudanese police officer paying close attention at a workshop organized by UN Police. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS 13 Apr 2021 Emmanuel Kele
About 15 directors of the South Sudan National Police Services in Aweil town in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have received training on how to handle children in conflict with the law, human rights, and the role of the police in protecting and promoting the rights of detainees.
“We also learnt that the South Sudan police will soon be responsible for law and order and the protection of internally displaced person living in camps that used to be protected by the peacekeeping mission,” said Lieutenant Colonel, Musa Uger Upiero, referring to the planned transitioning into camps of the two remaining protection of civilians sites in Bentiu and Malakal.
With a slow but steady decline of political violence across South Sudan, refugees as well as internally displaced people have started returning to their places of origin.
UN police, SSNPS partner to provide security in Bor
The South Sudan National Police Services (SSNPS) and the United Nations Police (UNPOL) have partnered to bolster security and protection for the displaced community in the Jonglei State capital, Bor.
In 2013, when the civil war broke out in the country, thousands of people fled their homes for safety and sought protection at UN-protected camps, known as “protection of civilians sites” (POCs). But last year, the UN, citing improved security in parts of the country, handed over the security of the former POCs to the government, a move that ignited protests among the displaced across the country.