Challenges to small arms and light weapons control in South Sudan

combatants in the absence of capacities to control and It is also important to highlight that there are gendered regulate their use.3 aspects to the issues raised in this report in relation to The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of 2005 the proliferation and misuse of SALW in South Sudan, between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s including the high incidence of gender-based violen. [...] The protection of the herd and the level of violence associated with it are attributed to a range ritualistic resolution of disputes were key features of these of factors, including lack of alternative livelihoods, the coping mechanisms, often centred on the notion of passage wide availability of firearms in the hands of civilians, and from childhood to adulthood. [...] The DDR and SSR processes designed as results from the lack of control of SALW by the security part of the peace agreements failed to take into account sector, battle captures, and defections from the SSPDF to the reality in the country. [...] Superficial changes will continue to for the (real) total number of armed fighters that need make the integration of opposition and non-state armed demobilisation and reintegration and the maximum groups unattractive and will not stop the future defection number that can meaningfully be absorbed in the armed of armed groups and the concomitant diversion of SALW and security forces. [...] Parties to full consideration of the different real and perceived roles the R-ARCSS should speed up the training and graduation played by women and men in the context of the cultural of the unified forces, deploy them, and ensure the forces understandings of masculinity and femininity, including are maintained in their respective barracks with decent their links to rehabilitation and livelihoods,.