The Transitional Justice Working Group stakeholders held their first meeting in Juba on Thursday a year after being interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The working group is a multi-stakeholder committee founded on 29 August 2015 after the first peace agreement to help establish a process for transitional justice, peace, and reconciliation in South Sudan.
Gordon Lam, the executive director of the Dialogue and Research Institute said the meeting was about enlightening the population about truth, justice, and healing.
“This event is about building the foundation for truth, justice, reconciliation, and healing,” Lam said. “We have deliberated on this to ensure that people are enlightened about the processes of transitional justice, peace and reconciliation, and healing in our country.”
He added: “This process aims to unify information and share it among all stakeholders.”
Participants were drawn from the ministry of justice, human right commission, peace and reconciliation, members of civil society organizations, women groups, local NGOs, and international NGOs.
The Transitional Justice Working Group says it plans to ensure that peace and reconciliation are achieved in the country.
“The other element is to ensure that peace and reconciliation come to the country by disseminating information through the media,” Lam concluded. “And also to ensure coordination between the ministry of justice and other stakeholders to ensure the messages are reaching people at the grassroots.”