WORKSHOP ONTHE PERMANENT CONSTITUTION-MAKING PROCESSIN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN, 25-27 MAY 2021

The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) announces the convening of a permanent Constitution-making process workshop from 25-27 May 2021 in Juba, Republic of South Sudan. The three-day workshop will start with an official opening by H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit on Tuesday 25 May 2021, at Freedom Hall, Juba, and will also be addressed by H.E. Dr. Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, Chairperson IGAD Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan.

This opening ceremony will be attended by over 250 invited guests, including the delegates to the workshop. This will be followed by two days of closed-door deliberations, at Palm Africa Hotel, from 26-27 May 2021 to be attended only by the nominees of the Parties and Stakeholders to the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). These are representatives of the Incumbent TGoNU; SPLM/A-IO; SSOA; FDs; OPP, Eminent Personalities; Faith-Based Leaders, Academic; Women’s groups; Youth; Civil Society and Business Community.

Convened by the RJMEC pursuant to Article 6.7 of the R-ARCSS, the workshop is meant for the Parties to the R-ARCSS to agree on the details of the Permanent Constitution-making process. Under Article 6.9 of the R-ARCSS, the outcome of the workshop shall form the basis for drafting the legislation to guide the Permanent Constitution-making process as outlined under Chapter 6 of the R-ARCSS. The workshop will be facilitated by the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and Rule of Law, a Germany-based instituterenowned internationally for constitution-making, pursuant to Article 6.8 of the R-ARCSS. The outcome of the workshop will be presented to the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU), which will then embark on a process of Constitution-making.

The RJMEC is the official oversight body under the R-ARCSS established pursuant to Chapter 7 of the R-ARCSS to monitor, evaluate and oversee the implementation of the R-ARCSS, and the mandate and tasks of the RTGoNU and all institutions and mechanisms established by the Revitalised Peace Agreement.The Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law is an independent and not-for-profit legal research institute with long experience in constitution-making processes worldwide. Its engagements in South Sudan’s constitutional work date back to (the then) Southern Sudan in 2002. The Max Planck Foundation has been actively supporting the rule of law sector in South Sudan for the past 19 years.

For further information, please visit www.jmecsouthsudan.organd  www.mpfpr.de.