Since December 2013,South Sudan has witnessed...

Since December 2013, South Sudan has witnessed intermittent civil war and widespread communal and localised violence. Brutal conflict has led to widespread insecurity and deteriorated food security. Thousands of civilians have been killed, while nearly four million people were driven from their homes. While many remain displaced inside the country, more than two million have fled to neighbouring countries in a desperate bid to reach safety.
In 2018, a peace deal was signed and in February 2020, a transitional government of national unity was created. However, while violence reduced in most of the country, some armed groups persisted with sporadic fighting and related abuses in parts of Central Equatoria, putting civilians at risk of injury and death.
There were reports of constant violation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association by security forces. The rights to freedom of opinion and expression continued to be severely curtailed.

The ITUC does not have an affiliate in South Sudan.

South Sudan ratified Convention No. 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining in 2012 but has not ratified Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (1948).