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Rebel group enacts 26 new laws in south

    NAIROBI

    The Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) has enacted 26 new laws, called the Laws of the New Sudan, which will govern SPLM areas in south Sudan until a peace deal is signed between the rebel group and the government.

    After the signing of a peace accord, the laws would be "amended to fit in with the new developments", the SPLM commissioner for legal affairs and constitutional development, Michael Makuei, told IRIN.

    He said the texts were signed into law on Sunday by SPLM/A leader John Garang, but they would not be enforceable until they had been distributed to all the relevant authorities in southern Sudan.

    The new laws cover a range of areas including financial institutions, forestry, insurance, the judiciary, NGOs, passports and immigration, policing, prisons, and wildlife conservation. Makuei said they would help to establish law and order in southern Sudan and establish good governance there.

    The process of developing the laws began in 2001, said Makuei who described them as "complementary to one another".

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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