On this page, you will find:
To find organisations working for LGBTQI+ rights, visit our South Sudan LGBTQI+ Resources page.
For South Sudan country of information (COI) experts, reports, commentaries, and relevant documents visit our South Sudan COI page.
Refugee protection
Click here to see the numbers and origins of refugees hosted by South Sudan.
The following sections contain information on the most important international treaties and agreements of which South Sudan is signatory, as well as national legislation relevant to the protection of refugees.
South Sudan’s accession to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol was in 2018, where President Salva Kiir signed the accession instrument in Juba after it was ratified by the Transitional National Legislative Assembly.
The Refugee Act 2012 gives refugees full rights (employments, access to social services, freedom of movement, birth registration, access to justice, etc.) in South Sudan. The Nationality and Passport Act 2011 allows for naturalisation.
Legal aid organisations
Website
Address: Tongping Area, Juba, Central Equatoria
Tel: +211 913 440 143
Email: kennedy.mabonga@nrc.no
NRC provides humanitarian assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees. Their programme activities are concentrated on five core activities, one being Information, Counseling and Legal Assistance. NRC provides legal assistance, usually through individual casework, but it may also entail class action. NRC pursues legal action through all relevant local, national and international legal systems and mechanisms, including customary law, conflict resolution and mediation mechanisms and any other prevalent systems of law – in addition to statutory law and the courts. NRC may provide training in legal issues to target groups and key local actors – to establish a platform of understanding of rights and applicable law, and subsequent legal approaches to key issues.
Organisations providing other support to refugees
Khartoum Delegation
Address: House 16, Street 33rd, Amarat, PO Box 1831, Khartoum
Tel:+249 (0) 183476464/5/6
Email: kha_khartoum@icrc.org
El Fashir Sub-delegation
Address: House 34, Square 7B, west Al Fashir, Daraga Ola (Al-Radmia street)
Tel: +249 (0) 912 167 668 / 924 901 252
Thuraya: 008 821 651 021 232
Email: al.fashir@icrc.org
Damazin Sub-delegation
Address: House 193, Block 15, El Daraga, Damazin
Tel: +249 (0) 912 161 406
Thuraya: 008 821 621 117 564
Email: zaltayebahmed@icrc.org
Kassala Sub-delegation for Eastern Sudan
Address: House 294, Block 11, Hay Al Daraja, Kassala
Tel: +249 912 508 219
Nyala Sub-delegation
Address: House 10, Block 5D Cinema Street, Nyala
Tel: +249 711 825 077 / 711 826 145
Thuraya: 008 821 651 190 256
Email: nyala@icrc.org
Zalingay Sub-delegation
Address:House N 154, block 2/B, Hay As-Souq– Zalingay
Tel: 0912 178 960 – 0917 217 901
Thuraya: 008 821 621 117 564
Email: zalingay@icrc.org
Kassala Office
Address: House 294, Block 11, Hay Al-Daraja, Kassala
Kadugli Office
Address: House 22, Block 3, El-Talta, Kadugli
Website
Address: New Industrial Area, Northern Bari, Juba, South Sudan
Email: iomjuba@iom.int
As the leading inter-governmental organization promoting humane and orderly migration, IOM plays a key role to support the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through different areas of intervention that connect both humanitarian assistance and sustainable development. IOM South Sudan provides a comprehensive response to the humanitarian needs of migrants, internally displaced persons, returnees and host communities.
Website
Address: P.O.Box 42, Juba, Southern Sudan
Tel: +256 47 73 43 705 or +249 91 95 34 421
Email: easternafrica@jrs.net
In Southern Sudan, JRS helps rebuilding school infrastructure. It runs educational projects and provides materials for schools and institutions. The JRS also works to improve access to education for adult learners and offers training in life skills and socio-economic skills.
For refugees and stateless persons:
Tel: +211 (0) 92 277 7682
Work hours: 7 am to 7 pm every day
For internally displaced people (in South Sudanese):
Tel: + 211 (0) 922 099 00 79
Work hours: Mon-Fri 8.30 am to 5.30 pm
Sat-Sun 2 pm to 6 pm
Email: SSDJUPROT@unhcr.org or, if you are in one of the locations below, you can also email the UNHCR offices:
South Sudan LGBTQI+ Resources
Find organisations working for refugee LGBTQI+ rights in South Sudan.
South Sudan COI
Find South Sudan Country of Origin information (COI) experts, reports, commentaries, and relevant documents.
We are always looking to expand the resources on our platform. If you know about relevant resources, or you are aware of organisations and/or individuals to include in our directories, please get in touch.
Last updated May 2023