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The Constitution of Southern Sudan was the 2005 Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, as established by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement within the framework of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ending the Second Sudanese Civil War, signed into practice on 9 January 2005. [1]
The constitution establishes a presidential system of government headed by a president who is both the head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The constitution establishes English and Arabic as the official languages. [note 1]
The constitution establishes three levels of government: national, state and local. [note 2]
The constitution prohibits slavery, [note 3] and torture, [note 4] limits capital punishment, [note 5] and establishes equal rights for men and women, [note 6] and equality before the law. [note 7]
The separate " Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan" was drafted by a Southern Sudan Constitutional Drafting Committee and adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of the South Sudan Legislative Assembly. [note 8] This new constitution came in force on 9 July 2011 when South Sudan was proclaimed as independent state.
Constitution |
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The Constitution of Southern Sudan was the 2005 Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, as established by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement within the framework of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ending the Second Sudanese Civil War, signed into practice on 9 January 2005. [1]
The constitution establishes a presidential system of government headed by a president who is both the head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The constitution establishes English and Arabic as the official languages. [note 1]
The constitution establishes three levels of government: national, state and local. [note 2]
The constitution prohibits slavery, [note 3] and torture, [note 4] limits capital punishment, [note 5] and establishes equal rights for men and women, [note 6] and equality before the law. [note 7]
The separate " Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan" was drafted by a Southern Sudan Constitutional Drafting Committee and adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of the South Sudan Legislative Assembly. [note 8] This new constitution came in force on 9 July 2011 when South Sudan was proclaimed as independent state.