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Trade unions in South Sudan first emerged in the period prior to the country's independence with the formation of the Southern Sudan Workers Trade Union in August 2010.[1]
National organization(s) | SSTUWF |
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Regulatory authority | Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development |
Primary legislation | Workers Trade Unions Act, 2013 |
Global Rights Index | |
5+ No guarantee of rights due to breakdown of law | |
International Labour Organization | |
South Sudan is a member of the ILO | |
Convention ratification | |
Freedom of Association | Not ratified |
Right to Organise | 29 April 2012 |
The situation of trade unions rights in South Sudan is currently classified as one of the worst in the world, with a complete breakdown in the rule of law.[2] In 2019, the, President of the South Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SSWTUF), Simone Deng, was murdered while on a trade union mission.[3]
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