Oath Ratification
- Country/entity
-
South Sudan
Sudan
Southern Kordofan - Blue Nile - Abyei - Region
-
Africa (excl MENA)
- Agreement name
- Oath Ratification
- Date
- 31 Jan 2002
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/local conflict
- Stage
- Framework/substantive - partial
- Conflict nature
- Inter-group
- Peace process
- South Sudan: Pre-secession Local Peace Processes
- Parties
- Signed by 11 tribes leaders from both sides
- Third parties
-
Brig. Abdel Rahman Hassan Omer
Commissioner of Abbiey region - Description
- Short local agreement in which the Dinka and Missiera tribal leaders vow to live together in reconciliation and peace, and to cooperate in rehabilitation and development of the regions, to stop hostilities, and reinstate justice.
- Agreement document
- SS_SD_020130_Oath Ratification.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
Groups
- Children/youth
No specific mention.
- Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
- Groups→Racial/ethnic/national group→RhetoricalPage 1,Oath Ratification,
We, the undersigned, representing Dinka and Missieria tribes in the regions of Muglad and Abbiey, declare that there are strong family bonds, and cordial relations between our two tribes since a very long time in history. - Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and gender
No specific mention.
- Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)
No specific mention.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)
No specific mention.
- Elections
No specific mention.
- Electoral commission
No specific mention.
- Political parties reform
No specific mention.
- Civil society
No specific mention.
- Traditional/religious leaders
No specific mention.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
No specific mention.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharing
No specific mention.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
No specific mention.
- Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/access
No specific mention.
- Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
- State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
- Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic developmentPage 1,Oath Ratification,
...We have also undertake to mutually cooperate in the rehabilitation and development of our regions, and to stop hostilities and reinstate justice. - National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security Guarantees
No specific mention.
- Ceasefire
- Security sector→Ceasefire→General commitmentsPage 1,Oath Ratification,
...We have also undertake to mutually cooperate in the rehabilitation and development of our regions, and to stop hostilities and reinstate justice. - Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forces
No specific mention.
- DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
No specific mention.
- Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
- Page 1,Oath Ratification,
...We have also undertake to mutually cooperate in the rehabilitation and development of our regions, and to stop hostilities and reinstate justice. - Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
No specific mention.
- Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
- Page 1,Oath Ratification,
We have vowed to live together in reconciliation and peace, and to restore the old good relations we inherited from our ancestors.
Implementation
- UN signatory
No specific mention.
- Other international signatory
No specific mention.
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanism
No specific mention.
- Related cases
No specific mention.
- Source
- Rift Valley Institute (2002) 'Conflict Transformation in Abyei [presentation at Joint Donors Meeting hosted by Netherlands Embassy]', 4 June, Sudan Open Archive, p. 7. Available at: https://www.sudanarchive.net/
Source agreement
Annex II
GOD pronounce in Qura'an:
“We have created you as male and a female and made you into Nations and Tribes, to be acquainted with one another, those worthy of GOD's honour are your most devout ones.”
Oath Ratification
We, the undersigned, representing Dinka and Missieria tribes in the regions of Muglad and Abbiey, declare that there are strong family bonds, and cordial relations between our two tribes since a very long time in history.
We have vowed to live together in reconciliation and peace, and to restore the old good relations we inherited from our ancestors.
We have also undertake to mutually cooperate in the rehabilitation and development of our regions, and to stop hostilities and reinstate justice.
Signed by 11 tribes leaders from both sides, and ratified by;
Brig.
Abdel Rahman Hassan Omer
Commissioner of Abbiey region