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Disregard of Corruption in-Country

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Q51 0/100

Do the armed forces have military doctrine addressing corruption as a strategic issue on operations?

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Military doctrine Score: 0 / 100
The word “corruption” does not appear in the SPLA White Paper on Defence 2008, although there’s reference to conducting financial affairs of the military…
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Transparency Score: NA / 100
Although the army has a docrinal development unit, the Centre for Doctrine Synthesisation and Development, located at army headquarters in Juba, there are no…
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Q52 0/100

Is there training in corruption issues for commanders at all levels in order to ensure that these commanders are clear on the corruption issues they may face during deployment?

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Score: 0 / 100
Although military commanders acknowledge that corruption is a major issue (for example as stated by the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff regarding reforms…
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Q53 NEI/100

Is corruption as a strategic issue considered in the forward planning of operations? If so, is there evidence that commanders at all levels apply this knowledge in the field?

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Forward planning Score: NEI / 100
No publicly available data exists to score this indicator; as such, it is marked ‘Not Enough Information’. Sources contacted were not knowledgeable about the…
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Application Score: NA / 100
South Sudan is not engaged any significant operations, nor joint exercises or peace operations. The SPLA White Paper on Defence has aspirational language that…
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Corruption within Mission

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Q54 NEI/100

Are trained professionals regularly deployed to monitor corruption risk in the field (whether deployed on operations or peacekeeping missions)?

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Corruption monitoring Score: NEI / 100
No publicly available data exists to score this indicator; as such, it is marked ‘Not Enough Information’. Sources contacted were not knowledgeable about it.…
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M&E policy Score: NEI / 100
No publicly available data exists to score this indicator; as such, it is marked ‘Not Enough Information’. Sources contacted were not knowledgeable about it.…
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Transparency Score: NA / 100
In more than ten years of analysing South Sudan issues, the assessor has never come across any instance of reports from field operations being…
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Contracting

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Q55 NEI/100

Are there guidelines, and staff training, on addressing corruption risks in contracting whilst on deployed operations or peacekeeping missions?

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Comprehensiveness Score: 25 / 100
There are guidelines in the Procurement Act that oblige the Defence Ministry to have measures in place to counter corruption in contracting processes. [1]…
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Training Score: NEI / 100
No publicly available data exists to score this indicator; as such, it is marked ‘Not Enough Information’. Sources contacted were not knowledgeable about it.…
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Private Security Companies

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Q56 NS/100

Are private military contractors employed and if so, are they subject to a similar level of scrutiny as for the armed forces?

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Policies Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The Constitution prohibits the recruitment of “any armed or paramilitary force in South Sudan…
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Scrutiny Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. There are no laws dealing with the contracting of or use of PMCs. Neither…
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Enforcement Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. There are no laws dealing with the contracting of or use of PMCs. Neither…
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