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Commissions of Inquiry as Transformational Leadership: AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan’s approach to sexual violence
Thesis (PhD) - University of Pretoria, 2025
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/108545 Commissions of Inquiry as Transformational Leadership: AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan’s approach to sexual violence Theron, Sonja Olonisakin, 'Funmi shuvai.busuman@gmail.com Nyoni, Shuvai B UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Transformational Leadership Sexual-violence Regional Organisations Conflict-response International fact-finding Thesis (PhD) - University of Pretoria, 2025 This study seeks to understand if Commissions of Inquiry can transform the condition of people affected by sexual violence in conflict settings. Using a leadership conceptual framing and examining the work of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) the study draws conclusions on the transformative impact of the AU’s intervention in South Sudan. The primary question at the core of this research is: Did the African Union (AU) Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) transform the situation of people affected by sexual violence in the South Sudanese civil war? If so, how and if not, why? This study deploys transformational leadership as a conceptual frame to identify what transformation in relation to conflict-related sexual violence is and to determine the ways in which AUCISS could be said to have had a transformative impact. The research employs a qualitative approach, using historical and archival material, and drawing on documents from the African Union archives and online repositories generated from the work of the AUCISS. The thesis also relies on interviews with key informants including members of the Commission, the Secretariat and relevant actors in South Sudan who interacted with the Commission; and observations from interactions with selected civil society, faith based, displaced and refugee organisations and communities. This thesis found that the AUCISS made three significant contributions to the ecosystem of conflict-related sexual and other forms of gendered violence, which together constitute the core of its transformative influence on selected actors and stakeholders in South Sudan. Political Sciences PhD (International Relations: Leadership and Security Studies) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-05: Gender equality 2026-02-20T12:11:24Z 2026-02-20T12:11:24Z 2026 2025 Thesis * April 2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108545 N/A en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Transformational Leadership Sexual-violence Regional Organisations Conflict-response International fact-finding Commissions of Inquiry as Transformational Leadership: AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan’s approach to sexual violence |
| title | Commissions of Inquiry as Transformational Leadership: AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan’s approach to sexual violence |
| title_full | Commissions of Inquiry as Transformational Leadership: AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan’s approach to sexual violence |
| title_fullStr | Commissions of Inquiry as Transformational Leadership: AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan’s approach to sexual violence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Commissions of Inquiry as Transformational Leadership: AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan’s approach to sexual violence |
| title_short | Commissions of Inquiry as Transformational Leadership: AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan’s approach to sexual violence |
| title_sort | commissions of inquiry as transformational leadership au commission of inquiry on south sudan s approach to sexual violence |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Transformational Leadership Sexual-violence Regional Organisations Conflict-response International fact-finding |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108545 |