![South Sudan's UN peacekeeping mission has failed to protect human rights in the country.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/south-sudan-un-mission-peacekeeping-conflict-human-rights-06192023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
In recent years, civilians in South Sudan have been the victims of attacks by both rebels and government forces, and the U.N. mission has a poor record of protecting them from this violence. To change this, the international community needs to hold the mission’s civilian and military leadership accountable for their failures.