Elections and Civic Space in South Sudan: Findings from the 2024 Public Perceptions of Peace Survey

David Deng; Jan Pospisil; Sophia Dawkins; Christopher Oringa

doi:10.7488/era/5161

Elections and Civic Space in South Sudan: Findings from the 2024 Public Perceptions of Peace Survey

David Deng
, Jan Pospisil
, Sophia Dawkins
, Christopher Oringa

Research Centre for Peace and Security

Detcro Research and Advisory
University of Juba

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

Abstract

This report summarizes findings from an opinion poll on perceptions of peace in South Sudan that Detcro, PeaceRep, and FES’s Raising Civil Voices project conducted between March and June 2024. The poll collected the views of 4,769 people in 15 locations across all ten states and one administrative area. This report presents the opinion polling data on elections and civic space to inform ongoing discussions about the fate of the transitional process in South Sudan. Among the issues it covers are people’s perceived safety when speaking publicly on politically sensitive issues, the timing and sequencing of elections, what people expect elections to deliver, the perceived risk of electoral violence, and respondent political preferences.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Nairobi
Publisher	Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Commissioning body	Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep)
Number of pages	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7488/era/5161
Publication status	Published - 24 Jun 2024

Bibliographical note

Copyright @Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Sudan Office 2024

All rights reserved. No part of this publication should be reproduced without written permission from the publisher except for brief quotation in books and critical reviews. For information and permission write to Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

Funding

This research is supported by the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep), funded by UK International Development from the UK government.

Funders
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

elections
south sudan
violence
democratisation
peacebuidling

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Elections and Civic Space in South Sudan: Findings from the 2024 Public Perceptions of Peace Survey

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Elections and Civic Space in South Sudan: Findings from the 2024 Public Perceptions of Peace Survey

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