Workers ready relief items for distribution to Sudanese refugees in Maban, South Sudan, in August 2013. Photo: Joakino Francis/Eye Radio

A new report revealed that South Sudan has become the 46^th member to ratify the AU convention on refugee rights.

This means the country will now commit to meeting the international standards for refugee protection.

UNHCR’s Representative in South Sudan Ahmed Warsame said the instruments of accession have now entered into force in South Sudan.

According to Warsaw, the membership provides rights groups with additional legal instruments to advocate for refugee rights in the country.

South Sudan now hosts more than 260,000 refugees mainly from the Sudan and Congo.