ABSTRACT
The constitution-making efforts since 2011 have shown that the civil society organizations (CSOs) apprehension has become reality. The constitution-making process itself seems to threaten the idea of a citizen driven constitution as not only promoted by international actors and stipulated in the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan (TCRSS) but also demanded by many civil society actors, who are mostly excluded from the de jure constitution making. This chapter demonstrates that de facto the well-intended international 'technical assistance' and models on how to produce a citizen-driven constitution co-regulates South Sudan's constitution making in a way that rather impends the chances of integrating ideas and interests of the highly segmented society. It takes a closer look at the 'realities' of constitution making through the lenses of proclaimed public participation. The extensive assistance of international actors in war-torn settings such as South Sudan has become part of peace building.
