Technical and Capacity-Building Assistance for South Sudan in the Field of Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/26/31View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2014.

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Capacity Building Conferences Human Rights Human Rights Monitoring Human Rights Violations Internal Security International Cooperation Report Preparation South Sudan Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Expresses grave concern at the situation in South Sudan;

Strongly condemns the abuses and violations of human rights, and violations of international humanitarian law, including the targeted killing of civilians and mass displacements, and allegations of unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers, widespread incidents of arbitrary arrest and detention, sexual violence and mass killings of people that have occurred in the aftermath of the violence that broke out on 15 December 2013;

Demands a halt to all human rights violations, abuses and acts of violence by all parties;

Stresses that the perpetrators of violations and abuses and those ordering them should be held accountable and brought to justice;

Emphasizes that international human rights mechanisms should make efforts to support the work of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union and its Commission of Inquiry for South Sudan upon their request;

Calls upon all parties to respect and implement the signed agreements of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and to commit to inclusive dialogue, reconciliation and peacebuilding;

Calls upon the international community to assist neighbouring countries hosting refugees, especially women, children and persons with disabilities;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as a matter of urgency, to monitor the situation of human rights in South Sudan and to report thereon to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-eighth session, with recommendations on technical assistance and capacity-building measures, including on human rights education to overcome challenges in the areas of security and on the importance of accountability and transitional justice in South Sudan;

Decides to convene, at its twenty-seventh session, a panel discussion on the human rights situation in South Sudan, and in this regard;

Requests the High Commissioner to submit an interim report on the human rights situation in South Sudan for discussion by the panel;

Also requests the High Commissioner to invite the Government of South Sudan, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission of Inquiry for South Sudan, the Chief Mediator of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and the Chairperson of the South Sudan Human Rights Commission;

Further requests the High Commissioner to prepare a report on the panel discussion in the form of a summary and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-eighth session;

Requests that the High Commissioner be provided with all necessary and appropriate resources to fulfil this mandate.

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