Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building for South Sudan

A/HRC/RES/52/43View 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 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2021–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/62/26

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/62/26	Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan	1,960	89%Compare
2025	A/HRC/RES/58/31	Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan	1,795	82%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/55/26	Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan	1,591	66%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/43	Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan	1,569	73%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/49/35	Technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan	1,300	24%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Capacity Building Financial Assistance Human Rights South Sudan Technical Cooperation Transitional Justice

What’s in this document?

20 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the recent steps taken by the Government of South Sudan towards finalizing governance structures in South Sudan, including by reconstituting the transitional National Legislative Assembly, and calls upon the Government to continue to make progress in finalizing all layers of State and local government, in accordance with the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan;

Recalls all relevant decisions and communiqués of the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the communiqués of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union of 14 November 2019 and 27 January 2020, in which the Council, inter alia, re-emphasized its request to the Government of South Sudan and the African Union Commission to accelerate the establishment of transitional justice mechanisms under chapter V of the Revitalized Agreement, and the constitution-making process;

Recognizes the political will of the Government of South Sudan in promoting and protecting human rights and its wish for tangible progress and for the prevention of further human rights violations and abuses by establishing in Juba a court to try cases of gender-based violence and military mobile courts to prosecute offences committed against civilians by members of the organized forces while on duty;

Emphasizes the need for the Government of South Sudan to ensure the effective and meaningful participation of women during all stages and in all structures envisaged in the Revitalized Agreement, and for all parties to the Agreement to meet their commitments regarding women’s representation, and to ensure balance in the representation of youth, gender and national and regional diversity in their appointments;

Stresses that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights by taking measures to prevent human rights violations and to provide an effective remedy for victims of such violations and abuses, and recalls that the Government of South Sudan has the primary responsibility to protect the population from all human rights violations, including by preventing violations of international humanitarian law;

Notes however the challenges facing the Government of South Sudan in this regard, and requests the international community to provide technical assistance to and support for the Government in its efforts to prevent and to investigate violations of international humanitarian and human rights law;

Calls upon the international community to provide technical and financial assistance to South Sudan in order to further improve the situation of human rights, to enhance the functioning of the legal system, and to allow the Government of South Sudan to effectively deliver necessary services, including criminal investigations and prosecution, education and health-care services, food and clean drinking water and infrastructure;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in cooperation with the Government of South Sudan and relevant mechanisms of the African Union, to step up technical assistance provided to the Government of South Sudan to urgently assist South Sudan in addressing human rights challenges in the post-conflict transition, by:

Determining the capacity-building needs of South Sudanese institutions in order that they may pursue transitional justice and investigate and prosecute alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law;

Providing the Government of South Sudan with technical assistance for the establishment of the transitional justice institutions under chapter V of the Revitalized Agreement, and building the capacity of local courts to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of human rights, with a view to improving accountability and promoting reconciliation and healing in South Sudan;

Providing the Government of South Sudan with the technical assistance and capacity-building necessary to enable it to deliver necessary services;

Reporting to the Human Rights Council on the support provided to the Government of South Sudan in the form of technical and capacity-building support in accordance with the terms of the present resolution;

Engaging with the Government of South Sudan, and international and regional mechanisms, including the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the African Union, with a view to addressing human rights violations and abuses committed during the conflict by the parties;

Supporting the Government of South Sudan in the implementation of the recommendations accepted by the Government in the context of the universal periodic review;

Building the capacity of national institutions, including the South Sudan Human Rights Commission, and in consultation with civil society organizations and other national stakeholders, to promote national ownership of transitional justice;

Providing advice and technical assistance to the Government of South Sudan in planning and preparing for the elections, in line with its commitment under the Revitalized Agreement and the associated road map;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present to the Human Rights Council, at its fifty-fourth session, an oral update, including on progress made, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, with the participation of representatives of the African Union, and to present a comprehensive report to the Council at its fifty-fifth session, to be followed by an interactive dialogue;

Further requests the Office of the High Commissioner to submit the above-mentioned report and recommendations to the Human Rights Council, then to share them with the African Union and all relevant organs of the United Nations, including the United Nations Mission in South Sudan;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all the resources necessary to enable the Office of the High Commissioner to provide such administrative, technical and logistical support as necessary to implement the provisions of the present resolution;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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