Situation of Human Rights in South Sudan

A/HRC/RES/S-26/1View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2016–2021

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/46/23

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	A/HRC/RES/46/23	Situation of human rights in South Sudan	3,271	56%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/27	Situation of human rights in South Sudan	2,220	37%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/40/19	Situation of human rights in South Sudan	2,837	57%Compare
2018	A/HRC/RES/37/31	Situation of human rights in South Sudan	2,584	58%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/34/25	Situation of human rights in South Sudan	3,004	42%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Accountability Administration of Justice Commissions of Inquiry Crime Prevention Gender-Based Violence Human Rights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Human Rights Violations Internal Security International Humanitarian Law Report Preparation Sex Crimes South Sudan Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

20 operative paragraphs

Condemns the ongoing violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law in South Sudan, including those involving alleged targeted killings, ethnically targeted violence, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, the widespread recruitment and use of children, arbitrary arrests and detention, alleged torture, arbitrary denial of humanitarian access and attacks on schools, places of worship, hospitals and United Nations and associated peacekeeping personnel, by all parties, also condemns the harassment and violence directed at civil society, human rights defenders, humanitarian personnel and journalists, and emphasizes that those responsible for violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law must be held accountable;

Condemns in the strongest possible terms the widespread sexual and gender-based violence, including rape and gang rape, which can be used as a weapon of war, in complete impunity, by all armed groups;

Demands that all actors put a halt to all violations and abuses of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law, and strongly calls upon the Government of South Sudan to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms;

Welcomes the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights assessment team,2 and takes note of the recommendations contained therein;

Recognizes the important role of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, chaired by Festus Mogae, in monitoring and overseeing the implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan and its ceasefire provisions, and urges all parties and international partners to engage constructively with the Commission and other bodies created by the Agreement;

Stresses that perpetrators of violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights, including any that amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, should be held accountable;

Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to investigate all violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law and to hold those responsible to account, while affording fair trial protections to the accused and supporting victims and protecting potential witnesses before, during and after legal proceedings;

Urges the Government of South Sudan to take steps immediately to protect the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association in accordance with its international human rights obligations, and to, among other things, ensure that members of civil society organizations and the media can operate freely and without intimidation;

Strongly urges all parties to end and prevent violations and abuses of human rights committed against children, and calls upon all parties to end immediately the unlawful recruitment of children and to release all children that have been unlawfully recruited to date;

Recognizes the important role that women play in building peace, and calls for the protection and promotion of the rights of women, their empowerment and participation in peacebuilding, conflict resolution and post-conflict processes, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and subsequent resolutions on women, peace and security, including Council resolution 2242 (2015) of 13 October 2015;

Supports the establishment of transitional justice institutions, including an independent hybrid court, and calls upon all parties to cooperate fully in the implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, including chapter V thereof;

Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to cooperate fully and constructively with, and to provide unhindered access to, the Office of the High Commissioner, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the Regional Protection Force, as well as regional, subregional and international mechanisms on the ground;

Decides to reaffirm the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, with renewed emphasis on the need to establish the facts and circumstances of alleged violations and abuses of human rights with a view to ensure that those responsible are held to account, in order to present additional recommendations to the Council at its thirty-fourth session on ending impunity and ensuring accountability;

Requests the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, in response to the present special session, and as soon as feasibly possible, working with the wider United Nations system, to suggest priority recommendations for the Government of South Sudan to consider on how to end sexual and gender-based violence, urges relevant United Nations actors to assist in such implementation as appropriate, and urges the Government of South Sudan to appoint a special representative on sexual and gender-based violence;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the full administrative, technical and logistical support needed to enable the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan to carry out its mandate;

Acknowledges that the Government of South Sudan has cooperated with the Office of the High Commissioner, United Nations special procedures, and the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan in the fulfilment of its mandate, including by authorizing travel to and within the country and providing meetings and relevant information, and calls upon the Government to continue to cooperate with the Office of the High Commissioner, United Nations special procedures, and the Commission in the fulfilment of its mandate;

Requests that representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner, the African Union, the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other stakeholders, as appropriate, be invited to discuss the situation of human rights in South Sudan and the steps taken by the Government of South Sudan to ensure accountability for human rights violations and abuses in an enhanced interactive dialogue at the thirty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council;

Reiterates its request for the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan to present a comprehensive written report, in an interactive dialogue, to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fourth session;

Requests that the report of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan be submitted to the Human Rights Council and then shared with the African Union and all relevant organs of the United Nations for consideration;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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