A/HRC/S-26/2 7. 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; 8. 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; 9. 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; 10. 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; 11. 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; 12. 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; 13. 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; 14. 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; 15. 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; 16. 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; 17. Requests that representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner, the African Union, the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, the African Commission 5