A/HRC/RES/43/27 journalists, media workers, civil society groups and human rights defenders, in the interest of fostering an open and inclusive political environment that supports sustainable peace, Recognizing that transitional justice mechanisms are important elements in a national reconciliation process, as they, inter alia, address accountability, reparations, truth-seeking and guarantees of non-recurrence, emphasizing the importance of the agreed principles for transitional justice and the establishment of the hybrid court for South Sudan, the commission for truth, reconciliation and healing and the compensation and reparation authority, as outlined in chapter V of the Revitalized Agreement, and underlining the role that domestic, regional and international accountability mechanisms can play in assisting South Sudan to ensure accountability, 1. Welcomes the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity, and recognizes that this represents a significant opportunity for peace, stability and sustainable improvement to the situation in South Sudan through, inter alia, the implementation of the commitments and obligations of South Sudan in respect of international human rights law and international humanitarian law; 2. Also welcomes the Rome Declaration on the Peace Process in South Sudan of 12 January 2020, in which signatories recommitted to the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities, Protection of Civilians and Humanitarian Access of 21 December 2017, while expressing concern at the ongoing violations of the permanent ceasefire and urging all parties to the conflict to fully respect it; 3. Stresses that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights, including to prevent recurrence of human rights violations and to provide an effective remedy for victims of such violations, and recalls that the Government of South Sudan has the responsibility to protect all of its population in the country from any violations that may amount to crimes against international law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity; 4. Urges the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity to address the previous and current findings of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, which include economic crimes, such as tax evasion, money laundering and bribery; the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict; localized conflict characterized by killings, the abduction, torture and displacement of people and the looting and destruction of property; the use of starvation as a method of warfare; the denial of humanitarian access and attacks on civilian infrastructure, and violence against and intimidation of civil society, human rights defenders, humanitarian personnel and journalists; and sexual and gender-based violence, including rape, gang rape, sexual mutilation, forced marriage, abduction and sexualized torture; 5. Stresses that those responsible for violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, including any that amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, should be held accountable while affording fair trial protections to the accused, supporting victims and protecting potential witnesses before, during and after legal proceedings; 6. Recognizes the political will of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity to promote and protect human rights and its desire for tangible progress and for the prevention of any recurrence of human rights violations and abuses; 7. Welcomes the signing on 7 February 2020 of the Comprehensive Action Plan to End and Prevent All Grave Violations against Children by the Government of South Sudan and the armed groups signatory to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, and urges all parties to the Action Plan to take immediate and effective steps towards its implementation, including by releasing all children that have been recruited and abducted; 8. 2019; 2 Also welcomes the action plan on gender-based violence signed on 14 March