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constructively with and to provide unhindered access to them, as well as to the United Nations
Mission in South Sudan, and regional, subregional and international mechanisms on the
ground;
20.
Reaffirms the importance of the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights
in South Sudan, with continued emphasis on the need to establish the facts and circumstances
of alleged violations and abuses of human rights with a view to ensuring that those
responsible are held to account, and welcomes the recommendations made by the
Commission on ending impunity and ensuring accountability;
21.
Decides to extend the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South
Sudan, composed of three members, for a period of one year, renewable as authorized by the
Human Rights Council, with the following mandate:
(a)
To monitor and report on the situation of human rights in South Sudan, and to
make recommendations to prevent deterioration of the situation with a view to its
improvement;
(b)
To determine and report the facts and circumstances of, to collect and preserve
evidence of, and to clarify responsibility for alleged violations and abuses of human rights
and related crimes, including sexual and gender-based violence and ethnic violence, with a
view to ending impunity and providing accountability, and to make such information
available also to all transitional justice mechanisms, including those to be established
pursuant to chapter V of the Revitalized Agreement, including the hybrid court for South
Sudan, once established in cooperation with the African Union;
(c)
To provide guidance on transitional justice, including accountability,
reconciliation and healing, as appropriate, and to make recommendations on technical
assistance to the Government of South Sudan to support accountability, reconciliation and
healing;
(d)
To engage with the Government of South Sudan, international and regional
mechanisms, including the United Nations, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and
the African Union, including by building upon the work of the African Union Commission
of Inquiry on South Sudan and African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development, including the Partners Forum, the Chair of the
reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission and civil society, with a view to
promoting accountability for human rights violations and abuses committed by all parties;
(e)
To make recommendations on technical assistance and capacity-building,
including to law enforcement institutions, on the promotion and protection of human rights
and fundamental freedoms, including on addressing sexual and gender-based violence;
(f)
To make recommendations on technical assistance and capacity-building for
implementation of chapter V of the Revitalized Agreement;
(g)
To make recommendations on a follow-up process for the provision of
technical assistance and capacity-building to South Sudan;
22.
Requests the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan to convene two
workshops on transitional justice, with the participation of relevant stakeholders;
23.
Also requests the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan to work
collaboratively with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, including with
the Country Rapporteur for South Sudan;
24.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide all the
administrative, technical and logistical support necessary to enable the Commission on
Human Rights in South Sudan to carry out its mandate, including computer software to
support the Commission’s evidence collection function;
25.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the Revitalized
Transitional Government of National Unity with technical assistance in order to support the
realization of the indicators contained in the present resolution;
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