A/HRC/RES/31/20 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 27 April 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 4 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 23 March 2016 31/20. Situation of human rights in South Sudan The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoplesʼ Rights and relevant human rights treaties, Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and protection of human rights, Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 29/13 of 2 July 2015, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, inter alia, to undertake a comprehensive assessment of allegations of violations and abuses of human rights and to recommend appropriate follow-up action, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 of 18 June 2007, 18/17 of 29 September 2011, 21/28 of 28 September 2012, 23/24 of 14 June 2013 and 26/31 of 27 June 2014 on technical assistance and capacity-building for South Sudan in the field of human rights and the President’s statement PRST 25/2 of 28 March 2014, Recalling all relevant decisions and communiqués of the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Recalling also Security Council resolutions 1809 (2008) of 16 April 2008, 2033 (2012) of 12 January 2012, 2206 (2015) of 3 March 2015, 2223 (2015) of 28 May 2015, 2241 (2015) of 9 October 2015 and 2252 (2015) of 15 December 2015 and the statements by its President S/PRST/2014/16 of 8 August 2014, S/PRST/2014/26 of 15 December 2014 and S/PRST/2015/9 of 24 March 2015, Deeply concerned by the allegations of human rights violations and abuses in the reports of the Secretary-General on South Sudan, the reports of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan dated 21 February 2014, 8 May 2014, 19 December 2014, 9 January 2015 GE.16-06886(E) 