A/HRC/RES/31/20 5. Further welcomes the establishment of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission and the appointment of the former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae, as its Chair; 6. Recognizes the important role of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission in monitoring and overseeing implementation of the Agreement and its ceasefire provisions, and urges all parties and international partners to constructively engage with the Commission and other bodies created by the Agreement; 7. Welcomes the African Union Peace and Security Council communiqué of 26 September 2015, which, inter alia, reaffirmed the commitment of the African Union to combating impunity and reiterated its condemnation of the violence and abuses committed by armed actors in South Sudan; 8. Calls upon all local, regional and international partners to collaborate with and support the processes aimed at achieving the implementation of a sustainable peace; 9. Urges the speedy formation of an inclusive transitional Government of national unity to ensure full implementation of the Agreement, and stresses that perpetrators of violations of international humanitarian law, human rights violations and abuses, including any that amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, should be held accountable; 10. Recognizes the important contribution of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission in working with the parties towards the establishment of a transitional Government of national unity and urges continued support from all relevant domestic and international stakeholders for their efforts; 11. Calls upon the Government of South Sudan, as well as the transitional Government of national unity, once formed, to investigate all human rights violations and abuses 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; 12. Urges the Government of South Sudan, as well as the transitional Government of national unity, once formed, 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; 13. Strongly urges all parties to end and prevent human rights violations and abuses 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; 14. Recognizes the important role that women play in building peace, 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; 15. Supports the establishment of transitional justice institutions, including an independent hybrid court and a commission for truth, reconciliation and healing, consistent with the Agreement, and in this regard calls for the establishment of these bodies without delay and calls upon all parties to fully cooperate with them; 16. Expresses serious concern about the lack of progress made by the Government of South Sudan in improving the promotion and protection of human rights, 4