A/HRC/RES/31/20 recently signed bills on non-governmental organizations and the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission could disrupt international and national non-governmental organizations, including those that provide ongoing humanitarian assistance, and stressing the responsibilities of a transitional Government of national unity to address these issues in accordance with the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, Welcoming the signing of the Agreement and the leading role that the Intergovernmental Authority on Development played to mediate the Agreement, and calling on all parties to fully implement the Agreement and abide by the ceasefire, Welcoming also the report of the African Union commission of inquiry on South Sudan, and emphasizing its hope that this and other credible reports will be considered by any transitional justice mechanisms for South Sudan, including those provided for in the Agreement, Recognizing that accountability and transitional justice can be important elements in a national reconciliation process and in implementing the Agreement, including by addressing issues of reparation, truth-seeking and non-recurrence, Welcoming 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, reiterated condemnation of the violence and abuses committed by armed actors in South Sudan, agreed to the establishment of an independent hybrid court and supported the establishment of a commission for truth, reconciliation and healing consistent with the Agreement and, in this regard, inviting the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to take all steps necessary to establish these bodies, Underlining the role that domestic, regional and international accountability mechanisms can play in assisting South Sudan to ensure accountability, Expressing concern that the situation in South Sudan continues to be characterized by impunity, 1. Condemns the ongoing human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in South Sudan, including those involving alleged targeted killings, ethnically targeted violence, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, the recruitment and use of children, arbitrary arrests and detention, alleged torture, arbitrary denial of humanitarian access and attacks on schools, places of worship, hospitals and United Nations and associated peacekeeping personnel, by all parties, also condemns the harassment and violence directed at civil society, humanitarian personnel and journalists, and emphasizes that those responsible for violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law must be held accountable; 2. Demands that all actors put a halt to all human rights violations and abuses and all violations of international humanitarian law, and strongly calls upon the Government of South Sudan, as well as the transitional Government of national unity, once formed, to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms; 3. Welcomes the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights assessment team dated 11 March 2016 and takes note of the recommendations contained therein; 4. Also welcomes the signing, under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan; 3