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(e)
Comply urgently with all obligations under international human rights
law and international humanitarian law, including by refraining from all attacks
directed at civilians;
(f)
Deposit with the Secretary-General, without delay, instruments of
accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the first Protocols
thereto, which have been ratified by the Transitional National Legislature;
(g)
Sign, accede to or ratify without delay international and regional human
rights instruments to strengthen the promotion and protection of fundamental rights
and freedoms of the people; and most notably, that South Sudan become a party to the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, thereby complementing domestic legislation;
(h)
Become a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
and the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of
Justice and Human Rights, or accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal
Court, to ensure accountability for human rights violations and serious crimes ongoing
in the country;
(i)
Take the steps necessary to address and break cycles of localized conflict,
including by implementing the resolutions adopted at relevant peace conferences, such
as the Kwacjoc conference, held in August 2018, the Mankien conference, held in June
2019, and the tri-state conference, held in July 2019;
(j)
Establish special courts and conduct impartial investigations to hold
perpetrators to account, and provide compensation to victims and their families;
(k)
Promote effective disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR)
programmes;
(l)
Strengthen measures to promote disarmament, demobilization and
reintegration, including by drafting legislation and regulations concerning the
responsibility of security forces on keeping and storing arms;
(m) Increase investment in programmes relating to disarmament,
demobilization and reintegration in relation to children, including psychosocial
support, education, vocational training and youth employment;
(n)
Ensure that gender-based violence against women is effectively addressed
and not referred to alternative dispute resolution procedures, such as mediation and
conciliation;
(o)
Immediately appoint a special representative on sexual and gender-based
violence, as recommended by the Human Rights Council in its resolution S-26/1;
(p)
Fully implement the action plan on the prevention of sexual violence in
conflict, in fulfilment of the commitments made in the Joint Communiqué of the
Government of South Sudan and the Special Representative of the Secretary General
on Sexual Violence in Conflict;
(q)
Ensure that the national justice system harmonizes the plural legal
systems to strengthen and protect survivors of gender-based violence, ensuring access
to justice, and reparations, including effective remedy, in accordance with the guidance
provided by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in its
general recommendation No. 33 (2015) on women’s access to justice;
(r).
Ensure that conflict-related sexual violence is properly investigated, and
that that those responsible are prosecuted;
(s)
Ensure that all communities have rapid, unhindered and sustained access
to humanitarian aid, prioritizing the acute needs of civilians in the Greater Upper Nile
and Bahr el Ghazal regions, and take measures to hold accountable State and non-State
actors who obstructed or unlawfully diverted humanitarian assistance;
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