A/HRC/RES/S-26/1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 December 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-sixth special session 14 December 2016 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 14 December 2016 S-26/1. 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 31/20 of 23 March 2016, in which the Council established the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, and all other previous Human Rights Council and Security Council resolutions and President’s statements on South Sudan, Recalling also all relevant decisions and communiqués of the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Acknowledging that the Government of South Sudan has committed to cooperating with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations special procedures, and the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan in the fulfilment of its mandate, 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, the interim report of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan1 and the reports of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,2 Deeply alarmed by the statement of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan of 1 December 2016 that there is already a steady process of ethnic cleansing under way in several areas of South Sudan using starvation, gang rape and the burning of villages, 1 2 See S/2016/963. A/HRC/31/49 and A/HRC/31/CRP.6. GE.16-22382(E) 