A/HRC/RES/S-26/1 3. Demands that all actors put a halt to all violations and abuses of human rights and all violations of international humanitarian law, and strongly calls upon the Government of South Sudan to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms; 4. Welcomes the report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights assessment team,2 and takes note of the recommendations contained therein; 5. Recognizes the important role of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, chaired by Festus Mogae, in monitoring and overseeing the implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan and its ceasefire provisions, and urges all parties and international partners to engage constructively with the Commission and other bodies created by the Agreement; 6. Stresses that perpetrators of violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights, including any that amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, should be held accountable; 7. Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to investigate all violations and abuses of human rights 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; 8. Urges the Government of South Sudan 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; 9. Strongly urges all parties to end and prevent violations and abuses of human rights 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; 10. Recognizes the important role that women play in building peace, and 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; 11. Supports the establishment of transitional justice institutions, including an independent hybrid court, and calls upon all parties to cooperate fully in the implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, including chapter V thereof; 12. Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to cooperate fully and constructively with, and to provide unhindered access to, the Office of the High Commissioner, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the Regional Protection Force, as well as regional, subregional and international mechanisms on the ground; 13. Decides to reaffirm the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, with renewed emphasis on the need to establish the facts and circumstances of alleged violations and abuses of human rights with a view to ensure that those responsible are held to account, in order to present additional recommendations to the Council at its thirty-fourth session on ending impunity and ensuring accountability; 14. Requests the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, in response to the present special session, and as soon as feasibly possible, working with the wider United 4