A/HRC/RES/30/22 in September 2013”, and encourages the process of the referral of its findings to the judiciary for the purpose of ensuring justice and accountability; 12. Stresses that holding perpetrators accountable needs to be a foremost priority of the Government of the Sudan; 13. Expresses concern at reports of the closure of some non-governmental organizations and restrictions on the media, pre- and post-publication censorship, seizure of newspapers, the banning of some journalists, and violations of the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association and of peaceful assembly; 14. Urges the Government of the Sudan to further its efforts for the promotion and protection of human rights, in particular to ensure freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention and to respect the human rights of all individuals, including human rights defenders and members of civil society organizations; 15. Condemns any party’s violations or abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law reported in the States of Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile, including those involving sexual and gender-based violence, the indiscriminate bombing of humanitarian facilities and the killing of civilians and humanitarian aid workers, and urges all parties to resort to peace; 16. Urges the Government of the Sudan to investigate allegations of human rights violations in the camps for internally displaced persons with a view to ending violations; 17. Encourages all parties to facilitate humanitarian access to populations in need of assistance, and encourages the Government of the Sudan to intensify its endeavours to address humanitarian needs in conflict-affected areas; 18. Encourages the Government of the Sudan to ratify international instruments as accepted by the Government in the universal periodic review process; 19. Encourages the commitment of the Government of the Sudan to comprehensive national legal reform initiatives in the Sudan, to guarantee further full compliance of the State with its constitutional and international human rights obligations, such as provisions of the Criminal Act (1991), including those which redefine the offence of rape and dissociate it from adultery and which introduce the offence of sexual harassment; the promulgation and implementation of the National Act on Combating Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Persons Act, the Anti-Corruption Act, the Act on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and the revision of the Press Act, the local state Community Protection Law and the National Security Act; 20. Urges Member States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, relevant United Nations agencies and other stakeholders to support the national efforts of the Government of the Sudan in accordance with the present resolution with a view to further improving the situation of human rights in the country by responding to the Government’s requests for technical assistance; 21. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner, taking into account the recommendations of the Independent Expert, to provide technical assistance and capacitybuilding to the Government of the Sudan at its request on ways to improve the situation of human rights in the country with a view to providing support for the country to fulfil its human rights obligations, including specifically assistance with the legal reforms under way in the country described in paragraph 19 above so as to help to reconcile those laws with the international obligations of the Sudan; 22. Expresses deep concern at the situation of human rights and security in conflict-related areas, particularly in the Darfur region and the States of Southern Kordofan 3