A/HRC/28/53 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 January 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session Agenda items 2 and 10 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Technical assistance and capacity-building Panel discussion on the human rights situation in South Sudan Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to resolution 26/31 of the Human Rights Council, and provides a summary of the panel discussion on the human rights situation in South Sudan held by the Council during its twenty-seventh session, on 24 September 2014. The panel discussion focused on identifying effective measures to improve the human rights situation in South Sudan and to strengthen United Nations support for the work of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan and for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development–led peace process. The report also includes specific recommendations for improving the human rights situation in South Sudan addressed to the parties to the conflict, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, and the Human Rights Council. GE.15-00183 (E) 