A/HRC/45/CRP.3 homes (tukuls) and razed maize and millet that civilians had harvested and stored. They also looted cattle, killed civilians, and raped at least two women.173 98. Owing to the scale and severity of the attacks, civilians fled en masse towards Mwot Tot and Pieri, with those who were “willing to side with the Government” remaining behind.174 As they fled, Government soldiers in armoured personnel carriers with machineguns mounted on top chased them towards Mwot Tot, and fired at them.175 2. Waat village, Uror County (April 2017) “People in Waat are not engaging in meaningful agriculture because Government soldiers are stationed in the area”. —Male farmer, aged 48 years, from Waat village (September 2019) 176 99. Coinciding with the arrival of Government forces in Yuai town, fighting in thenopposition controlled Waat village also began in February 2017. Government forces entered the village in vehicles and opened fire on residents, forcing fearful civilians to flee “in every direction”.177 Some civilians fled to Akobo County and sought shelter near the Commissioner’s residence before being transferred to the protection of civilians site in Bor.178 100. The battle for control over Waat lasted approximately two months, before Government soldiers were finally able to capture the village in April 2017. Recalling the devastation wrought upon Waat, one man noted that Government forces “destroyed everything”. Attacks against civilian property included attacking the compounds of at least four international non-governmental organisations.179 These operations were further characterised by the looting of these and other properties, including of generators, vehicles, and food stores from humanitarian compounds such as nutritional items from an international non-governmental organisation warehouse.180 Government forces also destroyed hospitals, medicine stores, and beds.181 Speaking to the devastation, one woman recalled, “All houses and crop stocks were burnt and destroyed”.182 In April 2017, Government soldiers also looted the warehouse of an international organisation in Akobo West.183 101. In complete violation of the obligation under the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement of December 2017, which required parties to facilitate unfettered access for humanitarian assistance and to guarantee the safety and security of all humanitarian personnel,184 and the reiteration of these commitments in the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan of September 2018,185 760 incidents or violations of humanitarian access were reported to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in 2018, 134 of which occurred in Jonglei ERN 103353 – 103357, para. 8. ERN 103353 – 103357, para. 8. 175 ERN 103353 – 103357, para. 9. 176 ERN 103332 – 103335, para. 9. 177 ERN 102930 – 102934, para. 7. 178 ERN 103413 – 103419, para. 5. 179 ERN 103566 – 103570, para. 9. 180 ERN 103566 – 103570, para. 9. 181 ERN 103701 – 103714, para. 32. 182 ERN 102930 – 102934, para. 8. 183 ERN 103407 – 103412, para. 13. 184 Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities, Protection of Civilians and Humanitarian Access, 21 December 2017, at Art. 8. 185 R-ARCSS, Article 2.1.2. 173 174 25