A/HRC/RES/29/13 encouraging the international community to continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of South Sudan in this regard, Expressing concern that the situation in South Sudan continues to be characterized by impunity, Welcoming the establishment and work of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan and stressing the importance of thorough and genuine investigations into all human rights violations and abuses, and violations of international humanitarian law, with a view to bringing perpetrators to justice, Underlining the role that domestic, regional and international accountability mechanisms can play in assisting South Sudan to ensure accountability, Taking note of the conclusions on children and armed conflict in South Sudan adopted by the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict on 8 May 2015, welcoming the accession of South Sudan to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and welcoming also the steps taken to accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights on the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and calling for their swift implementation, 1. Expresses grave concern at the ongoing human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in South Sudan, including those involving alleged targeted killings, ethnically targeted violence, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, the recruitment and use of children, arbitrary arrests and detention, alleged torture, arbitrary denial of humanitarian access, violence aimed at spreading terror among the civilian population, and attacks on schools, places of worship, hospitals and United Nations and associated peacekeeping personnel, by all parties, as well as the incitement to commit such abuses and violations condemns the harassment and violence directed at civil society, humanitarian personnel and journalists, and emphasizes that those responsible for violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law must be held accountable; 2. Demands that all actors put a halt to all human rights violations and abuses 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, especially for women and children; 3. Stresses the importance of accountability, reconciliation and healing as prominent elements of a transitional justice mechanism, and also stresses that perpetrators of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations and abuses, alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes should be held accountable and brought to justice; 4. Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to investigate and report on atrocities, including human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, and to hold those responsible to account, while affording fair-trial protections and supporting victims; 5. Welcomes the communiqué of 13 June 2015 by the African Union Peace and Security Commission, and its plans to consider the report of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan at a meeting in July 2015, anticipates with interest the findings and recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry, and encourages the public release of its final report as soon as possible; 6. Recognizes the importance of independent and public human rights monitoring, investigation and reporting mechanisms, including by South Sudan, for their 3