A/HRC/34/63 (h) With regard to criminal justice accountability measures, extend its full cooperation and support to the hybrid court for South Sudan by assisting its investigations and complying with its rulings; (i) Support genuine national consultations, including through public education programmes, so as to ensure informed participation by victims, women’s groups and all stakeholders, and conduct a needs assessment to inform the mechanisms designed to facilitate truth recovery, reparations, reconciliation and the guarantee of non-recurrence; (j) Formulate the law establishing the commission on truth, reconciliation and healing in accordance with comparative international best practices, building on the provisions of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan and taking into account the local context and resource constraints and capacity in South Sudan. The legislation should specifically include provisions that build substantive and procedural linkages between transitional justice institutions, including the hybrid court; (k) Determine the mandate, functions and powers of the commission on truth, reconciliation and healing, including the temporal mandate, through public consultations in accordance with best international practices. The selection and appointment of commission members should be conducted in an open and transparent manner, with candidates subjected to an independent vetting and screening process so as to ensure that they are independent, credible and non-partisan; (l) In the light of the deep injuries and trauma caused by the conflict, make psychosocial support available for victims and witnesses from the commencement of the process; (m) Include in the mandate of the technical committee established by the Government the establishment of a compensation and reparations authority, and consult with victims and survivors before drafting legislation, which should provide for compensation and reparations. Compensation should take not only loss of property into account, but also losses arising from gross violations such as killings, torture, sexual violence, abductions, forced displacement and enforced disappearances. 2. Non-State armed groups 94. The Commission recommends that all non-State armed groups, including those aligned with the opposition: (a) Cease hostilities immediately, conclude a permanent ceasefire, and ensure the protection of civilians under their control, preventing human rights abuses; (b) Renew publicly their commitment to the full implementation of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, including of the institutions envisaged in chapter V thereof; (c) Allow unfettered access to the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, local human rights defenders and humanitarian workers to areas under their control to enable them carry out their work in accordance with international law and their respective mandate. 3. United Nations and African Union 95. Noting that Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, article 4(h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, and chapter V of the Agreement on the 20

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