A/HRC/45/CRP.4 to citizens whose property was destroyed, help victims to rebuild their livelihoods, receive applications from victims from the CTRH, and make necessary compensation and reparation. The CTRH will be expected to receive applications from alleged victims, identify and determine their right to remedy, and recommend guidelines to be adopted by the legislature for determining the type and size of compensation and reparation for victims. The HCSS will is also be required to award appropriate remedies to victims within its jurisdiction including reparations and compensation. 44 • Designing a reparation process capable of impacting long lasting peace, national reconciliation, and healing: participants underscored the importance of an inclusive reparation process that is responsive to the needs and priorities of affected communities and individual victims and survivors. In addition, responsible mechanisms should be granted the autonomy to establish their own policies and ensure that registration, verification, and implementation processes are not overly restrictive or burdensome on potential beneficiaries. Public outreach and awareness creation will be essential to understand and manage victims’ expectations, and develop a public consensus on the aims of and feasible approaches for achieving reparation in South Sudan. • Prioritisation and sequencing: fundamental questions regarding the universe of victims, who will be considered the most vulnerable, who could be excluded, or whether the reparation programme should include victims of conflict-related violations committed prior to the 2013 conflict, are yet to be resolved. Experts advised that difficult choices and compromises often have to be made in post-conflict contexts such as South Sudan, which are literally undergoing reconstruction. In a similar context, Sierra Leone, the choice was made to prioritise reparations for children affected by violence, followed by women and then amputees. These decisions were reached following consultations with victims’ and survivors’ groups. Women, for instance, prioritised reform of marriage laws and education of girls, due to existing gender-based and structural inequalities. Victims also received specialised surgery to repair injuries suffered as a result of SGBV. • Urgent and interim reparation: It will be important to consider feasible avenues and measures to address some of the victims’ crucial needs, such as healthcare, in the interim period, before the establishment of an elaborate reparation programme. • Cost of reparations: The reparation programme must explicitly identify the state sources for funding the reparation programme. The practice from other transitioning contexts has been that development partners and donors will be apprehensive to support domestic reparation programmes in the absence of direct funding from the government. In this regard, civil society organisations and victims’ groups were encouraged to consistently engage government institutions and Ministries in deliberations regarding feasible and effective options for reparations in South Sudan, as these are the actors who will eventually have to make critical policy, administrative and budgetary decisions.