A/HRC/18/2 on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Torture and the entire bill of rights. These provisions had been part of the commitment of the leadership of South Sudan to the promotion, protection and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. 584. As South Sudan was only two months old, the justice system and legal protection mechanism still needed to be strengthened. 585. The Government was striving to enact domestic laws as part of its constitutional efforts to give the South Sudanese people access to justice. 586. The delegation concluded by bringing to the attention of the Human Rights Council the abuse of human rights committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in South Sudan, which had killed, abducted, rearmed, raped and tortured the people of Western Equatoria and Western Bahar Elghazel, States in South Sudan. 587. There were 200,000 people displaced in these two States, and more than 120,000 refugees had crossed into South Sudan from neighbouring countries. The Human Rights Council and the international community should seriously consider taking up the issues of the LRA to bring this situation to an end. 3. Views expressed by Member and observer States of the Human Rights Council on the review outcome 588. Algeria underlined the constructive dialogue of the Government of the Sudan with the international community through its participation in the universal periodic review and cooperation with other human rights mechanisms. It expressed its support for converting the mandate of the independent expert into a technical cooperation programme under item 10 of the agenda. It commended the Sudan for having accepted Algeria’s recommendations on children’s education and school systems, and human rights training and programmes to advance the status of women. Algeria welcomed the position of the Sudan concerning the referendum for the South. It encouraged the Sudan to continue its efforts in Darfur and to extend the rule of law to the entire country. Algeria requested the international community to provide the Sudan with assistance. 589. Cuba recognized the challenges faced by Sudan, aggravated by the world economic crisis, international spoliation and conflicts. Poverty, illiteracy and the limited capacity of institutions were problems on which the Government focused. The Sudan had registered progress in education for all and had established a national strategy towards 2031. On health issues, the Sudan was fighting endemic diseases and improving reproductive health and family planning. It welcomed the acceptance of many recommendations, including those made by Cuba. 590. The United States of America was troubled by ongoing reports of human rights abuses and restrictions on humanitarian access and assistance in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile, and urged the Sudan to cooperate fully with the independent expert. It commended the adoption by the Sudan of the National Child Act in 2010, and requested the Government to take greater measures to prevent and prosecute acts of sexual violence and the unlawful recruitment of children for use in armed conflict. It also urged the Sudan to decriminalize so-called “indecent and immoral” acts. It asked South Sudan to hold accountable perpetrators of ethnic and communal violence, and to enshrine human rights in the country’s new Constitution. 591. Egypt appreciated the information on the steps taken by the Sudan to implement the results of its universal periodic review. In the context of the political developments of recent years witnessed by the Sudan, particularly the referendum in 2010, Egypt welcomed the signing of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur and commended the Sudan’s 166 GE.12-17756