A/HRC/RES/49/2
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 April 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-ninth session
28 February–1 April 2022
Agenda item 2
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the
High Commissioner and the Secretary-General
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
on 31 March 2022
49/2.
Advancing human rights in South Sudan
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the African Charter on
Human and Peoplesʼ Rights and relevant human rights instruments,
Reaffirming that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and
that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights,
Reaffirming also Human Rights Council resolutions S-26/1 of 14 December 2016 and
31/20 of 23 March 2016, in which the Council established the Commission on Human Rights
in South Sudan, and all subsequent Council resolutions on South Sudan,
Recalling all previous General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on South
Sudan, and relevant statements made by the President of the Security Council, the SecretaryGeneral and the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General for South Sudan,
Noting all relevant decisions and communiqués of the African Union and the
Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the communiqués of the Peace and
Security Council of the African Union, on South Sudan,
Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility for the promotion and
protection of human rights, and recalling that the Government of South Sudan has the
responsibility to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and
crimes against humanity,
Recalling the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic
of South Sudan and the obligations it imposes on all signatories, including the protection of
the human rights of civilians at all times to ensure the safety and dignity of individuals and
communities,
Recognizing the continuing important role played and efforts made by the African
Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the guarantors of the
Revitalized Agreement in bringing parties together to advance its implementation, as well as
the mediation efforts in the framework of the peace process between signatories and non-
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