A/HRC/RES/49/2 signatories of the Revitalized Agreement of the Community of Sant’Egidio, and noting the engagement of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan with the Government of South Sudan, the African Union, civil society and other stakeholders in December 2021, which facilitated a joint strategy and a plan of action to sustain momentum on transitional justice in South Sudan, Recalling the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity, and recognizing that this represented a significant step forward in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement and an opportunity for peace, stability and a sustainable improvement in the situation in South Sudan through, inter alia, the implementation of the commitments and obligations of South Sudan with respect to international human rights law and its obligations under international humanitarian law, Welcoming the reconstitution on 30 August 2021 of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, and noting the urgency for the Assembly to review and pass outstanding legislation that is critical for the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement, Recognizing the provision of technical assistance and capacity-building by the international community to South Sudan to date, and the continuing need to provide quality, coordinated and coherent technical assistance and capacity-building in the field of human rights, including in response to requests of the Government of South Sudan, and that this continued provision remains vital to efforts by all actors to realize peace, stability and a sustainable improvement in the situation of human rights in South Sudan, Welcoming the participation of South Sudan in the third cycle of the universal periodic review,1 and of its delegation, headed by the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Welcoming also the participation of South Sudan in its first ever review by a treaty monitoring body, namely the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,2 while reiterating that the inclusion and participation of women is a key factor in building the social fabric of South Sudan, Noting the additional and sustained challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and climate change-related emergencies to local, regional, national and international efforts to advance the situation of human rights in South Sudan, Alarmed by the reports by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan of ongoing human rights violations and abuses, including extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, pervasive sexual and gender-based violence, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, widespread unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers, and excessive restrictions on the freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly in South Sudan, and dismayed at the impact of human rights violations and abuses on their victims, and on the potential for the people of South Sudan to achieve full enjoyment of all human rights, Encouraging efforts to address conflict-related sexual violence and to strengthen accountability for crimes involving sexual and gender-based violence, to be replicated to scale to address impunity, which remains widespread, Noting with concern that attacks on humanitarian workers continue unabated in South Sudan, 1. Welcomes the progress made by the Government of South Sudan on the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan since its signature and, while noting that many elements of the Revitalized Agreement that are critical to guaranteeing an enduring and sustainable peace in South Sudan are still to be implemented, recognizes the political will of the Government to achieve tangible progress on this issue, including implementation and other efforts to further promote and protect human rights, and to prevent further human rights violations and abuses; 1 2 2 See A/HRC/WG.6/40/SSD/1. See CEDAW/C/SSD/CO/1.