A/HRC/RES/49/2 2. Welcomes and expresses its appreciation to the Government of South Sudan for its continued cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan in the fulfilment of their mandates, including by authorizing travel to and within the country and providing meetings and relevant information, and calls upon the Government to continue to cooperate fully and constructively with and to give unhindered access to them and to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, and to regional, subregional and international mechanisms on the ground; 3. Recognizes the vital role played by human rights defenders, women, including women peacebuilders, youth, the media and civil society organizations in promoting human rights and the importance of promoting the inclusive, equitable and non-discriminatory participation in governance, constitution-making, electoral and transitional justice processes of all parts of society, including marginalized and vulnerable groups; 4. Emphasizes the critical importance of the freedoms of expression and of peaceful assembly and of association in South Sudan, and urges the Government of South Sudan to promote and protect political and civic space and to respect those freedoms; 5. Welcomes the report of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, 3 and its presentation to the Human Rights Council during the interactive dialogue held at its present session, and expresses concern at the findings in the report and at its overall assessment regarding the current situation of human rights on the ground; 6. Takes note of the additional conference room papers published by the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan since the forty-sixth session of the Human Rights Council;4 7. Welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan on 15 March 2022 by the Security Council,5 and takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in South Sudan submitted to the Security Council pursuant to Council resolution 2567 (2021) of 12 March 2021;6 8. Reaffirms the importance of the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, with continued emphasis on the need to establish the facts and circumstances of, to collect and preserve evidence of, and to clarify responsibility for alleged violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes in South Sudan, and notes that, while the hybrid court for South Sudan, the commission for truth, reconciliation and healing and the compensation and reparation authority have yet to be established, as called for in chapter V of the Revitalized Agreement, there remains a need for a mechanism for the monitoring of, reporting on and collecting evidence regarding alleged violations and abuses of human rights in South Sudan; 9. Notes the relevance of the work of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan to the mandate and functions of the hybrid court for South Sudan, the commission for truth, reconciliation and healing and the compensation and reparation authority, once these institutions have been established in accordance with the Revitalized Agreement, and welcomes the efforts made by the Government to date to establish them; 10. Decides to extend the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, composed of three members, for a further period of one year; 11. Requests the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan to present a comprehensive written report on the situation of human rights in South Sudan to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-second session, to be followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue, which should also include the participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; 3 4 5 6 A/HRC/49/78. See www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/co-h-south-sudan/index. See Security Council resolution 2625 (2022). S/2022/156. 3