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provide an effective remedy for victims of such violations and abuses, and recalls that the
Government of South Sudan has the primary responsibility to protect the population from all
human rights violations, including by preventing violations of international humanitarian
law;
7.
Notes, however, the challenges facing the Government of South Sudan in this
regard, and encourages the international community to provide technical assistance and
capacity-building to and support the rule of law institutions to prevent, investigate and, as
appropriate, prosecute violations of human rights;
8.
Calls upon the Government of South Sudan to provide all necessary resources
to the National Elections Commission, the National Constitutional Review Commission and
the Political Parties Council, and encourages the international community to provide
technical assistance and capacity-building to these institutions;
9.
Calls upon the international community to provide technical and financial
assistance in order to further improve the services and capacity of police and prison officers,
judiciary personnel, public prosecutors, the Directorate of Military Justice and the South
Sudan Human Rights Council to enhance the functioning of the legal system and to allow the
Government of South Sudan to effectively deliver necessary services, including criminal
investigations and prosecution, education and healthcare services, food and clean drinking
water and infrastructure;
10.
Appeals to the international community to provide humanitarian support to
populations in dire need of assistance, at the same time calls upon the Government to step up
its efforts in that regard, notes with concern that attacks on humanitarian workers continue,
and calls upon all parties to ensure an enabling political, administrative, operational and legal
environment for the delivery of humanitarian assistance and protection of humanitarian
workers while ensuring full compliance with international humanitarian law;
11.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, in cooperation and collaboration with the Government of South Sudan and relevant
mechanisms of the African Union, to enhance the technical assistance provided to the
Government of South Sudan to continue to assist it in addressing human rights challenges in
the post-conflict transition, by:
(a)
Determining the capacity-building needs of South Sudanese institutions in
order that they may investigate and prosecute alleged violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law;
(b)
Providing the Government of South Sudan with technical assistance and
capacity-building for the operationalization of the recently established transitional justice
institutions, namely the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing and the
Compensation and Reparation Authority, under chapter V of the Revitalized Agreement, and
building the capacity of statutory courts, local courts, police and prison personnel and public
prosecutors to investigate and prosecute alleged violations of human rights with a view to
improving accountability and promoting reconciliation and healing in South Sudan;
(c)
Providing the Government of South Sudan with the technical assistance and
capacity-building necessary to enable it to deliver necessary services, including improving
correctional facilities;
(d)
Reporting to the Human Rights Council on the technical and capacity-building
support provided to the Government of South Sudan in accordance with the terms of the
present resolution;
(e)
Engaging with the Government of South Sudan and international and regional
mechanisms, including the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the African Union,
with a view to addressing human rights violations and abuses committed during the conflict
by the parties;
(f)
Supporting the Government of South Sudan in the implementation of the
recommendations accepted by the Government in the context of the universal periodic review
and the incorporation of United Nations core conventions into domestic laws, and also
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