A/HRC/RES/52/1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 6 April 2023 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-second session 27 February–4 April 2023 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 3 April 2023 52/1. 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, the communiqués of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union on South Sudan, and the report of the Peace and Security Council on its field mission, adopted on 28 February 2023, Noting also resolution 542 (LXXIII) 2022 of the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights on the situation of human rights in the Republic of South Sudan of 9 November 2022, 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, GE.23-06431(E)