In consideration of the ongoing political dialogue, the Council should reaffirm its commitment to monitor women’s representation in official decision-making institutions and their meaningful participation in the implementation of the August 2015 peace agreement, including in the Joint Military Ceasefire Commission, the National Constitutional Amendment Committee, and the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism, as well as ongoing negotiations on the formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity. Given the severe security and humanitarian situation, the Council should also continue to protect civilians and call on the mission to hold regular consultations with local women’s civil society organizations to ensure protection strategies are responsive to women’s security concerns (SCR 2252 (2015), OP 8(a)(i), (v), (vi); (b)(i),(ii), (iii)). Specifically, the Council should:

• Insist on the need for accountability for grave human rights violations and abuses, including rampant sexual violence in IDP camps and local communities, particularly by ensuring that women are part of the design and implementation of early-warning and transitional justice mechanisms;
• Call on UNMISS to ensure specific reporting mechanisms for SGBV are available and information is provided on how women can access such mechanisms, recognizing that the success of reporting and investigation instruments for SGBV depends on accesibility. Physical safe zones should also be staffed with female personnel, and survivors’ integrity should be respected, including not taking actions without consent;
• Ensure that women and men can safely access humanitarian assistance, including safe access to sanitation facilities, hygiene and health assistance, reproductive health, family planning, and maternal health services;
• Determine whether local civil society organizations, particularly women’s organizations, are consulted in the design and implementation of delivery mechanisms for humanitarian assistance; and
• Ensure reintegration assistance to returnees is gender-sensitive and effectively tailored by requiring women’s views be taken into account in intention surveys and return decisions, protection measures specifically address women’s concerns, and comprehensive psycho-social assistance and livelihood support is provided.

In consideration of the ongoing political dialogue, the Council should reaffirm its commitment to monitor women’s representation in official decision-making institutions and their meaningful participation in the implementation of the August 2015 peace agreement, including in the Joint Military Ceasefire Commission, the National Constitutional Amendment Committee, and the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism, as well as ongoing negotiations on the formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity. Given the severe security and humanitarian situation, the Council should also continue to protect civilians and call on the mission to hold regular consultations with local women’s civil society organizations to ensure protection strategies are responsive to women’s security concerns (SCR 2252 (2015), OP 8(a)(i), (v), (vi); (b)(i),(ii), (iii)). Specifically, the Council should:

• Insist on the need for accountability for grave human rights violations and abuses, including rampant sexual violence in IDP camps and local communities, particularly by ensuring that women are part of the design and implementation of early-warning and transitional justice mechanisms;
• Call on UNMISS to ensure specific reporting mechanisms for SGBV are available and information is provided on how women can access such mechanisms, recognizing that the success of reporting and investigation instruments for SGBV depends on accesibility. Physical safe zones should also be staffed with female personnel, and survivors’ integrity should be respected, including not taking actions without consent;
• Ensure that women and men can safely access humanitarian assistance, including safe access to sanitation facilities, hygiene and health assistance, reproductive health, family planning, and maternal health services;
• Determine whether local civil society organizations, particularly women’s organizations, are consulted in the design and implementation of delivery mechanisms for humanitarian assistance; and
• Ensure reintegration assistance to returnees is gender-sensitive and effectively tailored by requiring women’s views be taken into account in intention surveys and return decisions, protection measures specifically address women’s concerns, and comprehensive psycho-social assistance and livelihood support is provided.