UN Security Council
2022

Acknowledging the significance of the GoSS’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, and welcoming the signature of the Comprehensive Action Plan to End and Prevent All Grave Violations Against Children by the GoSS, Expressing ongoing concern on the severe restriction of freedoms of opinion, expression, and association, acknowledging the important role of those who protect and promote human rights, civil society organizations, journalists and other media workers in the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and, in this context, expressing deep concern that violations and abuses of the right to freedom of opinion and expression continue to occur, and condemning the use of media to broadcast hate speech and transmit messages instigating violence against a particular ethnic group, a practice that has the potential to lead to widespread violence and exacerbate armed conflict, particularly as South Sudan approaches elections, Expressing serious concern about the dire situation of persons with disabilities