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<p>The 2015 Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan
mandated the creation of an African Union led Hybrid Court for the prosecution of
the most serious crimes in South Sudan.</p><p>The UK has called for the Hybrid Court
to be established without delay. We continue to urge the African Union to accelerate
its implementation, and most recently raised the issue with the African Union High
Representative for South Sudan, during a meeting with the Troika (the UK, US and Norway)
in June. We also urge the Government of South Sudan to work with the African Union
towards its speedy implementation.</p><p>We have jointly led a resolution at the Human
Rights Council in Geneva, which extended the mandate of the South Sudan Human Rights
Commission to gather evidence for eventual use in a court of law.</p>
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