An inquiry to investigate human rights abuses in South Sudan has been set up by the UN Human Rights Council during its 31st sitting in Geneva this month.
The three-member commission, the proposal of which was initiated by the US and Albania, will have a renewable one-year mandate.
South Sudan said it would cooperate with the commission, which will look at gang rapes and attacks on civilians, which may constitute war crimes.
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