The African Union Peace and Security Council has decided that the report of the commission of enquiry into the South Sudan conflict should be published.

They reached the decision over the weekend in New York during a meeting at the level of heads of state and government.

In a communique on Monday, the leaders requested “the chairperson of the commission to release the AUCISS report and the separate opinion for public information”.

It highlighted the findings of the commission, headed by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, including extreme violence and sexual abuses by both parties against women.

The communique also says acts of murder, rape, torture, and other inhuman acts were committed against the civilian population.

The leader said weak institutions, lack of accountability, rampant cases of impunity, and extreme ethnicity in politics and the military were some of the causes of the conflict.

The Peace and Security Council has decided that the AU Commission establishes an independent hybrid judicial court to be known as the Hybrid Court for South Sudan.

This would be an African-led and Africa-owned legal mechanism to investigate and prosecute individuals responsible for violations since the outbreak of the conflict until the end of the transitional period.