A/HRC/27/48 8. In addition to the present report, the Working Group is submitting to the Human Rights Council a specific report on national, regional and international laws, regulations and practices relating to the right to challenge the lawfulness of detention before court. That report is based on information obtained from stakeholders and on the Working Group’s additional review of relevant regional and international legal frameworks (A/HRC/27/47). 9. On 1 and 2 September 2014, the Working Group will hold a consultation with stakeholders in relation to the preparation of the first draft of basic principles and guidelines on remedies and procedures on the right to challenge the lawfulness of detention before court. A final report comprising the outcome of the stakeholders’ consultation and the draft basic principles and guidelines will be submitted to the Human Rights Council in 2015. A. 1. Handling of communications addressed to the Working Group during 2013 Communications transmitted to Governments 10. Hyperlinks to a description of the cases transmitted and the contents of the replies of Governments can be found in the related opinions adopted by the Working Group (see A/HRC/27/48/Add.1). 11. During its sixty-sixth, sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth sessions, the Working Group adopted 60 opinions concerning 431 persons in 39 countries. Some details of those opinions are provided in the table below. The hyperlinks to the complete texts of opinions Nos. 1/2013 to 60/2013 are contained in addendum 1 to the present report. 2. Opinions of the Working Group 12. Pursuant to its methods of work (A/HRC/16/47, annex, and Corr.1), the Working Group, in addressing its opinions to Governments, drew their attention to resolutions 1997/50 and 2003/31 of the former Commission on Human Rights and resolutions 6/4 and 24/7 of the Human Rights Council, in which they were requested to take account of the Working Group’s opinions and, where necessary, to take appropriate steps to remedy the situation of persons arbitrarily deprived of their liberty and to inform the Working Group of the steps they had taken. On the expiry of a two-week deadline, the opinions were transmitted to the relevant sources. Opinions adopted during the sixty-sixth, sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth sessions of the Working Group Opinion No. Country Government’s reply Government’s reply or information submitted after the adoption of opinions 1/2013 Tunisia No No Abdelwahed Abdallah Detention arbitrary, categories I and III 2/2013 Barbados Yes - Raoul Garcia Detention arbitrary, categories III and IV 3/2013 Morocco Yes - Abdessamad Bettar Detention arbitrary, categories I and III Person(s) concerned Opinion 5