A/HRC/45/16 paragraph 15 of Human Rights Council resolution 42/22, it continues to face an ongoing backlog of cases. 64. Throughout the reporting period, the Working Group continued to explore various thematic issues to assist stakeholders in preventing arbitrary detention. This included formulating two deliberations and a joint amicus brief, elaborating on thematic topics in the present report and embarking on the study of arbitrary detention relating to drug policies. V. Recommendations 65. The Working Group calls on States to continue to increase their cooperation with regard to responses to regular and other communications, by reporting through the follow-up procedure on the implementation of the Working Group’s opinions (including on the provision of appropriate remedies and reparations to victims of arbitrary detention), and by responding positively to requests for country visits. 66. The Working Group encourages States and other stakeholders to address the situation of female detainees, including by giving full effect to safeguards embodied in global standards such as the Bangkok Rules and continuing to bring the situation of women deprived of their liberty to its attention. 67. The Working Group encourages States to ensure the enjoyment of the right to effective legal assistance by all persons deprived of their liberty, particularly by guaranteeing the independence and impartiality of the legal profession and its selfregulation, as well as the provision of opportunities for lawyers to engage in ongoing professional legal development. 68. The Working Group encourages States to use modern technologies to allow for alternatives to detention and to minimize the need to resort to deprivation of liberty. 69. The Working Group urges States to provide it with the assistance necessary for it to be able to effectively and sustainably fulfil its mandate, in particular by putting sufficient, assured and predictable human resources at its disposal so that it can continue to take action and address the backlog of cases. 28