A/HRC/21/51 organizations suggested a “cooperation audit” to assess the cooperation that special procedures enjoyed with States, stressing that a standing invitation was not the end goal and that, in fact, many standing invitations have no practical effect. 50. The consolidated communications reports presented to the Human Rights Council at each session were commended, because they improved transparency and access to information. The special procedures were urged to organize the report by State rather than chronologically in order to make it more user-friendly. Civil society organizations also urged the mandate holders to maintain the practice of formulating observations on communications, preferably including these in the communications report itself. They expressed concern at the lack of information provided on action taken in response to their submissions and noted that sources often do not receive a confirmation of receipt.. Civil society representatives also regretted the fact that urgent appeals sent by non-governmental organizations were not always treated with urgency. The mandate holders noted that they receive a large number of requests for individual action, but did not have the capacity to follow up on all of them. They supported certain suggestions, such as developing modalities to acknowledge receipt of communications and organizing the communications report by country. The mandate holders pointed out that they had been able to follow up on their communications and country visits through non-governmental organizations, and that their collaboration with regional organizations was also facilitated by civil society. 51. The organizations expressed gratitude for the commitment of mandate holders to confront cases of reprisal, and encouraged them to speak up, in consultation with the victims and families of victims. It was suggested that the Manual of Operations of the Special Procedures be revised to include a section on reprisals, while mandate holders stated that mechanisms for protection against reprisal were crucial as reprisal should be dealt with more systematically by the Human Rights Council, which should react automatically and immediately in this context. The contribution of the special procedures to highlighting specific and sensitive human rights issues, including sexual orientation and gender identity, was acknowledged. The organizations drew attention to the upcoming high-level debate on the rule of law to be convened by the General Assembly in the latter half of 2012, and encouraged the mandate holders to make collective and individual contributions to it. The Chairperson indicated that mandate holders would prepare a joint statement in the lead-up to the high-level debate. 52. Mandate holders made clear that non-governmental organizations had an important role to play in providing ideas on the focus of thematic reports, and asked for suggestions to give their reports more visibility. The mandate holders also requested feedback on the implementation of their recommendations at the country level. The civil society organizations encouraged the special procedures to be more present in the context of the universal periodic review. 53. The mandate holders expressed their appreciation to civil society organizations for their work. The Chairperson suggested the establishment of a coordination mechanism, comprising three members of the Coordination Committee and three representatives of civil society organizations, which would meet throughout the year, with its first meeting being convened on the margins of the twentieth session of the Human Rights Council. D. National human rights institutions 54. The mandate holders engaged in dialogue with Chairperson of the Scottish Human Rights Commission and of the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions, Allan Miller, the Chairperson of the South African Commission and the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions, Lawrence Mushwana, and Katherina Rose of the International Secretariat of the International Coordinating Committee of National 15