A/HRC/13/63 page 3 In the light of the seriousness of the human rights situation and the lack of progress in implementing key recommendations, the experts consider it to be of utmost importance that the Human Rights Council continue monitoring the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the basis of reports provided by OHCHR and its special procedure mandate holders. They encourage the Government to continue the positive practice of responding favourably to requests of individual mandate holders and strongly recommend that the Government issue a standing invitation to all special procedure mandate holders. In light of the gravity of the human rights situation, which has not improved over the course of the last year, the experts recommend that the Council once again consider the creation of a country-specific mandate, in particular if the level of access and response to thematic special procedures decreases.