A/HRC/30/36 8. The Working Group is submitting to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session a separate report containing the draft principles and guidelines (A/HRC/30/37). Mr. Andenas served as the rapporteur for the draft basic principles and guidelines. 9. On 1 and 2 September 2014, the Working Group convened a global consultation in Geneva to bring together thematic and regional experts to elaborate on the scope and content of the right to court review of detention, and to allow stakeholders to contribute to the development of the draft basic principles and guidelines. Fifteen regional experts delivered presentations. Government representatives, bodies and agencies of the United Nations system, international and regional organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and academia participated actively in the event. The Working Group used the outcome of the consultation to revise its preliminary version of the draft basic principles and guidelines. 10. The Working Group continued to update its database (www.unwgaddatabase.org), which was launched in 2011 to facilitate free and public access to the Working Group’s opinions on individual cases of detention. The database contains over 600 opinions, available in English, French and Spanish, that have been adopted since the establishment of the Working Group in 1991. The database serves as a practical research tool for victims, lawyers, academics and others preparing cases for submission to the Working Group. 11. At its seventieth session the Working Group decided to establish a task force, composed of Mr. Tochilovsky, Mr. Adjovi and the secretary of the Working Group, to work intersessionally to put forward suggestions for improvements to the Working Group’s procedures and working methods. The task force identified a need to improve communication, both between the Working Group and the parties involved as well as within the Working Group. In order to improve the transparency and availability of information, the Working Group established an internal extranet page, in coordination with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and updated the Working Group’s public website. At its seventy-first session, the Working Group decided to amend its standard questionnaire for submitting cases in accordance with the regular communications procedure, in order to include questions related to due process and fair trial. 12. Mr. Tochilovsky represented the Working Group at a conference entitled “Challenges to security and human rights in the Arab region”, which took place in Doha on 5 and 6 November 2014. Mr. Hong represented the Working Group at an expert consultation on the administration of justice through military tribunals, held in Geneva on 24 November 2014. A. 1. Handling of communications addressed to the Working Group during 2014 Communications transmitted to Governments 13. At its sixty-ninth, seventieth and seventy-first sessions, the Working Group adopted a total of 57 opinions concerning more than 422 persons in 30 countries (see the table below). 2. Opinions of the Working Group 14. 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 Commission on Human Rights resolutions 1997/50 and 2003/31 and Human Rights Council resolutions 6/4 and 24/7, requesting them to take account of the Working Group’s opinions and, where 5