A/HRC/23/18 • Joint precautionary measures and urgent actions, including joint letters for urgent cases as well as simultaneous letters on the same case. • Promote the ratification of both systems’ human rights instruments. Furthermore, joint promotion and joint support to the creation and appointment of members of NPMs. Once NPMs are established, to promote and support their strengthening in accordance to the OPCAT. • Joint raising awareness, capacity building and advocacy activities. 4. Coordination with other human rights mechanisms • Promote further coordination with other mechanisms, such as the Treaty Bodies (CCPR, CRC, CRPD, CEDAW, CMW, CED, CESCR, CERD) and Special Procedures (Special Rapporteur on Terrorism, Migrants, Transitional Justice, Violence against Women, among others) taking into consideration that torture is a cross-cutting issue. • Participation of these mechanisms in the exchange of information and joint activities. 5. Follow-up to recommendations • Recognize the importance of recommendations issued by other mechanisms and use them as working tools. • Elaborate joint strategies aimed at following up to recommendations. 6. Review process of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners • Request that United Nations and Inter-American human rights mechanisms, as well as civil society organizations, NPMs and NHRIs are involved in the review process of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, given their experience and their deep knowledge of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty. 7. Universal Periodic Review • Promote the formal recognition of regional mechanisms’ submissions to the UPR, in particular those provided by the IACHR (possibility to include regional mechanisms’ submissions in a separate section within the relevant stakeholders’ summary). • Improve communication channels and exchange of information between the IACHR and the UPR Secretariat. 8. Role of the National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) • Promote holding thematic hearings on the fight against torture before both the United Nations and the Inter-American human rights systems, in particular in relation to the situation of NPMs in the region, with the participation of NPMs, NHRIs and NGOs. • Provide joint support to NPMs in the follow-up to their recommendations. • Jointly promote the creation and establishment of NPMS in those countries which in spite of having ratified the OPCAT, have not established a NPM within the deadline 31