A/HRC/43/37 32. Some States expressed reservations about the utility of investigative bodies created without consensus or the consent of the State concerned. Other States, however, underscored the role that investigative bodies played in avoiding the recurrence of violations, even in the case of non-cooperation by the country concerned. When the latter cooperates, it is important that the investigative body build relationships of trust with representatives of the State, both in Geneva and on the ground. 33. Investigative bodies should also look at the root causes of violations to better understand situations and propose measures to ensure non-recurrence. Their reports should have a stronger forward-looking approach by including a risk-factor analysis and formulating short, medium and long-term recommendations identifying measures to address risks and grievances according to their urgency. Investigative bodies should liaise more systematically with special procedures and other mechanisms to ensure that their recommendations are taken up and implementation monitored. 34. The consultations highlighted the difficulty in ensuring follow-up to the recommendations of investigative bodies, due to the discontinuation of mandates and teams working in these bodies. There is a need for greater institutionalization of the secretariats of investigative bodies, so that there is no time lag owing to lengthy recruitment procedures or when mandates are extended. IV. How can the Council work more effectively with the other pillars of the United Nations system and other actors, and better mobilize funds? 35. During the mission conducted in New York in June 2019 and the intersessional seminar organized in October 2019 in Geneva, the rapporteurs examined how the Council could work more effectively with the other pillars of the United Nations system and other actors, as well as how to better mobilize resources for the prevention of human rights violations. The following developments reflect the views expressed by States, United Nations entities and civil society organizations during those consultations. A. Linkages with the peace and security pillar 36. The nexus between the work of the Council and the United Nations peace and security pillar in preventing human rights violations and emergencies can be found, at a conceptual level, in the twin resolutions on sustaining peace adopted, in 2016, by the Security Council and the General Assembly. 4 In its resolution 38/18, the Human Rights Council refers to these resolutions, which emphasized the need to promote a comprehensive approach to sustaining peace, particularly through respect for, and protection of, human rights and fundamental freedoms. 5 37. This comprehensive approach should be translated at the institutional level into developing closer relationships between the Human Rights Council and the United Nations peace and security entities. In this regard, the President of the Human Rights Council, as well as mechanisms, including special procedure mandate holders and members of investigative bodies, should be invited to brief the Security Council on specific thematic or country situations. If this is not possible formally, it could be done informally, in accordance with previous practice, through Arria-formula meetings or at the invitation of members of the Security Council. The letter sent by the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures to members of the Security Council, sharing country and thematic issues 4 5 8 Security Council resolution 2282 (2016) and General Assembly resolution 70/262. The resolutions also encourage Member States participating in the universal periodic review process to consider the human rights dimensions of peacebuilding. In January 2018, the Secretary-General issued a report on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, in which he stated that the collective work of the United Nations system to advance human rights should help to identify the root causes of and responses to conflict. In that respect, it would remain imperative for the peace and security and development pillars to make better use of the existing human rights mechanisms (A/72/707-S/2018/43, para. 21).