A/HRC/38/20 documents and milestones of the project were communicated directly to States and made available to other stakeholders through relevant platforms and information-sharing channels.8 In addition, a meeting to gather feedback directly from representatives of States and State-based non-judicial mechanisms was held in Geneva on 22 and 23 February 2018. C. Structure and approach of the recommendations 16. The recommended action comprises a number of policy objectives and elements to demonstrate the different ways that policy objectives can be achieved (see annex). This structure, based on an approach similar to that used for the final report on part I of the Accountability and Remedy Project (A/HRC/32/19 and Add.1), is deliberately flexible. To ensure global relevance and applicability, the recommended action is designed to be readily adaptable to different legal systems and contexts while also practical, forward-looking and reflective of international standards on access to remedy. 17. The recommended action should not be regarded as a finite list of possible solutions. There may indeed be other ways of achieving the underlying goal of improving implementation by States of the Guiding Principles in general and the effectiveness criteria for non-judicial grievance mechanisms (see A/HRC/17/31, principle 31 and commentary) in particular. Nor should it be read as an exhaustive list of the actions to be taken by States to implement the pillar on access to remedy of the Guiding Principles. 18. Nevertheless, the recommended action will be a significant resource for States seeking to improve the effectiveness of their non-judicial mechanisms with respect to business and human rights challenges, as well as constituting a possible platform for future dialogue, cross-fertilization of ideas, innovation and progress. D. Target audience 19. The recommended action is addressed primarily to States and State agencies concerned with the design, development, administration and oversight of relevant Statebased non-judicial mechanisms. States can implement these policy objectives in a variety of ways, for example, through a domestic review process, as part of national action plans on business and human rights, in strategies to improve access to justice or through other processes more suitable to the national context. The recommended action will also be relevant to policymakers and practitioners, including those involved in the management of State-based non-judicial mechanisms, law enforcement and national human rights institutions. The policy objectives may also help to inform the ongoing work of international bodies with mandates relevant to business and human rights, including human rights treaty bodies and the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights. Various elements of the recommended action may be used to guide business enterprises and may be drawn upon by other stakeholders, such as civil society organizations and trade unions. Additional explanations of the different elements of recommended action (and suggested ways that they can be implemented) are contained in the addendum to the present report. IV. General observations 20. The recommended action focuses on the steps that States can take to improve the effectiveness of State-based non-judicial mechanisms, at both the systemic and individual levels, in providing accountability and access to remedy in cases of business-related human rights abuses. 8 6 rights: Supporting actors or lead players?”, discussion paper prepared for the 6th UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva, 27–29 November 2017, 2 November 2017. See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/ARP_II.aspx.