A/HRC/13/30 49. Up to the adoption of this report, the Working Group had received 31 replies from the Governments of Belarus, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Oman, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States of America and Uzbekistan. The Working Group is grateful to these States for their cooperation. To obtain the broadest possible views and most comprehensive information, it decided during its fifty-sixth session to postpone consideration of this matter until 2010 and requests those States which have not yet responded to submit a response. Video and audio surveillance 50. In its previous annual report, the Working Group requested “States and other stakeholders to provide the Group with information and share their experiences regarding the installation of video and/or audio (recording) equipment in rooms where interrogations related to criminal investigations are conducted”.18 It renews its call upon States and other stakeholders to provide the Working Group with relevant information. Alternatives to detention 51. During its fifty-sixth session, the Working Group decided to focus on the issue of alternatives to detention, both in criminal law and in the administrative detention context, as one of its main priorities in 2010. It requests States and other stakeholders to provide it with information, including good practices that it could recommend to States to follow. Extension of mandate to cover all human rights of detained and imprisoned persons 52. In its previous annual report, the Working Group proposed to the Human Rights Council “to expand [its] mandate … so as to include the monitoring of State compliance with their obligations concerning all human rights of detained and imprisoned persons”.19 For the reasons outlined in that report,20 and also in chapter II, section A, of this report, it reiterates its proposal. Revision of methods of work 53. To further enhance cooperation with States, the Working Group, during its fiftysixth session, decided to focus on a revision of its revised methods of work,21 both in terms of procedure and substance, and to share with Member States its newly revised methods of work. III. Thematic considerations A. Detention of immigrants in an irregular situation 54. In resolution 1997/50 the Commission on Human Rights clarified and extended the mandate of the Working Group to cover the issue of administrative custody of asylumseekers and immigrants. It has therefore since then devoted particular attention to the situation of detained migrants, identified challenges and best practices, explored ways to 18 19 20 21 16 A/HRC/10/21, para. 83. Ibid., para. 78. Ibid., paras. 42 ff. E/CN.4/1998/44, annex I, p. 15. GE.10-10294