A/HRC/6/7 page 8 (a) Human rights protection, including protection of civilians and internally displaced persons, protection of women against violence, children and armed conflict, protection against summary executions, arbitrary detention, disappearances and torture, protection of witnesses and victims, and protection of human rights defenders; (b) Humanitarian access, including protection of humanitarian workers from harassment and attacks, facilitating access to civilians, including those displaced; (c) Accountability and justice; (d) Monitoring of implementation of recommendations. 16. In order to assess the current status of implementation of its recommendations (A/HRC/5/6, annex), the group of experts considered information provided to it by the Government of the Sudan either in writing or orally during the meeting held on 18 September 2007 as well as other information received. Written updates by the Government are annexed to this report (annex II). 17. The group of experts, in line with its task of presenting an update on ongoing activities, notes certain discrepancies between information provided by the Government of the Sudan and other sources. The group of experts has to rely on a variety of sources to assess whether there have been real improvements as a result of any measures taken. The information received so far from the Government and other sources, including UNMIS and other United Nations bodies, the appropriate human rights mechanisms of the African Union, the Chairman of the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation, has not allowed the group of experts to provide the Council with any meaningful and objective assessment of the present status of implementation of the recommendations compiled by the group of experts and the eventual impact of such implementation on the actual human rights situation on the ground. 18. The group of experts will provide the Council with as comprehensive as possible a description and analysis of the status of implementation in its final report in December 2007. For several reasons, the group of experts has decided not to present as yet a detailed evaluation of the current state of affairs in relation to the implementation of the specific recommendations. Most importantly it wishes to give the Government of the Sudan the maximum possible time to undertake initiatives responding to its recommendations and to report back on those measures and any impact they may have had. In addition, the group remains keen on obtaining as much detailed information as possible from all relevant sources in order to get a clearer and more detailed view of the situation on the ground. In this regard, it will make a concerted effort to obtain and analyse pertinent information in the very limited time available before it must submit its final report.