A/HRC/20/22 133. Regional organizations should strengthen their cooperation with the United Nations with a view to putting an end to such violations. Recommendations to the International Committee of the Red Cross 134. The Special Rapporteur acknowledges the valuable and important role of ICRC in protecting the life of journalists, and encourages ICRC to further address the issue and to keep the relevant actors, including the Special Rapporteur, informed of situations of particular concern for the life of journalists. 135. The Special Rapporteur further encourages ICRC to disseminate materials on the application of international humanitarian law to the protection of journalists, including available tools, training programmes and other measures of assistance, such as the ICRC permanent hotline and e-mail to report missing, wounded or detained journalists in need of assistance. Recommendations to non-State actors engaged in armed conflict 136. Non-State actors should respect the obligations they incur in terms of international humanitarian law during armed conflict, also towards journalists. Recommendations to civil society 137. Civil society plays a key role in monitoring the prevalence of killings of journalists, in terms of statistics and in drawing attention to specific cases. This is a cause worthy of donor support. 138. Civil society organizations should continue to monitor the situation with regard to the protection of journalists, in particular combining their efforts in support of investigations into killings and attacks against journalists and raising their concerns not only at the national level, but also at the bilateral, regional and international levels, using new technology. They should also consider consolidating their documentation, for example through a central website/portal, enabling the provision of information at the national and international levels for the general public. Statistics on impunity in respect of the killing of journalists should be provided together with figures on impunity for killings in general in a particular society, to allow comparison. 139. The Special Rapporteur calls on civil society to actively use the international and regional human rights machinery to focus attention on killings of journalists and situations of concern. For the second cycle of the universal periodic review, civil society should report on the implementation or lack of implementation of recommendations on the safety of journalists, and suggest possible recommendations when appropriate. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur encourages civil society organizations to submit relevant facts to the attention of relevant special procedures, including requests for urgent appeals, and to help threatened journalists gain access to the available interim measures. 140. Impact litigation at the national and international, including regional, levels should be used to develop the jurisprudence. 141. Civil society should follow up on each UNESCO Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity and monitor the accuracy of the information provided by States. 22