A/HRC/10/12 page 11 39. The outcome of the UPR should be implemented primarily by the State concerned and, as appropriate, by other stakeholders. However, the Council will address, as appropriate, any cases of persistent non-cooperation with the UPR mechanism after exhausting all efforts to encourage a State to cooperate. The international community will assist in implementing the recommendations and conclusions regarding capacity-building and technical assistance in consultation with, and with the consent of, the country concerned. In considering the outcomes of the UPR, the Council will decide if and when any specific follow-up is necessary. The follow-up review which takes place during the second cycle (2012-2015) should focus on the implementation of the recommendations of the previous review. 40. Therefore, the UPR can potentially contribute significantly to improving the environment in which human rights defenders operate, making it a more enabling and accepted one. Such potential is even stronger given that the Declaration on human rights defenders does not have a monitoring body. Furthermore, it should be stressed that the objective of the UPR is to complement, and not duplicate, the work of special procedures and treaty bodies. Indeed, the concerns of these human rights mechanisms are raised during the UPR through the compilation of United Nations information. Currently, no other universal mechanism of this kind exists, and therefore it should also be used to enhance the protection of human rights defenders. B. Assessment after three rounds 41. Overall, human rights defenders have emerged as one of the areas of review of the UPR. However, this seems to be done unevenly from one review to the next, and from one report to the next. Some national reports include information on human rights defenders, but several do not. The compilation of United Nations information and the summary of stakeholder information refer to the situation of human rights defenders more frequently, although without a specific section on them. References to human rights defenders are generally found in sections of the reports related to the right to life, liberty and security of the person and those on freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Some references are also made in sections on the administration of justice and the rule of law, and the constitutional, legal and institutional human rights framework. 42. In the compilations of United Nations information, most references to defenders are taken from the reports of the Special Representative. The situation of human rights defenders appears to emerge more forcefully and consistently in countries which she visited. 43. When the situation of human rights defenders is addressed in all three reports which form the basis of the review, references to defenders are normally made in the report of the Working Group. While NGOs which submitted information on defenders for the UPR, and were consulted by the Special Rapporteur on their participation in the process, generally indicated that the information they submitted was reflected in the summary of stakeholder information prepared by OHCHR, the subsequent discussion and the report of the Working Group did not capture many of the issues raised. In other words, it appears that, while the submission of information on defenders from NGOs is a first step in the process and is normally fairly, although briefly, reflected in the summary of stakeholder information, the situation of defenders is not thoroughly reviewed by the process and, most importantly, is not comprehensively dealt with in the recommendations of the Working Group. It is more likely for the situation of defenders to be