A/HRC/28/41 2. Follow-up to activities 40. Mandate holders continued to discuss ways to improve follow-up to their recommendations, including those made after country visits. They shared their experiences of follow-up, in particular the initiatives that they had taken, including the publication of reports, such as in the case of the Special Rapporteur on torture, who published a compilation in September 2014.21 The compilation includes articles by senators and representatives, officials of the Ministry of the Interior and the Penitentiary System, members of the national human rights institution and the national preventive mechanism of Uruguay, the Parliamentary Commissary for the penitentiary system,\ and a variety of representatives leading non-governmental organizations. The publication is designed to be a tool to focus attention on the status of the implementation of the recommendations made by the mandate holder. 41. Other mandate holders disseminated questionnaires and convened workshops (see annex IX). One mandate holder pointed out that, one year after a country visit, he asked the State authorities whether they were interested in inviting him again; responses were often positive. These more focused follow-up visits proved to be a positive experience; for instance, in May 2014, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief conducted a working visit to the Republic of Moldova, including the Transnistria region, to follow up on the recommendations he had made when visiting the country in 2012. He welcomed the adoption of Law 121/2012 on Ensuring Equality and the establishment in 2013 of the Council for Preventing and Eliminating Discrimination and Ensuring Equality. Moreover, the adoption of a law on alternative civilian service in February 2014 and amnesty for those who were previously condemned for conscientious objection to military service in Transnistria were also a positive example of the implementation of one of his recommendations. Other significant progress was the inclusion by the Ministry of Education of a subject on the Holocaust in history lessons in several grades. 42. Other mandate holders recalled the important role played by other stakeholders, in particular civil society, in following up on the work of special procedures. The Special Rapporteur on torture worked with civil society stakeholders to support their follow-up efforts and to provide a platform for the engagement of civil society with the Government to drive anti-torture work forward. Participants also requested that reports on country visit be also translated into the local languages of the States concerned. 43. Mandate holders also considered issues relating to alternative ways to follow up on country visits in the light of the limited budget resources. 3. Information technologies 44. Mandate holders reiterated the need to revisit the OHCHR webpages devoted to special procedures with a view to optimize this important information tool and to keep users informed about their activities, including those of the Coordination Committee. 45. Moreover, participants requested that the above-mentioned webpages be made more user-friendly and accessible to a broader audience, which could therefore engage in an interactive dialogue. One step suggested was the translation of the content of the webpages into all official languages of the United Nations. Mandate holders also enquired about electronic meeting platforms. 21 10 Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Próximos Pasos Hacia una Política Penitenciaria de Derechos Humanos en Uruguay: Ensayos en seguimiento a las recomendaciones de 2009 y 2013 de la Relatoría de Naciones Unidas contra la tortura, Washington College of Law, September 2014.