A/HRC/6/19 page 97 4. MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendation 4.1 Short-term Establish a National Human Rights Forum where relevant members of the international community, including the United Nations, and the Government can openly discuss human rights issues, concerns, trends, recommendations, and actions taken by the Government on specific cases and more generally to improve the human rights situation in Darfur. Indicator: National Human Rights Forum established and functioning. Response of the Government of the Sudan on Recommendation 4.1 Information orally submitted to the group of experts on 18 September 2007 There has been a recent agreement with UNMIS to set up new forum to discuss human rights issues related to Darfur. The competence to take this decision lies with the central authorities in Khartoum and it has not yet been carried out. Information Received from Other Sources on Recommendation 4.1 The Sub-Joint Implementation Mechanism on Protection and Human Rights (Sub-JIM) met in July 2007 for the first time in over a year. Assessment of Implementation of Recommendation 4.1 At the time of the writing of the present report, there was insufficient information on the actual functioning of the above-captioned Sub-JIM. Recommendation 4.2 Short-term Give the United Nations human rights monitors full access to the investigation records, allow them to interview victims in private, and brief them on at least monthly basis on progress made in each investigation. Indicator: UN Human Rights monitors granted full access to the investigation records, allowed to interview victims in private, and provided monthly reports on progress made in each case. Response of the Government of the Sudan on Recommendation 4.2 Information orally submitted to the group of experts on 18 September 2007 These UN human rights officers have full access to the whole of Darfur, other than detention centres which require a specific authorisation. No complaint on access has been

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