A/HRC/RES/29/6 persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and migrants, among others, to inform the action of judges, lawyers, prosecutors and other actors in the judicial system; 7. Calls upon States to ensure that prosecutors can perform their functional activities in an independent, objective and impartial manner; 8. Condemns all acts of violence, intimidation or reprisal, from any quarter and for any reason, against judges, prosecutors and lawyers, and reminds States of their duty to uphold the integrity of judges, prosecutors and lawyers and to protect them, as well as their families and professional associates, against all forms of violence, threat, retaliation, intimidation and harassment resulting from the discharging of their functions, and to condemn such acts and bring perpetrators to justice; 9. Calls upon States, in collaboration with relevant national entities such as bar associations, associations of judges and prosecutors, and educational institutions, to provide adequate training, including human rights training, for judges, prosecutors and lawyers, both on initial appointment and periodically throughout their careers, taking into account regional and international human rights law and, where applicable and relevant, the concluding observations and decisions of human rights mechanisms, such as treaty bodies and regional human rights courts; 10. Underscores the importance for States of developing and implementing an effective and sustainable legal aid system that is consistent with their international human rights obligations and takes into account relevant commitments and good practices, and of ensuring that legal aid is available at all stages of the criminal justice process, subject to appropriate eligibility criteria and in accordance with international human rights law; 11. Urges all Governments to cooperate with and to assist the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers in the performance of his or her tasks, to provide all information requested and to respond to communications transmitted to them by the Special Rapporteur without undue delay; 12. Invites the Special Rapporteur to collaborate with relevant stakeholders within the United Nations system in the areas pertaining to the mandate; 13. Calls upon Governments to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to visit their country, and urges States to enter into a constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur with respect to the followup to and implementation of his or her recommendations to enable him or her to fulfil the mandate even more effectively; 14. Encourages the Special Rapporteur to facilitate the provision of technical assistance and capacity-building and the dissemination of best practices, including through engagement with relevant stakeholders and in consultation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, when requested by the State concerned, with a view to establishing and strengthening the rule of law, paying particular attention to the administration of justice and the role of an independent and competent judiciary and legal profession; 15. Encourages Governments that face difficulties in guaranteeing the independence of judges and lawyers, the objectivity and impartiality of prosecutors and their ability to perform their functions accordingly, or that are determined to take measures to implement these principles further to consult and to consider the services of the Special Rapporteur, for instance by inviting him or her to their country; 16. Also encourages Governments to give due consideration to recommendations made by United Nations human rights mechanisms, and to implement supported recommendations of the universal periodic review process, addressing the independence 4