91. States should also refrain from any other action, including legislative measures, that may frustrate or undermine the right of human rights defenders to provide information, submit cases or participate in meetings with international bodies, including: OSCE institutions; the United Nations and its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights; the institutions of the Council of Europe and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR); international courts and tribunals; and any other human rights mechanisms at the international and regional level. States must refrain from actions that might prevent human rights defenders from travelling abroad to attend formal and informal meetings with international bodies. Moreover, they should not prevent human rights defenders from meeting with international delegations when these visit the country. 92. States should take proactive steps to facilitate communication between human rights defenders and international bodies with a view to improving the protection of human rights in the country. They should, for example, actively disseminate information in the country’s local languages about international human rights mechanisms, related human rights instruments, recommendations, decisions and jurisprudence. They should consult with human rights defenders when drafting periodic reports to human rights monitoring bodies and other mechanisms and should actively consult with them in ensuring adequate follow-up. They should accept visit requests from the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights, including the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. Furthermore, they should facilitate in good faith the conduct of such visits, as well as those by regional institutions, including of the Council of Europe and the IACHR, and provide space for human rights defenders to hold private meetings and confidentially share information with these bodies and institutions in the course of their visits. Furthermore, states should welcome ODIHR and other OSCE institutions to conduct visits and other monitoring activities. IV. FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GUIDELINES National implementation 93. To ensure the protection of human rights defenders, participating States are encouraged to carry out – in consultation with civil society – a baseline review of laws and practices affecting human rights defenders. They should repeal or amend any laws and regulations that impede or hinder the work of human rights defenders and adjust their practices accordingly. 94. Participating States should strengthen the role of independent NHRIs and their mandate in accordance with the Paris Principles, and should consider granting them the competence to receive individual complaints if not yet done so. Where this is not yet the case, states should specifically mandate and resource NHRIs to systematically and impartially monitor and regularly report on the situation of human rights defenders, and to support them in obtaining redress for violations they experience as a result of their work. They should not in any way restrict the Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders 19