A/HRC/5/6 page 10 35. On 23 May, an audio conference was organized between the experts group and the ACHPR Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, a Member of the Working Group on Robben Island Guidelines, the Special Rapporteur on Conditions of Detention and Prisons in Africa, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, as well as the Secretary of ACHPR. The objective of the consultation was to exchange views on means and methods of implementation of resolution 4/8. The mandate-holders of ACHPR expressed support for the work of the experts group and committed to continue cooperating with the mechanism established in resolution 4/8. 36. The Chairman of the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) was also approached on several occasions. The experts group regrets that formal consultations could not yet take place as the required authorization from the African Union for such contacts between the Chairman of the DDDC and the experts group has not yet been granted. VIII. CONCLUSIONS 37. The experts group shares the concern of the Council, expressed in its resolution 4/8, regarding the seriousness of ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Darfur as well as the lack of accountability of perpetrators of such crimes. 38. The experts group believes that the approach chosen by the Human Rights Council through resolution 4/8 provides an opportunity for the Government of the Sudan to demonstrate its commitment to the protection of human rights in accordance with its obligations under international law. 39. The experts group welcomes the expressed commitment of the Government of the Sudan to work with the Council and the United Nations in order to implement pre-existing human rights recommendations and recalls that the current exercise can only be a starting point towards a betterment of the human rights situation in Darfur. While the commitments of the Government and the measures taken are crucial, it is the human rights situation on the ground which will provide the measurement of any improvement. 40. In this regard, the experts group underlines the importance of the work done by UNMIS human rights monitors and other actors in the field and reiterates that human rights monitors must have full and unimpeded access to all relevant areas, including all places where persons are deprived of their liberty as well as to investigation records, and be allowed to interview victims and detainees in private. 41. The experts group welcomes the opportunity to cooperate with the human rights mechanisms of the African Union, including the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation and reiterates the importance of those mechanisms to be fully engaged in the process outlined in resolution 4/8. 42. The experts group recalls that all parties involved in the conflict must stand up to their commitments and implement all pre-existing human rights recommendations issued by the United Nations and on all relevant actors involved to address, within the framework of the