A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 3 Introduction 1. This document contains information supplied by Governments, as well as other stakeholders, including National Human Rights Institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), relating to the follow-up measures to the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur made following country visits. In paragraph 5 (c) of its resolution 8/8 on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of June 2008, the Human Rights Council urged States “To ensure appropriate follow-up to the recommendations and conclusions of the Special Rapporteur;” The report submitted to the fifty-ninth session of the Commission (E/CN.4/2003/68, para. 18), indicated that Governments of countries to which visits have been carried out would regularly be reminded of the observations and recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur after such visits. Information would be requested on the consideration given to the recommendations, the steps taken to implement them, and any constraints that may prevent their implementation. Information from NGOs and other interested parties regarding measures taken in follow up to his recommendations would be welcome as well. 2. Starting from the present report, the format of the follow-up report has been modified with the aim of rendering it more reader-friendly and of facilitating the identification of concrete steps taken in response to the specific recommendations and their results. For this reason, so-called follow-up tables have been created, which contain the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur, a brief description of the situation when the country visit was undertaken, an overview of steps taken in previous years and included in previous follow-up reports and, in the last column, measures taken in the current year on the basis of information gathered by the Special Rapporteur, from governmental and non-governmental sources. 3. By letters dated 4-9 December 2008, the Special Rapporteur submitted to the respective Governments for their consideration and comments the information on follow-up measures he had gathered. Letters were sent to the following countries: China, Georgia, Jordan, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Paraguay and Togo. Information was received from the Governments of Georgia and Togo. The Special Rapporteur is grateful for the information received. 4. The Government of Mongolia has not provided any follow-up information since the visit was carried out. 5. In the future, the Special Rapporteur intends to include in the new format all countries visited by mandate holders in the previous ten years. 6. Owing to restrictions, the Special Rapporteur has been obliged to reduce the details of responses; attention has been given to reflect information that specifically addresses the recommendations and which has not been previously reported. China Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur in the report of his visit to China in November 2005 (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6, para. 82). 7. On 2 December 2008, the Special Rapporteur sent the table below to the Government of China requesting information and comments on the follow-up measures taken with regard to the