B. Recommendations The recommendations contained in a commission/mission report should be carefully worded, taking into consideration the mandate, the human rights situation, the actors to whom they are addressed, their relevance to effect the necessary changes to improve the human rights situation, and other issues, such as available resources and feasibility of implementation. (a) Addressees Any recommendation put forward must clearly identify the addressee expected to implement the recommendation. Commissions/missions exercise their independent judgement in addressing recommendations to the entities that they consider can most effectively tackle the human rights problems identified. Recommendations are most commonly addressed to the United Nations mandating authority, the authorities of the State concerned, non-State actors in that State, the Security Council or the General Assembly (when not themselves the mandating authority), relevant third States, OHCHR and the United Nations Secretariat or United Nations specialized agencies, programmes and funds. Sometimes recommendations are also addressed to other international and regional organizations, such as the International Criminal Court, the African Union, the European Union or NGOs. (b) Content Recommendations should be action-oriented and contribute to positive changes in the human rights situation including through accountability for crimes that may have been committed, remedies and reparations for victims, changes in law, policies and practice. Any gender-specific aspect of the findings and conclusions should be explicitly addressed in the recommendations as well. A commission/mission may also address in its report the protection, after the end of its mandate, of those who provided it with information. (c) Consultation While commissions/missions are not obliged to consult those to whom they address their recommendations, it can sometimes be useful to do so. Consultation on what may be practicable and feasible, while preserving the independence of the commission/ mission, can ultimately strengthen the recommendations. Most recommendations can be grouped into the following categories: (i) Cease and desist recommendations to the State or other party calling for an immediate halt to violations – for example, the Inquiry Commission on the occupied Palestinian territories (2000) recommended, among other things, that: “Immediate and effective measures need to be taken to prevent the destruction of property in the occupied 94 COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY AND FACT-FINDING MISSIONS ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW