A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 Page 118 are informed of the follow-up action taken in accordance with the observations and recommendations of the Prison Monitoring Boards. 659. Recommendation (m) stated: The Government should give serious consideration to inviting the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to establish a presence in the country capable of implementing a thorough system of visits to all places of detention meeting all the standards established by ICRC for such visits. 660. According to information received from NGOs and other sources, they are not aware of any plans of the Government to invite the ICRC to Turkey. 661. The Government informed that a spirit of cooperation and collaboration characterises its relationship with the temporary ICRC Mission in Turkey. This cooperation has lead to the establishment of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Temporary Mission in Turkey in April 2003. Currently the Temporary Mission operates with five staff. The Government reiterated that the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture monitored places of detention in Turkey. 662. Recommendation (n) stated: In view of the numerous complaints concerning detainees' lack of access to counsel, of the failure of prosecutors and judges to investigate meaningfully serious allegations of human rights violations and of the procedural anomalies that are alleged to exist in the State Security Courts, as well as questions relating to their composition, the Government should give serious consideration to extending an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. 663. According to information received from NGOs and other sources, an improvement of the independence of judges and prosecutors could not be noted. 664. The Government replied that, since the State Security Courts were abolished in 2003, the allegation in the NGO submission is not valid. As for the independence of judges and prosecutors of other courts, many legal safeguards exist to ensure their independence 665. Recommendation (o) stated: Similarly, in view of the frequent detention of individuals under the Anti-Terror Law, seemingly for exercising their right to freedom of opinion and expression and of association, the Government may also wish to give serious consideration to extending an invitation to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. 666. According to information received from NGOs, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention visited Turkey from 9 to 20 October 2006 upon invitation of the Government. 667. In addition to the information contained in the report E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.2, the Government informed that, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has carried out a visit to Turkey from 9 to 20 October 2006 upon the invitation extended by the Government. It has recently issued a statement regarding its visit which is to be found at http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/320E87952D3D4DA8C125720F008 20234?opendocument.