Where relevant, and again being aware that the scope of the consultation goes beyond a country’s borders, account can be taken of the findings of international human rights monitoring bodies, such as the concluding observations of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies. In recent years, the treaty bodies have made specific recommendations on transitional justice in their concluding observations directed to a significant number of countries. The country-specific findings of the special procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the outcomes of its universal periodic review may also be relevant, as might judgements of the regional human rights courts (in Africa, the Americas and Europe). 23