Part I International laws and mechanisms criticism and anticipate recommendations by offering voluntary commitments in its opening statement. These are promises of actions it will take to increase its compliance with international human rights law. Following the interactive dialogue, a report is prepared by the troika and discussed in a half-hour session of the UPR Working Group. The Working Group report on each State under review includes a summary of the proceedings; conclusions; recommendations made by individual States in the dialogue; and voluntary commitments made by the State under review.97 5.5. Adoption of the report and implementation The UPR Working Group report on each State under review is considered and adopted at a regular session of the Human Rights Council soon after the completion of the UPR Working Group session. The State under review speaks first during the one-hour plenary meeting. It is expected to respond to the recommendations in the Working Group report either before or during the plenary debate. It can also reply to questions and issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the Working Group session. The “A status” NHRI of the State under review has special status. It is “entitled to intervene immediately after the State under review during the adoption of the outcome of the review by the Council plenary”.98 5.6. Implementation of recommendations Implementation of recommendations is the principal objective of the UPR process. States are expected to act on the recommendations they accept and to consider further those that they have not accepted. In the second cycle of the UPR, States are required to report on their follow-up and implementation of recommendations accepted from the first cycle.99 In subsequent cycles, they will be required to report on follow-up and implementation of recommendations in all past review reports. In addition, they are encouraged to provide the Human Rights Council with a mid-cycle report on implementation.100 The Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance101 has been set up to assist countries implement UPR recommendations and support follow-up activities at the country level. Information about the role that NHRIs can play in following up on recommendations made to the State is available in Chapter 11. 5.7. Migrant workers and the UPR The rights of migrants generally, and the rights of migrant workers specifically, were the subject of regular discussion during the first UPR cycle. These issues were also addressed in recommendations made to States by the UPR Working Group. In many instances, States undertook to take positive action to improve the living and working conditions of migrant workers through, for example, the ratification of human rights treaties and ILO conventions, making amendments to domestic laws and policies, issuing standing invitations to the special procedures and undertaking measures to combat human trafficking. A compiled list of recommendations that each State has accepted or rejected is available at www.upr-info.org. 97 HRC Resolution 5/1; Part I.E; para. 26. 98 HRC Resolution 16/21; para. 13. 99 HRC Resolution 16/21; para. 6. 100 HRC Resolution 16/21; para. 18. 101 For more information about the Voluntary Fund, see: www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRVoluntaryFundFinancial AndTechnicalAssistance.aspx. Chapter 3: Other UN instruments and mechanisms relevant to the rights of migrant workers | 39