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meantime, establish an immediate moratorium on executions (Belgium); enact
an immediate moratorium on executions with a view to ending the use of the
death penalty, and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as the Sixth and Thirteenth
Protocols to the European Convention on Human Rights (Finland);
immediately establish a moratorium on executions with a view to the definite
abolition of the death penalty, and commute all death sentences to prison
sentences (France);
98.18. Release complete information on the execution of Mr. Andrei Zhuk and
Mr. Vasily Yuzepchuk in Minsk in March of this year (Norway);
98.19. Suspend the duties of all officers of security forces implicated in cases
of enforced disappearance, extrajudicial execution or torture, and ensure that
impartial and credible inquiries are carried out so that those responsible for
such acts are brought to justice (France); suspend the duties of officials
implicated in any cases of enforced disappearance, summary execution and
torture, and ensure all necessary measures are taken to investigate fully and
impartially such cases and to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice before an
independent tribunal, and, if found guilty, to ensure that they are punished in
accordance with the international human rights obligations of Belarus, in
compliance with General Assembly resolution 62/169 (Israel);
98.20. Implement the recommendations of the report of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe on disappeared persons in Belarus, and
ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance (Netherlands);
98.21. Introduce the definition of torture reflecting that in article 1 of CAT
into its national legislation (Czech Republic);
98.22. Ensure prompt, impartial and comprehensive investigations of all
complaints of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment (Italy);
98.23. Intensify its efforts to investigate, identify and, if applicable, punish
alleged perpetrators of the harassment, arbitrary detention and torture of
opponents of the Government, including journalists and human rights
defenders (Spain);
98.24. Forbid corporal punishment of children and take order in that matter
(Brazil);
98.25. Reinforce the independence of the judiciary (Brazil);
98.26. Ensure that all trials observe international standards for fair trial, and
that the Government responds to concerns by defence lawyers and nongovernmental organizations regarding trials against human rights defenders
(Norway);
98.27. In order to ensure freedom of expression, fully implement provisions of
the Constitution of Belarus on freedom of expression, protect all journalists
from harassment, and create an enabling environment for the operation of free
media through, inter alia, the simplification of registration and accreditation
procedures (Lithuania); take concrete steps to meet its obligations on creating
an environment that fosters freedom of expression (Norway); eliminate all
restrictions on the ability of journalists to report on and criticize Government
policy (Canada); develop an action plan to ensure that journalists are able to
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