A/HRC/13/14 14. Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Brazil); establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/149, taking into account that the death penalty has not been applied since 1957 (Chile); consider the establishment of a legal moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition (Italy); establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Portugal); 15. Abolish the death penalty definitively and commute all such sentences to periods of imprisonment; and put an end to caning and flogging (Spain); abolish permanently the death penalty (France); amend the concerned legislation with a view to abolishing capital punishment in line with General Assembly resolutions 62/149 and 63/168 and convert the existing death sentences to imprisonment terms (Slovakia); abolish the death penalty completely and replace it in its legislation with other sanctions that do not include cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (Argentina); 16. Revise its Penal Code so as to criminalize all acts of rape without exception and irrespective of the marital status and the gender of the victim (Netherlands); revise section 375 of the Penal Code so as to criminalize all acts of rape without exception and irrespective of the marital status and gender of the victim (Slovenia); review section 375 of the Penal Code in order to criminalize all acts of sexual violence, regardless of matrimonial status or the victim’s gender (Spain); strengthen the protection of women and children by modifying section 375 of the Penal Code, which does not recognize marital rape even when the spouse is a minor (France); 17. Repeal or amend all provisions in domestic laws which provide for caning for administrative offences involving immigration law (Canada); 18. Specifically prohibit corporal punishment in institutions (Germany); prohibit corporal punishment in other public institutions and abolish whipping as a form of punishment (Italy); abolish the practice of corporal punishment (France); legally prohibit any form of corporal punishment of children and adolescents (Chile); 19. Repeal or amend the Internal Security Act so as to abolish all forms of administrative detention (Canada); abrogate or amend the Internal Security Act and all legislation allowing for detention without trial (Spain); review the Internal Security Act of 1982 in order to bring it into line with international standards (Slovakia); 20. Repeal or amend the section of the Penal Code which provides for criminal sanctions against “carnal intercourse against the order of nature” and may thus be applied to criminalize sexual activity between consenting adults, so as to ensure that it does not discriminate against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals (Netherlands); decriminalize sexual activity between consenting adults and bring its legislation into conformity with international human rights standards by repealing legislative provisions which criminalize “carnal intercourse against the order of nature” or other sexual activity between consenting adults (Canada); abrogate or amend section 377 of the Penal Code to guarantee non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity (Spain); amend section 377 of the Penal Code in order to decriminalize consensual sexual activity among persons of the same sex (Sweden); 21. End censorship of the media and ensure full freedom of expression (Sweden); 18

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