A/HRC/40/10 136.16 Facilitate the creation and operation of civil society organizations by amending the law of societies in accordance with the requirements of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, by limiting State interference, in particular restrictions on funding, and by ensuring that any such interference is exercised in an accountable and transparent way (Germany); 136.17 Review its legislation and practices with the aim of ensuring that all persons and civil society actors, including human rights defenders and journalists, can freely exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, both online and offline, as provided for by international human rights law (Lithuania); 136.18 Re-evaluate the recent amendments to the Press and Publications Act, the law on cybercrime and the Criminal Code to ensure that legislation and practice are in conformity with international human rights law and standards, in particular the right to freedom of expression under article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Austria); 136.19 Amend the labour code to align it with international labour standards, including allowing foreign workers to form and head trade unions (United States of America); 136.20 Continue to ensure effective access to justice for women migrant domestic workers, including by guaranteeing their safety and residence, while legal proceedings are under way (Indonesia); 136.21 Deepen the measures to guarantee the principle of non-refoulement (Argentina). 137. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below have been examined by Jordan and have been noted by Jordan: 137.1 Ratify other international human rights legal instruments to which Jordan is not yet a party (Angola); 137.2 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Denmark) (Estonia) (Chile) (Ukraine) (Honduras) (Spain); 137.3 Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Montenegro); Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Sri Lanka); 137.4 Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Honduras); Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Croatia); Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Montenegro); 137.5 Pursue efforts to refrain from using the death penalty and further reduce the number of capital crimes, with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Slovakia); 137.6 Establish a moratorium on the death penalty as a step towards its complete abolition and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Australia); 137.7 Re-establish the moratorium on the death penalty (Chile); Consider the adoption of a moratorium on the death penalty (Italy); 137.8 Establish an official moratorium on the death penalty and revise the laws that call for its mandatory imposition or its application for crimes other than the “most serious crimes” (Brazil); 19

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