A/HRC/RES/31/27 context of an inclusive and credible dialogue, the Libyan people should determine the appropriate process and mechanisms for achieving justice, reconciliation, truth and accountability for gross violations and abuses committed since 2011 and under the former regime, and reparations and effective remedies for victims; 23. Recognizes the ongoing human rights challenges in Libya and strongly encourages the Government of Libya to increase its efforts to protect and promote human rights and prevent any violations or abuses, and in this regard calls upon the international community to provide assistance for Libyan efforts to establish the rule of law, due process and access to justice, including through capacity-building in the justice system to enable effective accountability; 24. Also recognizes the efforts made by States in tracing, freezing and recovering stolen assets and the importance of effective cooperation between the international community and the Libyan authorities in this regard, taking into account the potential contribution of these assets to improving security, development and the protection of human rights in Libya; 25. Welcomes the successful completion by Libya of, and its constructive engagement with, the universal periodic review in its two first cycles, and looks forward to the implementation of the accepted recommendations; 26. Also welcomes the open invitation that the Government of Libya has extended to all special procedures and looks forward to the visits of mandate holders to the country; 27. Further welcomes the commitment of the Government of Libya to human rights and its continued cooperation with the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, including the wish expressed by the Government to continue its cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and to renew its invitation for him to visit Libya, and urges the Government: (a) To intensify efforts to prevent acts of torture, to investigate all allegations of torture, to hold those responsible to account, and to consider providing fair and adequate compensation for victims; (b) To take immediate steps to protect freedom of expression, ensuring that the media can operate freely and without discrimination, to review the provisions of the Penal Code and other provisions that violate freedom of expression, and to abolish all Penal Code restrictions on free speech that stipulate imprisonment and the death penalty for “insults” to officials, the judiciary and the State for “slander” and for blasphemy; (c) To make further progress towards the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; (d) To promote the continued operation of the National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights, in conformity with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles); (e) To empower women and girls further, including by ensuring their full representation in politics, the police and the judiciary; (f) To ensure the protection of cultural rights and freedom of religion and belief, in accordance with its international obligations; (g) To take appropriate steps to help to prevent all attacks on and destruction of cultural and religious sites in violation of international law, particularly sites on the World 4