A/HRC/39/12 clarify the gaps in the legislation and to prevent misuse of the “special circumstances” clause (Sweden); 148.12 Enhance efforts to prevent cases of torture and enforced disappearance and to prosecute perpetrators (Italy); 148.13 Review and amend the laws that restrict freedom of expression, such as section 57 of the 2006 Information and Communication Technology Act (Mexico); 148.14 Review and redraft the proposed Digital Security Act to ensure online freedom of expression (Norway); 148.15 Redraft the Digital Security Act in line with international norms and standards for freedom of expression (Sweden); 148.16 Thoroughly investigate extrajudicial killings, abductions and forced disappearances taking place within law enforcement agencies, while also ensuring that the perpetrators are brought to justice (Sweden); 148.17 Investigate all allegations of human rights violations by the police and security forces and take legal steps so that those responsible for enforced disappearances, custodial torture and extrajudicial killings are held accountable (Norway); 148.18 Increase labour inspections and take action against individuals and organizations that subject migrant workers to forced labour and human trafficking (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 148.19 Continue increasing efforts to combat all types of violence against women and girls, and eradicate discriminatory practices and measures against them, guaranteeing the full exercise of their rights, including those related to sexual and reproductive health (Uruguay); 148.20 Combat gender stereotypes and protect women from all forms of abuse and harm, including gender-based violence and marital rape, and address the persistent gender wage gap, among others (Namibia); 148.21 Raise the minimum age for criminal responsibility for juvenile offenders in line with recommendations by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Austria); 148.22 Continue improving Rohingya refugees’ conditions and investigating allegations of abuses and human rights violations against them in accordance with international standards (Holy See); 148.23 Step up efforts to guarantee the rights of refugees, with full respect of the principle of non-refoulement (Mexico); 148.24 Strengthen those measures that have been taken to ensure that all children and young persons among the refugees have effective access to the right to education, and guarantee the registration of all refugee children born in Bangladesh regardless of race, religion, national origin or the citizenship of their parents, particularly children of Bangladeshi and Rohingya couples (Argentina). 149. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue/listed below did not enjoy the support of Bangladesh and would thus be noted: 149.1 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Spain); 149.2 Accede to the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Iceland); 149.3 Consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Uruguay); 21

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