A/HRC/39/12 Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and establishing a national preventive mechanism accordingly (Czechia); 149.22 Provide human, technical and financial resources to the National Human Rights Commission so it can fulfil its mandate and grant it a new mandate to investigate human rights violations (Honduras); 149.23 Expand the mandate of the National Human Rights Commission to investigate all human rights violations, including those involving State security actors, and provide it with adequate resources, in order to fulfil its mandate (Namibia); 149.24 Adopt, without delay, new non-discrimination legislation with a view to promoting gender equality, and, without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, religion or any other status, criminalize all forms of violence against women and girls, including marital rape, irrespective of the age of the victim, domestic violence and all forms of sexual abuse and harassment, ensuring also security and justice to the victims (Finland); 149.25 Take measures to fight violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons (Brazil); 149.26 Take effective steps to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons in human rights legislation, recognizing the many dangers and challenges faced by the community, including the hijra (Canada); 149.27 Establish effective protection against discrimination, harassment and violence against sexual minorities (Norway); 149.28 Acknowledge the existence of sexual and gender minorities in the country, and furthermore abolish section 377 of the Criminal Code and thus decriminalize consensual sexual acts between same-sex couples (Slovenia); 149.29 Repeal section 377 of the Criminal Code and include sexual orientation and gender identity as a protected category in the new antidiscrimination law (Chile); 149.30 Protect and promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons through a broad legal framework, that includes the revision of laws that may be discriminatory, such as section 377 of the Penal Code (Mexico); 149.31 Take the necessary measures to repeal in its legislation the criminalization of consensual sexual acts between people of the same sex (Argentina); 149.32 Decriminalize in the Criminal Code relations between same-sex adults (Honduras); 149.33 Ensure that threats and violence against human rights defenders, and in particular women defenders and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex defenders, because of their work or perceived or actual gender identity, are effectively prosecuted and do not go unpunished (Belgium); 149.34 Review the special provision of the Child Marriage Restrain Act 2017 and implement legislation that effectively criminalizes all forms of genderbased violence (Germany); 149.35 Criminalize marital rape in all circumstances, and provide for the protection and psychological, mental and physical rehabilitation of victims (Portugal); 149.36 Abolition of the death penalty (Benin) (Portugal) (Czechia); 149.37 Adopt the legislation abolishing the death penalty and establish a moratorium on all pending executions (Slovakia); 23