A/HRC/37/14 131.66 Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility above 8 (Sierra Leone); 131.67 Ensure that freedom of association and the right to peaceful assembly are respected and protected, to include promoting better implementation of the Public Order Act (United States of America); 131.68 Create and maintain, in law and in practice, an enabling environment that guarantees freedom of expression and peaceful assembly (Guatemala); 131.69 Improve and make clearer the legislation to support the freedom of assembly (Ireland); 131.70 Reform the current Public Order Act to include measures that fully uphold the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, making it more conducive to political participation by all Zambians and ensure that enforcement of the Act is consistent with Zambia’s human rights obligations, including through training of its security forces (Canada); 131.71 Make the necessary legislative changes, including restricting the scope of the Public Order Act, to ensure the freedoms of association and expression are protected; and to ensure the police enforce these and other laws in a proportionate manner (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 131.72 Make efforts to ensure access to information of public interest to citizens and guarantee the rights of freedom of assembly (Paraguay); 131.73 Guarantee respect for the rights of the opposition, in particular freedom of assembly and demonstration, the freedom of the press and the media, by making the necessary corrections to the Constitution, the electoral commission, the status of the parties, as well as to the legal framework on the maintenance of public order (France); 131.74 Ensure media freedom by providing full editorial independence to publicly-owned media. Ensure the impartiality of the Independent Broadcasting Authority and enact legislation to facilitate access to information (Canada); 131.75 Continue its efforts to implement programmes and activities aimed at adjusting Zambia’s Correctional Service to the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, including by adequate funding and training of officers (Brazil); 131.76 Make efforts to minimize overcrowding, improve sanitation and separation of juveniles from adults in prisons (India); 131.77 Ratify the Optional Protocols of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years, ensure the adequate separation of children and adults in penitentiaries and jails, and ensure due legal representation for children and persons under 18 years of age within the judicial system (Paraguay); 131.78 Ensure that necessary reforms are undertaken to guarantee the effective protection of the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association. This includes enacting without delay an expanded Bill of Rights and Access to Information Bill and ensuring that the Public Order Act is implemented objectively and with professionalism by the police (Sweden); 131.79 Live up to the highest standards of international law by repealing or amending the criminal defamation clauses in its Penal Code (Lithuania); 131.80 Engage in constructive dialogue and reconciliation with the main opposition party to diffuse lingering tensions from the August 2016 general election (United States of America); 20