A/HRC/37/11 132.90 Release all political prisoners and pro-reunification figures who have been unjustly detained by arbitrary application of “National Security Law” (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); 132.91 Revise the legislation to ensure acts of torture are criminalized and punishable by penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime (Zambia); 132.92 Undertake legislative measures to criminalize marital rape (Panama); 132.93 Take measures to end the practice of impunity for human rights crimes committed by general infantrymen stationed in the country (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); 132.94 Decriminalize conscientious objectors, introduce a genuinely civilian alternative to military service and release those imprisoned for refusing to perform military service (Germany); 132.95 Recognize conscientious objection to military service, and allow conscientious objectors the option to perform an appropriate alternative service of a genuinely civilian character and of a length comparable to that of military service (Canada); 132.96 Introduce alternatives to military service to protect conscientious objectors (United States of America); 132.97 Introduce an alternative non-punitive service of genuine civilian character, under civilian control and of a length comparable to military service (Australia); 132.98 Provide for conscientious objectors various forms of alternative service which are compatible with the reasons for conscientious objection, of a non-combatant or civilian character, in the public interest and not of a punitive nature (Croatia); 132.99 Adopt legislation to ensure that alternative services offered to conscientious objectors are of a civilian nature, placed under civilian authorities’ control, and devoid of any punitive dimension; examine the situation of individuals who are currently imprisoned for refusing to submit to compulsory military training, with a view to offering them an alternative civilian service (France); 132.100 Set up an alternative service for conscientious objectors to the compulsory military service in order to guarantee their right to freedom of expression (Mexico); 132.101 Establish an alternative service under civilian control for conscientious objectors, in conformity with the international human rights obligations of the Republic of Korea (Switzerland); 132.102 Make further progress in changing the regime which criminalizes the exercise of the right to conscientious objection in relation to obligatory military service (Argentina); 132.103 Introduce alternatives to the military service for conscientious objectors, abolish prison sentences and release all persons who have been incarcerated for having refused the military service in the absence of a civilian alternative (Panama); 132.104 Ensure the legal recognition of conscientious objection to military service (Portugal); 132.105 Release individuals imprisoned or detained solely on the basis of their conscientious objection to military service and to consider expunging the corresponding charges from their criminal records (Croatia); 21

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