A/HRC/41/36 Recommendations to Turkey 89. Turkey should: (a) Officially request the Office of the Secretary-General to implement a follow-up criminal investigation and fully collaborate with the process; (b) Conduct a public inquest into the killing of Mr. Khashoggi, releasing the information and evidence at its disposal; (c) Erect a statue representing freedom of the press in front of the Saudi consulate (the Special Rapporteur has been able to ascertain that there is enough space for such a statue). Alternatively, as was attempted in Washington, D.C., rename the street where the consulate is located in honour of Mr. Khashoggi; (d) Take all necessary measures to implement related recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, following their respective missions to Turkey in 2016 and subsequently. Those include dropping all charges against journalists, academics and others targeted for the peaceful expression of their opinions; (e) Reply exhaustively to the request of the Director General of UNESCO for information on the steps taken in response to the execution of Mr. Khashoggi, in accordance with the IPDC Decisions on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity and UNESCO General Conference resolution 53 of 2011. Recommendations to the United States of America 90. The United States should: (a) Open an investigation to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the execution of Mr. Khashoggi, if one is not already open, and pursue criminal prosecutions within the United States, as appropriate; (b) Provide a determination under section 1263 (d) of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act of 2016 as to the responsibility of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, as well as the relevant information documenting how the Administration reached that determination; (c) Hold hearings within the United States Congress to determine the responsibility of high-level Saudi officials, and demand access to the underlying classified materials; (d) To the greatest extent possible consistent with national security, declassify and release to the public all materials relating to the murder of Mr. Khashoggi, including all intercepts. Recommendations to Member States 91. Member States should: (a) Support international statements, calls or resolutions that seek to ensure or strengthen accountability for the execution of Mr. Khashoggi; (b) Take the necessary measures to establish their competence to exercise jurisdiction over the execution of Mr. Khashoggi under international law when the alleged offender(s) is present in any territory under their jurisdiction, unless they extradite or surrender the alleged offender to another State in accordance with their international obligations or surrender the alleged offender(s) to an international tribunal which has jurisdiction over the alleged offences; (c) Adopt legislation for designating and sanctioning individuals, including high-level State officials, against whom there is credible evidence that they are responsible for, or have benefited from, human rights violations, including the killing of Mr. Khashoggi; 19

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