A/HRC/13/17 Page 24 11. Issue a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, and in particular accept a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, which has already been requested twice (Poland); 12. Agree to the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (Australia); 13. Allow for greater humanitarian access to the Ogaden so that organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and United Nations relief agencies can provide assistance to victims of conflict (United States); 14. Give favourable consideration to prohibit the death penalty and corporal punishment in the Constitution and Ethiopian legislation in the area of the right to life (Mexico); 15. Abolish the death penalty (Spain); 16. Amend the related legislation to establish an immediate moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolishing capital punishment generally in line with the General Assembly resolutions 62/149 and 63/168 as well as ICCPR-OP 2 (Slovakia); 17. Commute the pending death sentences to imprisonment terms (Slovakia); 18. Undertake credible and independent investigations of alleged human rights violations in the Somali Region (United Kingdom); 19. Authorise the launching of an independent international inquiry on the allegations on the violations of human rights in the Somali region since 2007, and bring those responsible to justice (Switzerland); 20. Take effective measures, in line with the Committee on the Rights of the Child, to protect all children from torture, cruel and degrading treatment, particularly from members of the military (Germany); 21. Strengthen the human rights education and training of military forces and police, prison and judicial staff, and ensure their accountability for any violations of human rights, in particular for violence or sexual violence against women, children and persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity (Czech Republic); 22. Decriminalize consensual same-sex activity between adults (Czech Republic); 23. Amend the provisions of the 2009 Charities and Societies Proclamation inconsistent with international human rights standards, including with respect to freedom of expression, association and assembly (Canada);

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