A/HRC/39/13 147.53 Take measures to review existing legislation to be in line with international human rights obligations and foster an enabling environment for civil society (Austria); 147.54 Review national legislation and take administrative measures to address the concerns expressed by the Human Rights Committee regarding the free exercise of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association (Costa Rica); 147.55 Repeal or revise legislation in order to bring it into conformity with the obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to ensure protection of the rights to freedom of opinion, expression, association and assembly (Latvia); 147.56 Adopt a comprehensive law against gender violence and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention), and advance in the recognition and implementation of the women and peace and security agenda (Spain); 147.57 Conclude its work on drafting a federal law on preventing domestic violence (Congo) (Gabon); 147.58 Draft and enact legislation that would clearly prohibit all corporal punishment of children in all settings (Zambia); 147.59 Amend the Criminal Code in order to add provisions that explicitly criminalize the recruitment of all children under 18 years of age by the armed forces and by non-State armed groups (Zambia); 147.60 Take the necessary measures to amend national legislation and include provisions that explicitly criminalize the recruitment of children under 18 years of age by the armed forces and by non-State armed groups (Argentina); 147.61 Repeal the law on foreign agents and ensure that the freedoms of assembly, association, expression, demonstration and the press are not limited (Spain); 147.62 Repeal the legislation on “undesirable organizations” and “foreign agents” (Sweden); 147.63 Repeal laws on “foreign agents” and “undesirable” organizations, and amend vague and overly broad “extremism” legislation to prevent this from being used to target those exercising their rights to freedom of expression and association (Australia); 147.64 Revise or repeal legislation that unduly limits the freedoms of association, assembly, expression, religion or belief, including the “foreign agents” law and the law on “undesirable organizations” (Canada); 147.65 Repeal laws that limit freedom of expression online and offline, including the so-called Yarovaya package of counter-terrorism legislation (Sweden); 147.66 End the practice of using the broad and vague anti-extremism and counter-terrorism legislation to pursue politically motivated charges (Sweden); 147.67 Relinquish de facto executive control over the media, the parliament and the courts, and repeal or amend legislation used to criminalize normal societal discourse, such as that on “extremism”, foreign agents, undesirable foreign organizations, anonymizer bans, and Internet blacklisting, as well as the “Yarovaya amendments”, which are used to criminalize normal societal discourse, so that all its laws are consistent with the Russian Federation’s human rights obligations and commitments (United States of America); 13

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