A/HRC/16/5 86.1. Become party to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Argentina); 86.2. Accede to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto (Norway); 86.3. Mandate the Constitutional Court to act upon violations of the individual rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution. This possibility should also help to remedy violations of the land and environmental rights of indigenous and herder peoples, including the right to safe drinking water (Hungary); 86.4. Consider accepting individual complaints mechanisms such as those provided for in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Brazil); 86.5. Adopt quick and effective measures, as well as necessary legislation, in order to explicitly prohibit, prevent, punish and abolish discrimination on any grounds, including on the basis of HIV/AIDS status (Mexico); 86.6. The National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, which has an “A” status accreditation, should play a decisive role in the exercise of drafting a gender equality law as well as during its implementation (Hungary); 86.7. Include women in high-level decision-making positions (Norway); 86.8. Amend the provisions of the Criminal Code and eliminate legal provisions and practices by public authorities, including possible practices of harassment and bullying by the police forces, which lead to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Spain); 86.9. Protect victims by defining hate crimes as crimes under criminal laws (Canada); 86.10. Declassify death penalty sentences imposed in the past as a State secret, with the aim of providing the families of those who were executed with information on their relatives sentenced to death (Czech Republic); 86.11. Remove the classification of information on the death penalty as a State secret, and provide statistics and information related to death sentences and executions (Netherlands). 87. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole. 21

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