A/HRC/41/7 38.185 Cybersecurity decrees should include clear provisions for interpretation of the law on cybersecurity in accordance with international standards on freedom of expression (Ireland); 38.186 Review regulations impeding the operation of civil society organizations, to enable a more open space and ensure that national security provisions are not used to prevent peaceful debate and dissent (Ireland); 38.187 Ensure that the legal framework protects freedom of expression both offline and online and accordingly amend the penal law and the law on cybersecurity to ensure consistency with international human rights law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (New Zealand); Ensure that freedom of expression is protected online and offline by amending national security provisions in the Penal Code, the cybersecurity law and its implementing decree so as to comply with article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other commitments (Sweden); Guarantee the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and amend the Penal Code and the cybersecurity law to make sure that the limitations on the right to freedom of expression are in line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Austria); Review the Penal Code and the law on cybersecurity to harmonize them with international standards related to the freedom of expression, association and assembly (Canada); 38.188 Revise the provisions of articles 117 and 331 of the 2015 Penal Code and other relevant laws that restrict the ability to exercise fundamental freedoms and allow free operation of national and international media (Norway); 38.189 Strengthen efforts to ensure freedom of expression, including in the digital environment (Peru); 38.190 Consider the elimination of the system of censorship in the cultural sphere (Peru); 38.191 Release all human rights defenders as well as political and religious activists detained for the peaceful expression of their political opinions or religious beliefs (Poland); 38.192 Continue to strengthen efforts to protect the fundamental freedoms and rights guaranteed under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Poland); 38.193 Ensure full implementation of its international human rights obligations regarding freedom of religion and belief by reviewing the law on belief and religion to bring it into line with article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Poland); 38.194 Abolish prior censorship in all fields of cultural creation and other forms of expression, both online and offline, including by bringing the restriction on freedom of expression under the 2016 press law into line with international standards and by fostering a pluralistic and independent media environment (Portugal); 38.195 Ensure freedom of expression, including online, and promote actions to ensure the freedom and independence of the media (Japan); 38.196 Continue the measures aimed at lifting all restrictions on the right to freedom of opinion and expression and to allow bloggers, journalists and other Internet users to promote and protect human rights (Romania); 38.197 Review and amend national legislation in order to enable the effective exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in line with the standards enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Seychelles); 17