A/HRC/33/7 136.7 Ensure that its policies, legislation, regulations and enforcement measures effectively serve to prevent and address the heightened risk of business involvement in abuses in conflict situations, which includes situations of foreign occupation (State of Palestine); 136.8 Take legislative measures to curtail hate speech, not only by extremists but also by the mainstream media and public figures, as there has been an increase in hate-motivated crimes against refugees, migrants and minorities, including hate crimes affecting religious and ethnic minorities (Pakistan); 136.9 Take additional effective measures to combat racist crimes targeting migrants and Roma especially in the areas of employment, education, health and housing (Qatar); 136.10 Actively investigate and condemn instances of discrimination against non-citizens and members of religious and ethnic minority groups, and condemn anti-Semitic statements made by public officials (United States of America); 136.11 Take steps towards full legal recognition of same-sex relationships; this includes registered partnership, fiscal partnership, and marriage and the possibility to adopt children (Netherlands); 136.12 Establish an independent mechanism for the investigation of allegations of torture by police officers in order to ensure that police detention remains subject to rigid time limits and judicial review by a court (Albania); 136.13 Adopt legislative measures to prohibit the detention of minors and to decriminalize child begging (Costa Rica); 136.14 Fulfil its long-standing pledge for constructing a mosque in Athens, and open one of the historical mosques in Thessaloniki to worship, as well as allocating a cemetery for Muslims in both cities (Turkey); 136.15 Review the current legislation with a view to recognizing an alternative to military service, which is accessible to all conscientious objectors and is not punitive or discriminatory (Uruguay); 136.16 Consider changes in legislation and practice in order to ensure that individuals who express conscientious objection to compulsory military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, disability, and/or religion do not face harassment or prosecution, and that they have the opportunity to perform civilian service of equal length to the one of military service (Slovenia); 136.17 Decriminalize defamation and place it within a civil code that is in accordance with international standards (Ghana); 136.18 Undertake accurate measures to register associations of distinct communities, including those claiming minority group status (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia); 136.19 Recognize the Roma as a minority and continue to improve the standards in housing, education and health care (Germany); 136.20 Set appropriate quotas to accelerate the equal representation of women in all areas of public life (Costa Rica); 24

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