Annex to Norway’s Addendum to the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review 26 August 2019 Protection of freedom of religion or belief and human rights defenders 135 Ensure that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief are duly recognized by the constitution (Bangladesh); 136 Ensure the equal protection of religious and belief communities under law (Barbados); Take further steps to ensure freedom of belief and to prohibit racial discrimination and hatred (Myanmar); Strengthen the protection of human rights defenders, including state apparatus which have fallen victims in carrying out the task of defending human rights (Indonesia); 137 138 Accepted, already implemented. The right to free exercise of religion is recognised in Article 16 of the Constitution. Article 16 should be interpreted in the light of Article 9 of the ECHR, which has been implemented in the Human Rights Act. Accepted. Accepted, already implemented. Human rights defenders, including civil servants, are already afforded effective protection under Norwegian law. Measures relating to human trafficking 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 12 Increase efforts to combat trafficking, protect the victims and prosecute the perpetrators (Greece); Continue with its efforts in combating human trafficking, and the protection of the rights of victims of human trafficking (Nigeria); Take a more holistic, human rights-based approach to tackling human trafficking, and further improve the identification of victims of human trafficking by creating a formalized National Referral Mechanism (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); Create a uniform national system for identifying and following up on victims of trafficking (Bahrain); Intensify efforts aimed at establishing a national referral mechanism for victims of human trafficking (Georgia); Adopt a formalized National Referral Mechanism aimed at the identification and protection of the human rights of victims of trafficking in human beings (Armenia); Continue taking measures to combat trafficking in children by tackling the demand for related crimes and allocate additional resources to identify perpetrators of those crimes and bring them to justice (Republic of Moldova); Strengthen its efforts in preventing trafficking in children, especially when it comes to children from care centres and reception centres for asylum (Serbia); Accepted. Partially accepted. Norway will introduce improvements to its system for identifying victims of trafficking. Accepted.