A/HRC/RES/43/26 23. Expresses concern at the continued erosion of the freedoms of expression and the press, and urges the Government of Myanmar to proceed with the reform of the Media Law and to review, repeal or reform all relevant legislation, including the Official Secrets Act, the Unlawful Associations Act, the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law, articles 66 (d), 77 and 80 (c) of the Telecommunications Act, the Law Protecting the Privacy and Security of Citizens, and articles 500, 505 (a) and 505 (b) of the Penal Code to bring them into line with international human rights law obligations; 24. Welcomes the steps taken within the Parliament of Myanmar towards amending the Constitution and in preparation for credible, inclusive and transparent elections to be held in 2020, ensuring equal opportunity for the representation and participation of women and minority groups as candidates and voters and that all people of Myanmar are able to cast their vote, allowing all candidates to contest fairly and the international community to monitor the elections, and ensuring that the democratic transition of Myanmar is sustained by bringing all national institutions, including the military, under a democratically elected, fully representative civilian government; 25. Urges the Government of Myanmar to restore full citizenship and voting rights of all ethnic minorities in Myanmar, including the Rohingya, and to ensure free and fair participation of the Rohingya and other minorities in the elections to be held in 2020 in Myanmar; 26. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to take the measures necessary to promote the inclusion, human rights and dignity of all people living in Myanmar, to address sexual and gender-based violence, discrimination and the spread of prejudice, including the spread of disinformation, hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric also through social media, and to combat the incitement to hatred and violence against ethnic, religious and other minorities in accordance with the Rabat Plan of Action, also in line with recommendation 9 of the executive summary of the Independent Commission of Enquiry; 27. Encourages the Government of Myanmar to accede to international human rights conventions, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; 28. Welcomes the establishment by the Government of Myanmar of a committee for the prevention of grave violations against children in armed conflict and looks forward to its concrete results, and its ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, while urging the Government to accelerate the implementation of the joint action plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children by government forces, including by the Tatmadaw, and to ensure accountability for grave violations against children, and emphasizes the need for the Government to further protect the right of all children to acquire citizenship in order to eliminate statelessness, in accordance with the State’s obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and to ensure the protection of all children in armed conflict; 29. Calls upon the Government of Myanmar to ratify the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) of the International Labour Organization, to eliminate child and forced labour, including for ethnic groups such as the Rohingya, and to amend the draft labour organization law, and further amend the Settlement of Labour Disputes Law to promote freedom of association in accordance with international labour standards; 30. Encourages all business enterprises, including transnational corporations and domestic enterprises operating in Myanmar, to respect human rights in accordance with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the recommendations made by the independent international fact-finding mission in its conference room paper on the economic 6