A/HRC/10/79 Page 19 independence of judges and lawyers, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women requesting to visit the country (Uruguay); to agree to visits of other rapporteurs who have requested access to Turkmenistan in the last five years (Netherlands); to respond positively to all pending requests of special procedures for visits without further delay (Slovenia); to respond positively to visits already requested by special procedures (Slovakia); to consider positively the request of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture to visit the country as a matter of priority (Italy); to seriously consider issuing an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture (Denmark); to address effectively the concerns expressed in 2006 by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders and invite the him to visit the country (Italy); 5. To eliminate the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman degrading treatment or punishment in places of detention (Sweden); 6. To grant access to detainees to ICRC, according to the usual terms of the Committee, as well as to international monitors (Slovakia); to allow regular access of ICRC to prisons and detention facilities (Czech Republic); 7. To protect the human rights of journalists and human rights defenders and ensure that they are able to carry out peaceful activities without harassment, threat of detention or imprisonment (Norway); 8. To take steps to ensure greater independence of the judiciary, including through the establishment of a constitutional court and ombudsman system (United Kingdom); 9. To increase its efforts to eradicate impunity for torture and other ill treatment, and to initiate thorough, impartial and independent investigations into all such allegations, and that alleged perpetrators are brought to justice (Denmark); to ensure a thorough and impartial investigation of all cases of torture and ill treatment and ensure punishment of persons responsible for them according to the law (Czech Republic); 10. To adopt all necessary measures for the liberalization and plurality of the media in order to promote full freedom of the press (France); to remove restrictions on the ability of journalists to report and criticize Government policy freely and without fear of repression (Canada); to end the practice of governmental appointment of editors and senior managers to all media outlets in the country to foster a more independent media (Canada); to guarantee the rights to freedom of expression and information of its citizens in conformity with article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and thus ensure that the media are able to operate without interference (Norway); 11. To take the necessary steps to guarantee the right to associate and work freely for human rights defenders, in conformity with the United Nations Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to