A/HRC/40/16 130.72 Amend its Criminal Code to align it with the constitutional abolition of the death penalty, and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Australia); 130.73 Abolish the death penalty for all crimes and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Iceland); 130.74 Adopt the necessary laws to enforce the abolition of the death penalty, and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Spain); 130.75 Introduce legislation to remove any reference to the death penalty in the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure and ratify as soon as possible the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Ireland); 130.76 Take concrete measures to introduce a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, with a view towards its total abolition (Rwanda); 130.77 Take appropriate measures to ensure that all allegations of enforced disappearance, torture, ill-treatment and death in prison are promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigated and that the perpetrators are convicted, while guaranteeing the rights of victims and their families to justice, reparation and guarantees of non-repetition (Brazil); 130.78 Investigate fully the death of 13 juveniles in a police station in Brazzaville in July 2018 and prosecute the persons responsible (Germany); 130.79 Take effective measures to ensure that fundamental legal safeguards to protect persons arrested by law enforcement officials are respected (Portugal); 130.80 Adopt measures to eradicate human rights violations committed by security forces, especially extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detention and torture (Canada); 130.81 Take effective measures to investigate all alleged acts of torture, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to account (Ghana); 130.82 Take the necessary steps to ensure that all cases of enforced disappearance and torture are investigated and that those responsible for these human rights violations are brought to justice (Belgium); 130.83 Investigate cases of enforced disappearance and punish their perpetrators (Argentina); 130.84 Continue efforts to improve human rights conditions in prisons and places of detention through institutional reform and international cooperation (Lebanon); 130.85 Continue the implementation of a strategy to reduce prison overcrowding and improve living conditions in prisons (Cameroon); 130.86 Continue the efforts begun to reduce prison overcrowding and strengthen the resources available to penitentiary institutions (Senegal); 130.87 Redouble efforts to relieve prison pressure and generally improve detention conditions in places of detention (Burundi); 130.88 Ensure that the police, the army or the Directorate General of Territory Surveillance and the gendarmerie refrain from imprisoning detainees longer than the 72-hour limit stipulated in article 48 of the Criminal Code of Procedure and grant human rights monitors access to detention centres (Germany); 130.89 Ensure effective respect for the right to a fair trial, in particular respect for the rights of the defence (France); GE.18-22821 15

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