A/HRC/44/43/Add.2 abuses; and ensure effective oversight by means of institution strengthening and capacity-building for relevant State actors; (d) Repeal the relevant parts of the law on the classification of public documents relating to national security and defence and subsequent relevant decrees that classify information on technical studies, environmental licences and the locations of concessions as secret; (e) Ensure effective implementation and oversight of the regulation prohibiting mining activities in protected areas, and remove any legal and administrative barriers to the prompt registration of protected areas in the Catalogue of Inalienable Public Forestry Heritage; (f) Ensure protection of the right of people living in rural areas, including indigenous peoples, to possess, use, develop and control their lands, and resources with full security of their land rights; this includes the establishment of an appropriate and effective permanent mechanism to enable indigenous peoples to submit claims and obtain compensation for abuses of rights over their lands and natural resources; the mechanism should coordinate with the judiciary, agricultural authorities and the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Ethnic Groups and Cultural Heritage, and be provided with the technical and budgetary capacity necessary; (g) Take immediate measures to protect the life and integrity of people at risk because of their work defending the rights of communities, their land or the environment in the context of development projects, and ensure prompt and impartial investigation into cases involving threats and violence against them; this requires strengthening existing mechanisms (for example, the national protection mechanism for human rights defenders) and developing new initiatives with the systematic integration of a gender perspective, such as: (i) The establishment, within the Office of the Attorney General, of integrated teams with attorneys from relevant units of special offices to strengthen its capacity to investigate all dimensions of crimes against defenders and indigenous peoples, including when perpetrated by private entities; (ii) Preventing further misuse of the judicial system to criminalize human rights defenders, including by developing safeguards and procedures to assess whether criminal complaints are used as a pretext to prevent them from exercising their rights to seek effective legal remedies for the communities and individuals they represent; (iii) Immediately repealing the provisions in the new Criminal Code and legislative decree No. 102-2017 criminalizing dissent and silencing individuals who stand up for victims of business-related human rights abuse; (h) Adopt the legal reforms necessary to promote greater transparency relating to business activity, including with regard to conflicts of interest among public officials with respect to their business associations and investments, and those of their close family members; the regulatory framework should comply with standards under the United Nations Convention against Corruption; (i) Amend relevant provisions in the new Criminal Code that reduce criminal penalties for crimes, such as corruption and fraud, and repeal the Departmental Social Fund Law as part of the efforts to combat corruption and impunity; (j) Reform the labour rights regime, including occupation health and safety regulations, to bring it into line with international labour standards, including by: (i) Establishing an independent and adequately staffed, trained and resourced Labour Inspectorate with a broad mandate to inspect, enforce and impose penalties in cases of non-compliance with all human rights pertaining to workplace in all sectors, including in the fishing industry affecting Miskito indigenous peoples, with an emphasis on prevention; 19