A/HRC/11/L.10 page 175 714. Amnesty International was disappointed that Malaysia did not support key recommendations to protect refugees, asylum-seekers and migrant workers; to end the practice of whipping for immigration offences; to abolish the death penalty and corporal punishment; and to reform restrictive laws used to suppress peaceful political dissent. It urged Malaysia to reconsider these. Concern was expressed about Malaysia’s rejection of recommendations to further the right to peaceful assembly in the light of recent arrests of up to 160 people for illegal assembly. The Government’s assurances that conditions in immigration detention centres were adequate should be re-examined. It regretted the rejection of recommendations to ratify the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, urging that Malaysia reconsider this stance. 715. The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development stated that Malaysia should immediately establish an independent police complaints and misconduct commission to conduct inquests within a month of each death in custody. Malaysia should immediately implement all recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur on the right to education in relation to indigenous communities. It encouraged Malaysia to respond positively to the nine pending requests for visits and make standing invitations to all special procedures mandate holders and make genuine efforts to ratify core international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 716. Action Canada for Population and Development referred to Malaysia’s acknowledgments regarding the penal code and the Minor Offences Act. It considered that the enforcement of these laws was targeted at people of non-normative sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. It encouraged Malaysia to promote non-discrimination and tolerance, and to amend the penal code and all laws that discriminated against people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, including decriminalizing consensual sexual acts and allowing for the change of a person’s name and sex on identification papers, and to train law enforcement officers and the judiciary. 717. The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches stated that Malaysia continued to refuse to ratify the Convention relating to the Status