A/HRC/45/2 and the social integration of persons with disabilities. Senegal hailed the progress made by Turkey as part of the international protection efforts and the adoption of programmes and policies aimed at empowering women. 743. Sierra Leone commended Turkey for its resolve in upholding accountability of the highest human rights standards within its jurisdiction. It expressed appreciation to Turkey for hosting the largest influx of refugees, about four million people, and for upholding its obligations towards the rights of the refugees. It appreciated that Turkey supported the recommendations it presented. It also appreciated Turkey`s commitment in upholding freedom of religion since the signing of the Treaty of Peace in Lausanne in 1923. It welcomed the termination of the state of emergency in 2018 and noted that, despite the promulgation of a state of emergency, Turkey maintained and upheld its international human rights obligations. It was encouraged by Turkey`s firm commitment to cooperating with all human rights mechanisms. 744. Kazakhstan commended continued efforts by Turkey to enhance compliance with recommendations from international human rights mechanisms in both law and practice; and its implementation of systemic measures to protect the rights of women, children and minorities, and to promote the right to development. Kazakhstan expressed appreciation for Turkey’s welcoming of Syrians fleeing war-torn zones since 2011 and the exemplary humanitarian efforts made towards protecting the rights of refugees. 3. General comments made by other stakeholders 745. During the adoption of the outcome of the review of Turkey, 10 other stakeholders made statements.** 746. Lawyers for Lawyers (by video message), in a joint statement with the Law Society, welcomed Turkey’s support for some recommendations related to human rights defenders, including lawyers, and called on Turkey to effectively implement universal periodic review recommendations without delay. While noting that, in Turkey, many lawyers oftentimes face harassment, arrest, intimidation and threats, especially those working in politically sensitive cases, it urged Turkey to take measures to safeguard the independence of lawyers, and to guarantee their protection from interferences in their work. It also called on Turkey to guarantee the independence of all bar associations and reverse all legislative measures impacting it. 747. The World Evangelical Alliance thanked Turkey for the constructive participation in the universal periodic review. It brought to the attention of the Human Rights Council and to the Turkey delegation that more than sixty Protestant Christians who have lived in Turkey for many years, have been denied Turkish residence arbitrarily and without due process. It noted with regret that Turkish authorities justified this decision on the basis that they constituted a threat to national security according to confidential reports which, however, were not made accessible to the defendants’ lawyers, which is a breach of international law. It finally called on Turkey to effectively review the decision to expel the sixty Protestant Church members and to undertake a fair examination of this decision. 748. The International Federation for Human Rights Leagues regretted that the universal periodic review process was not the occasion for Tukey to address serious violations of fundamental freedoms and human rights under domestic law. It regretted that all ** The statements of stakeholders that were unable to deliver them owing to time constraints which were made available are posted on the extranet of the Human Rights Council, at https://extranet.ohchr.org/sites/hrc/HRCSessions/RegularSessions/45session/Pages/Oralstatements.aspx 119