A/HRC/30/3 129.64 Amend the law on public association and mass gathering as well as media legislation to comply with international standards, including by decriminalizing defamation (Estonia); 129.65 Remove all obstacles to freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly and the press, ensuring that journalists and civil society can carry out their activities freely and safely; put an end to the harassment of journalists and remove the accreditation requirement for journalists (France); 129.66 Simplify the registration procedure for political parties and other public associations and foundations (Germany); 129.67 Promptly and effectively investigate all allegations of torture and illtreatment of prisoners and acts of intimidation, reprisals and threats against human rights defenders and journalists (Italy); 129.68 Enhance efforts to guarantee freedom of expression and association, and reform the existing legislation on freedom of information in accordance with international standards (Italy); 129.69 Fully guarantee freedom of expression and refrain from arbitrary arrest of journalists (Romania); 129.70 Implement its commitment to guarantee freedom of association and expression (Australia); 129.71 Guarantee freedoms of assembly and association and repeal article 193-1 of the Criminal Code, which criminalizes civil activity of nonregistered organizations, and the Law on Mass Events (United States of America); 129.72 Facilitate the registration of NGOs and decriminalize the organization and participation in activities of unregistered associations by repealing article 193-1 of the Criminal Code (Czech Republic); 129.73 Urgently abolish article 193-1 of the Criminal Code, which criminalizes activities by non-registered organizations and generally end the pattern of obstruction, harassment and intimidation of civil society organizations promoting and defending human rights, including trade unions, environmental groups, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex groups and human rights groups (Denmark); 129.74 Initiate legislation to repeal article 193-1 of the Criminal Code, which imposes criminal penalties for participation in unregistered organizations (Lithuania); 129.75 Promote and uphold the freedom of the media and the right to freedom of expression and ensure that legislation and practice are brought in line with article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as conducting impartial investigations into all cases of attacks, harassment and intimidation and bringing perpetrators to justice (Austria); 129.76 Take measures aimed at preventing threats and intimidation against journalists and human rights defenders, as well as against opponents of the Government (Uruguay); 129.77 Cease the intimidation, harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders, NGO groups, and journalists and provide guarantees for the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, as well as ending its restrictions and surveillance of the Internet, namely by amending its legislation 23