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100.6
Ensure all alleged cases of human rights violations by security forces
are investigated urgently and transparently, with those held responsible
brought to trial swiftly (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland);
100.7
Train its lawyers and judges on the interpretation of human rights in
accordance with the principle of international human rights law (Ethiopia);
100.8
Adopt actions aimed at protecting/safeguarding the independence of
judges, including measures ensuring autonomy from the executive power with
regard to appointment and security of tenure (Mexico);
100.9
Take steps to bring labour laws and practices in line with its
international obligations, including under relevant ILO Conventions (United
States of America);
100.10
Take the necessary measures to ensure freedom of expression and
opinion, as well as freedom of association and assembly, in accordance with
international human rights standards (Portugal);
100.11
Take steps to bring domestic law and practice into line with existing
international human rights standards in relation to freedom of expression,
including media freedom (Ireland);
100.12
Harmonize the Media Decree with international standards and enact
a law on freedom of information in conformity with international standards, as
recommended by UNESCO (Mexico).
101. The following recommendations will be examined by Fiji, which will respond to
them in due course, but no later than the twenty-eighth session of the Human Rights
Council, in March 2015:
101.1
Bolster the constitutional Bill of Rights by acceding to ICCPR and
the first Optional Protocol thereto and, in that context, initiate a process in
order to ensure compatibility of existing national laws and decrees with the new
Constitution. Part of this process should be strengthening the judiciary
(Germany);
101.2
Demonstrate its commitment toward protecting and promoting
human rights and fundamental freedoms by acceding to, without delay, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Canada);
101.3
Complete the work towards the ratification of the core international
human rights treaties, firstly ICCPR and ICESCR within the period of the next
review (Russian Federation);
101.4
Ratify the first optional protocol to ICCPR (Uruguay); Ratify the
first optional protocol to ICCPR (Estonia); Move on speedily to the ratification
and/or application of human rights instruments and optional protocols,
particularly the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights (Chile); Accede to the international treaties on human
rights and ratify the first Optional Protocol to ICCPR (Portugal);
101.5
Accede to the international treaties on human rights and ratify the
Optional Protocol to ICESCR (Portugal);
101.6
Move on speedily to the ratification and/or application of human
rights instruments and optional protocols, particularly the Optional Protocol to
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