A/HRC/28/8 100.6 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 20

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