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96.3. Make declarations under article 14 of the International Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and article 22 of the
Convention against Torture, to recognize the individual complaints
mechanisms under those treaties (Republic of Korea);
96.4. Consider becoming a party to the 1967 Protocol to the United Nations
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; adopt asylum legislation; sign a
memorandum of understanding with the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR), formalizing the presence of UNHCR in the Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya and allowing UNHCR greater access to detained asylumseekers and migrants (United States);
96.5. Accede to international refugee protection instruments, adopt national
asylum legislation and appropriate administrative structures, and reach a
formal agreement with UNHCR to establish the agency’s presence and
operations in the country (Canada);
96.6. Amend or repeal legislation that applies the death penalty to nonserious crimes, as recommended by the Human Rights Committee, including
the exercise of the right to freedom of expression or opinion or the
establishment of groups, organizations or associations based on a political
ideology contrary to the principles of the 1969 revolution (articles 206 and 207
of the Penal Code) (Israel);
96.7. Ensure equality, under the law and in practice, of women, and amend
all discriminatory legal provisions concerning marriage (including polygamy),
male guardianship, child custody, divorce and inheritance, as recommended by
the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (Israel);
96.8. Review the assessment regarding the absence of any racial
discrimination within the country, as recommended by the Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and adopt legislation that prohibits racial
discrimination, especially against Black Africans, as well as guarantee that
migrant workers are treated on a non-discriminatory basis, as recommended
by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Israel);
96.9. Reinforce measures to ensure the full investigation of allegations of
torture, disappearances and arbitrary detention, and that it fully prosecutes
and appropriately punishes persons responsible (Canada);
96.10. Publish a list of all those killed in 1996 at Abu Selim prison, and
provide their families with death certificates stating the place, date and exact
circumstances of death (United Kingdom);
96.11. Respect obligations under ICCPR by freeing persons currently under
administrative detention and by putting an end to arbitrary detention and
torture (Switzerland);
96.12. Consistent with the requirements of fair trial provided for in Libyan
constitutional instruments and relevant international conventions it has signed
and ratified, abolish all special courts and related institutions, including the
State Security Court and Prosecution Office, and abrogate all laws, provisions
and powers related to the People’s Court (Canada);
96.13. Ensure the independence of the judiciary and international standards
of fair trial, including the right to be speedily tried, the right to be informed of
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