A/HRC/15/13 102.28. Fully respect the right to choose and express religious beliefs freely, including for members of both recognized and unrecognized religious minorities (United States); 102.29. Take steps to combat religious intolerance, as exemplified by the characterization in textbooks of missionary activities as a national threat (United States); 102.30. Work constructively with all religious communities to address undue constraints on designated places of worship, training of clergy, and lack of legal personality (Australia); 102.31. Allow children of Greek citizens working in Istanbul to attend the Greek minority schools. So far, only children of employees of the Consulate of Greece are allowed (Greece); 102.32. Develop human rights education and training to members of the police, military, prison and detention staff and judiciary in order to include specific focus on the protection of the rights of women, children and persons of minority ethnicity or sexual orientation and gender identity (Czech Republic); 102.33. Pursue its efforts for swift implementation of the Law on Foundations, and commit itself to undertake all necessary reforms in order to address the property-rights claims of non-Muslim Foundations (Bulgaria); 102.34. Improve the structures surrounding the situation for refugees, towards ensuring full respect in accordance with Turkey’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law for the right of all persons to seek asylum as well as for the enjoyment of other rights of persons seeking asylum (Sweden); 102.35. Take the necessary measures to avoid the return of refugee and asylum-seeker children who have been recruited or involved in hostilities (Mexico); 102.36. Establish a formal system for granting asylum or otherwise recognizing refugee status, and remove the present geographic limitation (United States); 102.37. Ensure that refugees and asylum-seekers are dealt with as defined under international law and standards (Iraq); 102.38. Establish a mechanism to review the legislation to combat terrorism to guarantee, to the same extent, due protection to human rights and fundamental freedoms (Mexico); 102.39. That Penal Code articles 301 and 318 and the Anti-Terror Law be revised or abolished (United States). 103. The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Turkey: 103.1. Lift the reservation to article 22 of ICERD as well as the two declarations on the implementation and the territorial applicability of the convention (Greece); 103.2. Withdraw its reservation to article 27 of ICCPR on minority rights, and ratify the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Netherlands, Austria); 103.3. Engage in open-ended consultations with the full range of ethnic and religious minority groups on measures to improve respect for all human rights of persons belonging to minorities (Canada); 21

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