A/HRC/15/13 101.6. Ensure that the implementation of all articles of the Penal Code and other laws be in conformity with the international standards on the right to freedom of expression (Uruguay); 101.7. Align all articles of the Penal Code and other laws with international standards, particularly with regard to freedom of expression (Australia); 101.8. Re-examine laws on strikes to allow greater flexibility (United States). 102. The following recommendations will be examined by Turkey, which will provide responses in due course, but no later than the fifteenth session of the Human Rights Council, in September 2010: 102.1. Become a State party to the following international instruments: OPCAT, OP-CRPD and CED (Argentina); 102.2. Sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (France, Spain, Uruguay); 102.3. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Uruguay); 102.4. Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and continue its efforts towards ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Spain); 102.5. Consider withdrawing reservations to core international human rights instruments, in particular ICCPR, ICERD and CRC (Brazil); 102.6. Consider lifting geographic limitations to the 1951 Refugee Convention (Brazil); 102.7. Consider withdrawing its reservations to articles 17, 29 and 30 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and amend its anti-terrorist law so that children are not tried as adults (Uruguay); 102.8. Consider replying favourably to the requests for a visit of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and the Independent Expert on minority issues (Greece); 102.9. Enact comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation and uphold minority rights with a view to fully aligning law and practice with international human rights standards (Denmark); 102.10. Review compliance of its national legislation with the principle of nondiscrimination, in particular with regard to women and persons of minority ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, to adopt a comprehensive antidiscrimination legal framework specifically protecting against discrimination on these grounds, and lead long-term awareness-raising campaign on these issues among the public (Czech Republic); 102.11. Take steps to eliminate any discrimination in the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) individuals, including by ensuring that their right to freedom of association is fully respected (Canada); 102.12. Revise laws still containing discriminatory provisions, enact comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation and expressly include the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity in such legislation (Netherlands); 19

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