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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);
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