A/HRC/43/12 26.164 End the practice of filtering online content and restricting access to the Internet (Israel); 26.165 Guarantee freedom of opinion, expression and assembly and cease arresting human rights defenders peacefully exercising these rights (Italy); 26.166 Repeal or amend articles 186, 498, 610, 638 and 639 of the Islamic Penal Code, which criminalize rights regarding freedom of expression and the broad and vague definitions of which are arbitrarily misused to silence human rights defenders, including through imprisonment and corporal punishment (Netherlands); 26.167. Take steps to encourage freedom of expression, ensuring that human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists are not subjected to intimidation or arbitrary arrest in connection with their work (New Zealand); 26.168 Cease the censorship of the media, as well as the arbitrary detention and intimidation of journalists (Norway); 26.169 Guarantee freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and the press, by removing the restrictions to access local and international news sites, and by releasing persons detained for having exercised or defended these rights (France); 26.170 Guarantee the right to a fair trial, including the right to choose one’s lawyer, including for those accused of offences related to national security (Switzerland); 26.171 Establish an independent judiciary, including significant reforms to the revolutionary courts, and implement fair trial guarantees (United States of America); 26.172 Take all necessary measures and procedures to ensure compliance with fair trial standards (Bahrain); 26.173 Promptly allow an impartial trial process that weighs evidence and ensures defendants, and lawyers of their choosing, can have timely access to the charges and evidence (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 26.174 Continue strengthening the judicial system, especially in relation to the rights of women and children (Bhutan); 26.175 Continue to effectively remove barriers for access to justice for women, children, persons with disabilities and persons in vulnerable situations (Fiji); 26.176 Put in place measures aimed at respecting legal safeguards, for instance, through the publication of the sentences handed down and the possibility of appealing them, as well as complying with international standards in cases in which persons are temporarily detained (Spain); 26.177 Guarantee the right to a fair trial and repeal article 48 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (France); 26.178 Ensure the independence of the judicial system, the rules of fair trial, the right to defence and access to a freely chosen lawyer (Germany); 26.179 Align laws and practices on the right to a fair trial and on the rights to freedoms of opinion and expression, of peaceful assembly and association, and of religion and belief with international obligations and commitments, by removing restrictions against human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, and ethnic and religious minorities, including the Baha’i community (Lithuania); 26.180 Guarantee, in law and practice, fair trial standards, including access to legal representation from the time of arrest through all stages of trial and 15