A/HRC/38/10 137.149 Take measures to strengthen efforts in increasing the number of judges and prosecutors, with a view to curbing extended pretrial detention (Botswana); 137.150 Fully respect, protect and fulfil the rights to freedom of expression and of assembly, including by lifting restrictive provisions of the Penal Code Act, the 2015 press law, and the Law on public gatherings to conform with regional and international human rights obligations (New Zealand); 137.151 Fully respect freedom of expression and assembly, reopen independent media, and put an end to the persecution of human rights defenders, civil society actors and opposition politicians (Norway); 137.152 Ensure respect of the right to freedom of expression, in particular for the independent press and human rights defenders (France); 137.153 Guarantee fully freedom of expression and the press, and freedom of assembly and association, in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Greece); 137.154 Guarantee the full exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and association and ensure a safe environment conducive to the work of human rights defenders and civil society organizations (Italy); 137.155 Ensure the respect of the freedoms of association, assembly and protest, in particular for human rights defenders (France); 137.156 Lift the legal and financial measures targeting human rights defenders and journalists and, in the short term, take all necessary measures to prevent acts of harassment and violence against them, in particular by ensuring that the perpetrators are brought to justice (Belgium); 137.157 Lift the measures limiting or preventing the legitimate work of members of civil society and journalists, in particular by amending the new laws governing the press, foreign non-governmental organizations and nonprofit organizations in Burundi with a view to ensuring their compliance with international human rights norms (Switzerland); 137.158 Lift the legal and financial measures against human rights defenders and journalists, and prevent all acts of harassment and violence against them (Austria); 137.159 Review the laws adopted in 2017 regarding non-profit organizations and foreign non-governmental organizations, and lift suspensions and reverse the revocation of licences of media and civil society organizations so they can resume their activities with complete independence (Sweden); 137.160 Ensure the safety, and respect the independence of, all media and civil society organizations, including by withdrawing all restrictive measures adopted since April 2015 (Canada); 137.161 Allow civil society activists, journalists and international human rights organizations to carry out their work without obstruction and reprisals, including by lifting the legal and financial measures targeting them (Finland); 137.162 End all acts of reprisal, intimidation and harassment against journalists and media in and outside Burundi, and avoid new legal restrictions on media independence (Netherlands); 137.163 Put an end to the sanctions against non-governmental organizations defending human rights, media and civil society and set up a national mechanism for the protection of human rights defenders (Czechia); 137.164 Put an immediate end to any intimidation of or sanction against members of non-governmental organizations defending human rights and journalists (Estonia); GE.18-06283 19