A/HRC/39/15 121.102 Combat impunity by undertaking prompt, independent, effective and impartial investigations into allegations of human rights violations and crimes under international law by those held to account in accordance with international fair trial standards and the rule of law and without recourse to the death penalty, and ensure redress for victims (New Zealand); 121.103 Acknowledge and investigate credible allegations of human rights violations and abuses, and hold those responsible to account (United States of America); 121.104 Allow independent international and regional human rights investigators unhindered access to investigate and monitor human rights violations, including through unannounced inspection visits, to all places of detention (New Zealand); 121.105 Take appropriate measures to align conditions of detention with international standards (Italy); 121.106 Pursue efforts to prevent torture and to improve prison conditions (Morocco); 121.107 Release all those arbitrarily detained, make every effort to ensure the human rights of prisoners and detainees are fully observed, and ensure an end to practices of torture and illegal detention (New Zealand); 121.108 Ensure that civilians are not tried by military courts (Poland); 121.109 Put an end to incommunicado detention and ensure that no person is deprived of liberty in secret or placed in unofficial detention facilities (Republic of Korea); 121.110 End the practice of incommunicado detention and ensure that no one is detained in a secret or officially unrecognized place, including unregistered military detention centres (Austria); 121.111 Carry out investigations into alleged torture and ill-treatment of detained persons, ban incommunicado detention and enact laws aiming at the prevention of torture in places of detention (Czechia); 121.112 Investigate thoroughly all cases of the use of excessive force against demonstrators and participants in public gatherings, and all cases of torture and illegal detention by security forces (Poland); 121.113 Lift unnecessary restrictions on freedom of assembly, investigate the alleged excessive use of force in dispersing demonstrations and ensure that arrested protestors receive a fair trial (Australia); 121.114 Take appropriate measures to ensure that security forces comply with international human rights laws and standards, including by conducting independent and transparent investigations into allegations of excessive use of force and by prosecuting perpetrators (Belgium); 121.115 Guarantee the protection of the civilian population by ensuring that reported cases of violations and abuses committed by the security forces are independently investigated and their perpetrators brought to justice (Switzerland); 121.116 Investigate all reported cases of violations and abuses, and hold perpetrators to account in accordance with the rule of law, in the context of concerns raised about arbitrary arrests, excessive violence and extrajudicial executions by government forces, armed groups against members of the country’s English-speaking minority, and allegations of torture of detainees suspected of belonging to terrorist groups (Slovakia); 121.117 Endeavour to end all use of arbitrary arrest and detention of citizens, and the use of torture and other cruel treatment (Botswana); GE.18-11388 17

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