A/HRC/14/8 6. To consider ratifying all outstanding human rights instruments of the United Nations, and to improve its cooperation with United Nations treaty bodies by agreeing to submit overdue reports in a timely manner (Norway); 7. To ratify those human rights treaties pending ratification (Chile)/ratify the major international human rights treaties, including (Japan)/in particular (Chile) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Canada, Chile, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland) and its two Optional Protocols (Chile), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Chile, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland) in a timely fashion (Japan), the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Chile, Switzerland), the Optional Protocols to those respective treaties (Switzerland) and the two Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Chile); 8. To abolish the application of death penalty for crimes prohibited in the Military Code, and to sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Spain); 9. To align domestic legislation with international standards on detention, and to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Italy); 10. To ensure the full enjoyment by all children of the rights recognized in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly with regard to access to education and health services (Slovenia); 11. To make every effort to achieve a sustainable return to democracy and constitutional rule at the earliest time possible (Republic of Korea); 12. To uphold the rule of law, including human rights in domestic law, by immediately reinstating the 1997 Constitution (Israel); 13. To consider establishing, as soon as possible in 2010, a full constitutional assembly that will shape the future of Fiji for Fijians and by Fijians (Maldives); 14. To take the appropriate measures to reinstate the legitimate authority, as this is crucial for the strengthening of the country’s ability to guarantee human rights (Algeria); 15. To ensure that human rights are afforded full legal and constitutional protection in Fiji (Australia); 16. To accord the utmost importance, in the formulation of the new Constitution, to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms (Philippines); 17. To ensure that human rights are explicitly protected in domestic law, including by reinstating the 1997 Constitution and immediately restoring the judges, magistrates and other judicial officers removed by President Iloilo on 10 April 2009 (United States of America); 18. To strive to move forward its reform programme in order to restore democracy as soon as possible (Maldives); 19. To take immediate, clear and credible steps to return Fiji to democracy and the rule of law, including through a broad-based and genuine dialogue among the key political parties in Fiji, and in line with calls by the Security Council, which will enable Fiji to fully participate once again in the 13

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