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international community, including the Pacific Islands Forum and the
Commonwealth (Australia);
20.
To re-establish, peacefully and without further delay, the constitutional
order in the country, engaging in a genuine dialogue with all ethnic
communities, through free and fair democratic elections as the only means for
the Government’s legitimacy, the return of the rule of law and respect for
human rights. The underlying issues that have led to Fiji’s political instability
should be duly addressed (Slovakia);
21.
To return to constitutional rule, to restore a democratic form of
Government, to reinstate an independent judiciary, to repeal the Public
Emergency Regulations and to reinstate the full independence of the Human
Rights Commission (Norway);
22.
To instigate an open and inclusive national dialogue leading to early and
credible elections (United Kingdom);
23.
To hold free elections, given the importance of democracy for the full
realization of human rights (Brazil);
24.
To take immediate steps towards holding democratic elections before the
end of 2010, in order to restore democratic institutions and processes in Fiji
(Canada);
25.
To take immediate steps towards holding democratic elections and
returning Fiji to constitutional rule (New Zealand);
26.
To guarantee the right to universal suffrage with a view to holding
genuinely free, competitive and democratic elections as soon as possible, and to
extend a standing invitation to international electoral observers (Spain);
27.
To reconsider the need to maintain the current state of emergency, given
its implications for human rights, with a view to lifting it as soon as possible,
and to ensure that as long as it is still in force, all human rights and
fundamental freedoms that cannot be derogated under international law are
respected (Mexico);
28.
To immediately lift all Public Emergency Regulations and to abolish any
policy or decree that restricts the freedom of the media or the rights of freedom
of association and movement (United Kingdom);
29.
To put an end to the state of emergency in force since 2009 (Chile);
30.
To rescind the Public Emergency Regulations 2009 and not replace them
with equivalent measures (New Zealand);
31.
To repeal immediately the Public Emergency Regulations in force since
10 April 2009 (United States);
32.
To ensure the elaboration, in full transparency, of a new constitution
guaranteeing the rights and freedoms of each individual, and to lift the state of
emergency to allow the re-establishment of civil and political rights (France);
33.
To repeal the Public Emergency Regulations and to establish conditions
allowing for freedom of expression, assembly and democratic dialogue,
including by ensuring protection from harassment and freedom for political
activists and human rights defenders (Canada);
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