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79.1. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) and ICCPR-OP 1 (Hungary); sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to
ICESCR, ICCPR-OP 1, OP-CAT and the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from the Enforced Disappearance (CED) (Spain);
consider ratifying outstanding international human rights instruments, and
update domestic legislation to be in line with the provisions of those
international treaties (South Africa); consider ratifying OP-CAT (Azerbaijan);
ratify OP-CAT and thereby allow country visits (Germany); become party to
OP-CAT and establish an official national preventive mechanism (Maldives);
ratify and implement in national law the outstanding core international human
rights treaties, in particular OP-ICESCR and CED (Netherlands); sign, ratify
and incorporate into national legislation key human rights treaties, such as
ICCPR-OP 1, OP-CAT and CED (Sweden);
79.2. Respond to all the cases submitted by the Working Group on Enforced
or Involuntary Disappearances, sign and ratify CED, and fully recognize the
competency of the Committee (France);
79.3. Accelerate the revision of the Genocide Ideology Law by precisely
defining the crime in line with international standards, and ensuring that
intention, assistance and incitement to genocide are clearly stated in the
definition (Switzerland); review the definition of “genocide ideology” in the
homonymous 2008 law so that it allows for diversity of opinion (Austria);
review the 2008 Genocide Ideology Law and other related laws to bring them in
line with international standards through a more precise and restrictive
definition of the crime, including a clear statement of intent to commit, assist or
incite genocide (Italy); continue the review of genocide ideology and related
laws, and rigorously apply the provisions of article 20 of ICCPR by taking
strictly necessary and proportionate measures (Belgium);
79.4. Ensure the law relating to the punishment of the crime of “genocide
ideology” is not manipulated or interpreted in a manner that restricts the
responsible exercise of the freedom of opinion, expression or association
(Australia); specify the definition and legal scope of the term “divisionism” and
revise Law 18/2008 punishing the crime of “genocide ideology” in order to
prevent its abuse for political or partisan purposes (Canada);
79.5. Accelerate the legal reform process in order to ensure that all
discriminatory provisions in the legislation are abolished (Moldova);
79.6. Adopt new measures to find a solution to the problem of overcrowding
in prisons (Algeria); strengthen measures taken within the reform policies to
make the prison system more humane, in particular through training of
personnel and improved prison administration (Morocco); separate convicted
offenders from pretrial detainees (Austria);
79.7. Pursue justice-system reforms, in particular with regard to
strengthening the independence of the judiciary with focus on eliminating
corruption and political interference (Slovakia); adopt measures to strengthen
the independence of the judiciary and guard against corruption and political
interference (United States); continue reforms of the justice system, in
particular measures to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and
reinforce witness protection (Austria); continue to reform the justice system to
enhance the independence of the judiciary and improve witness protection
(Australia); continue the reform of the judiciary in order to give more
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