A/HRC/17/4 79.21. Respond effectively to the request for information by the Human Rights Committee in 2009 regarding the follow-up given to the recommendations related to forced disappearances, assassinations, summary and extrajudicial executions, and life sentences in isolation cells (Spain); 80. The following recommendations will be examined by Rwanda, which will respond in due course, but no later than the seventeenth session of the Human Rights Council in June 2011. The responses will be included in the outcome report adopted by Council at its seventeenth session: 80.1. Make the law on NGOs more flexible, in particular by abolishing the annual registration requirement (Switzerland); 80.2. Urgently reform legislation on the registration of political parties so as to favour the creation of a political sphere that guarantees pluralism for all political parties, further to articles 25 and 26 of ICCPR( Spain); 80.3. Abrogate any provisions of defamation in criminal law, and replace them by appropriate provisions under civil law (Canada); 80.4. Urgently investigate cases of arbitrary arrest and detention, including those which may constitute enforced disappearances (Sweden); 80.5. Decriminalize press offenses, and reform or repeal the Media Law, which limits the freedom of press (United States); 80.6. Remove restrictions related to the activities of journalists, in particular the obligation to register and the high level of qualification required to establish a newspaper, and ensure journalists, in particular those known for their critical position vis-à-vis the Government, the liberty to practice their profession, carry out investigations, and publish the results thereof, without reprisals (Switzerland); conduct investigations into the acts of intimidation or aggression towards journalists who criticize the Government, and guarantee that any restriction to the exercise of their profession is compatible with the provisions of ICCPR (Poland); ensure that allegations of harassment of journalists are investigated, that perpetrators are punished, and the independent media are free from unjustified restrictions (United Kingdom); 80.7. Take immediate action to allow journalists, political activists and human rights defenders, including those critical of the Government, to exercise their right to freedom of expression and opinion without threats and harassment, and urgently investigate all reports of human rights abuses, and ensure that those responsible are held accountable (Sweden); 80.8. Ensure freedom of the press, and reply to the concerns raised by the experts of the Human Rights Committee in their 2009 report (France); 80.9. Lift de jure and de facto restrictions on political parties to allow for genuine political participation and dialogue (Austria); investigate allegations of manipulation and abuse concerning the registration of political parties (Canada); treat all political parties on an equal footing and offer them equal opportunities in line with articles 25 and 26 of ICCPR, including through a transparent and impartial party-registration process (United Kingdom); remove all existing restrictions on political activities and ensure that political parties and political activists can carry out their legitimate activities on an equal footing, without fear of reprisals or prosecution (Slovakia); 80.10. Ensure full respect for freedom of association, by lifting restrictions that limit the free exercise thereof (France); 18