A/HRC/14/14 10. Resume the de facto suspension of the death penalty pending its abolition (Sweden); 11. Abolish the death penalty or, if not, establish a moratorium, consistent with Australia’s support for its universal abolition (Australia); 12. Abolish the death penalty or, otherwise, establish a moratorium (Chile); 13. Establish an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty and commute all current death sentences (New Zealand); 14. Amend the concerned legislation to establish an immediate moratorium on the death penalty with a view of abolishing the capital punishment entirely in line with the United Nations General Assembly resolutions 62/149 and 63/168 as well as the second Optional Protocol to ICCPR and transfer the existing death sentences to imprisonment terms (Slovakia); 15. Halt immediately all executions and implement a moratorium on the use of the death penalty (Canada); 16. Halt all executions and establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolishing the capital punishment (Slovenia); 17. Impose a moratorium on pending executions and review the Penal Code with the aim of a complete abolition of the death penalty (Hungary); 18. Establish the moratorium on the death penalty (Ukraine); 19. Establish a moratorium on executions (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 20. Immediately implement a moratorium on executions and work further towards fully abolishing the death penalty (Austria); 21. Commit to the path of abolishing the capital punishment by adopting as soon as possible, a moratorium and commuting the sentences that have already been pronounced (France); 22. Abolish the death penalty (Germany); 23. Investigate all allegations of persecution based on gender and sexual orientation and that charges be brought against those behind these crimes (Norway); 24. Ensure all reports of human rights violations, including those against religious minorities and homosexuals, are investigated and prosecuted (Australia); 25. Fully investigate all allegations of persecution based on gender and sexual orientation (Canada); 26. Decriminalize homosexuality and ensure that the authors of violence against homosexuals are brought to justice (France); 27. Ensure that Iraq’s national legislation guarantees the rights of boys, girls and adolescents and establishes 18 as the age of adulthood, especially regarding penal responsibility (Mexico). 84. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole. 22

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