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89.63. Engage in a review of special security laws, with a view to amending
legislation and regulations which restrict or deny freedoms of expression,
association and peaceful assembly that are inconsistent with obligations under
international law, including the Internal Security Act, the Computer Crimes
Act, the Emergency Decree, the Official Information Act, and lèse-majesté
provisions (Canada);
89.64. Ensure, through legislative reforms, that protection and promotion of
laws of freedom of expression as well as of peaceful assembly and association
are guaranteed for all inhabitants of the country (Switzerland);
89.65. Apply a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights
approach to guarantee access of all sex workers, as well as their clients and
clients’ spouses and partners, to adequate health services and sexual education
(Finland);
89.66. Strengthen the legal rights framework and enforcement of these rights
for migrants, asylum seekers and victims of trafficking (Canada);
89.67. Establish a long term policy for addressing migrant workers (United
Kingdom);
89.68. Ensure migrants found at sea are afforded the full measures of
protection they are entitled to under international law (New Zealand);
89.69. Reverse current practices regarding the rights of refugees, asylum
seekers and migrant workers (Slovakia);
89.70. Become a party to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of
Refugees and the 1967 Protocol; ensure respect for the principle of nonrefoulement with respect to asylum seekers and refugees; avoid a premature
move to close camps on the Western border while conditions for voluntary, safe
and dignified return do not exist; and meet the protection needs of vulnerable
peoples, such as the Rohingya, in accordance with international law (Canada);
89.71.
Refrain from the refoulement of asylum-seekers (Brazil);
89.72. Facilitate the access to asylum procedures as well as to UNHCR in
order to guarantee an international protection to asylum seekers (Switzerland).
90.
All conclusions and recommendations contained in the present report reflect
the position of the submitting States and the State under review. They should not be
construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.
III. Voluntary pledges and commitments
91.
Thailand will become a party to the Convention for the Protection of All Persons
from Enforced Disappearance, ILO Conventions No. 87 on Freedom of Association and
Protection of the Right to Organise and No. 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective
Bargaining.
92.
Thailand will withdraw its reservation to article 16 of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It will also withdraw the
interpretative declarations to articles 6 and 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and article 18 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
93.
Thailand will amend its laws to be more in alignment with international human
rights instruments, which includes ensuring that criminal laws are aligned with the
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