A/HRC/19/8 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 23

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