A/HRC/43/13 122.7 Continue its commitment to ratify international treaties (Armenia); 122.8 Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities establishing the individual communications procedure and the inquiry procedure (Bangladesh); 122.9 Consider ratifying the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and acceding to the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (Côte d’Ivoire); 122.10 Consider ratifying the conventions it has already signed, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Niger); 122.11 Take measures to continue the decentralization of the country (Germany); 122.12 Consider enacting comprehensive legislation that provides full and effective protection against discrimination in all forms, and which contains a comprehensive list of prohibited offences that constitute grounds of discrimination (Ghana); 122.13 Launch a transparent, independent investigation into allegations of arbitrary or unlawful killings of criminal suspects by the security forces, especially during operations to combat cattle rustling (United States of America); 122.14 Create an independent mechanism to investigate reports of acts of torture and ill-treatment committed by members of the police and security forces (Costa Rica); 122.15 Implement a national reconciliation policy to combat impunity (Senegal); 122.16 Strengthen, through financial and human resources, the Independent Anti-Corruption Bureau (BIANCO) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (SAMIFIN), in order to fight more effectively against corruption in the country (Haiti); 122.17 Cease the harassment, arbitrary detention and intimidation of human rights defenders exercising their right to freedom of expression, including environmental activists (United States of America); 122.18 Enhance the freedom of expression by amending all restrictive provisions of the law on communication and the cybercrimes law, and align these laws with constitutional provisions and international human rights standards (Netherlands); 122.19 Ensure that laws on libel, contempt and slander fully respect the right to freedom of expression (Canada); 122.20 Repeal the offence of insulting public officials (Canada); 122.21 Revise the legislation related to the activities of the press and communication media to strictly comply with the provisions of article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Chile); 122.22 Take all the necessary measures to release all persons detained exclusively for exercising their rights to expression, opinion, association and assembly (France); 122.23 Continue to enact and fully implement legislation that seeks to promote and protect the rights to freedom of expression and religion (Ghana); 122.24 Amend legislation which unduly restricts freedom of expression, in line with international and regional human rights law, including by decriminalizing defamation and abolishing insult laws (Iceland); 20 GE.19-21780

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