A/HRC/14/17 5. Apply national legislation to individuals without discrimination based on their belonging to a religious minority or on sexual orientation (Switzerland); 6. To engage towards the abolition of the death penalty by adopting a moratorium, commuting all sentences already pronounced and by reducing the number of offences punishable by this penalty (France); Consider the elimination of the death penalty and, in all events, adjust its implementation to the provisions of Article 6 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Chile); Join the moratorium established by General Assembly Resolution 62/149, as a preliminary step toward abolishing capital punishment (Spain); Consider a moratorium on death penalty with a view to abolishing it in the future (Brazil); Establish, as a first stage, a moratorium on all executions and then fully abolish the death penalty (Switzerland); Introduce at the earliest a moratorium on the death penalty (Belgium); Consider introducing a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolishing it in the near future (Greece); 7. Review national legal provisions, as e.g. those criminalising “habitual debauchery”, which are open to abuse for persecution and intimidation of persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity or of persons with HIV/AIDS (Czech Republic); 8. Fully implement Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that "Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status," and to recognize that "sex" also includes sexual orientation (Canada); 9. Remove any categorization by religion on State documents including ID cards (Canada); 10. Pass legislation that allows NGOs to accept foreign funding without prior government approval, legislation that allows for increased freedom of association and assembly, and legislation allowing labour unions to operate without joining the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (United States of America); 11. Invite independent national and international election monitoring teams to the upcoming elections (Austria); 12. Allow international election observation in all upcoming elections (Canada); 13. End the exceptional state of emergency and lift the Emergency Law, and to abstain from legislation that introduces measures of Emergency Law into the Constitution (Germany); 14. Remove the penalty of imprisonment from articles 102bis, 179, and 308 of the Penal Code (Ireland). 98. The following recommendations did not enjoy the support since Egypt considers they are inaccurate and/or factually incorrect: 1. Eliminate legal and bureaucratic restrictions affecting an individual’s right to choose his or her religion (United States of America); 2. Release bloggers and activists currently detained under the Emergency Law and cease its arrests and detentions of political activists (United States of America); 20