A/HRC/15/16 meantime, establish an immediate moratorium on executions (Belgium); enact an immediate moratorium on executions with a view to ending the use of the death penalty, and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well as the Sixth and Thirteenth Protocols to the European Convention on Human Rights (Finland); immediately establish a moratorium on executions with a view to the definite abolition of the death penalty, and commute all death sentences to prison sentences (France); 98.18. Release complete information on the execution of Mr. Andrei Zhuk and Mr. Vasily Yuzepchuk in Minsk in March of this year (Norway); 98.19. Suspend the duties of all officers of security forces implicated in cases of enforced disappearance, extrajudicial execution or torture, and ensure that impartial and credible inquiries are carried out so that those responsible for such acts are brought to justice (France); suspend the duties of officials implicated in any cases of enforced disappearance, summary execution and torture, and ensure all necessary measures are taken to investigate fully and impartially such cases and to bring the alleged perpetrators to justice before an independent tribunal, and, if found guilty, to ensure that they are punished in accordance with the international human rights obligations of Belarus, in compliance with General Assembly resolution 62/169 (Israel); 98.20. Implement the recommendations of the report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on disappeared persons in Belarus, and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Netherlands); 98.21. Introduce the definition of torture reflecting that in article 1 of CAT into its national legislation (Czech Republic); 98.22. Ensure prompt, impartial and comprehensive investigations of all complaints of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment (Italy); 98.23. Intensify its efforts to investigate, identify and, if applicable, punish alleged perpetrators of the harassment, arbitrary detention and torture of opponents of the Government, including journalists and human rights defenders (Spain); 98.24. Forbid corporal punishment of children and take order in that matter (Brazil); 98.25. Reinforce the independence of the judiciary (Brazil); 98.26. Ensure that all trials observe international standards for fair trial, and that the Government responds to concerns by defence lawyers and nongovernmental organizations regarding trials against human rights defenders (Norway); 98.27. In order to ensure freedom of expression, fully implement provisions of the Constitution of Belarus on freedom of expression, protect all journalists from harassment, and create an enabling environment for the operation of free media through, inter alia, the simplification of registration and accreditation procedures (Lithuania); take concrete steps to meet its obligations on creating an environment that fosters freedom of expression (Norway); eliminate all restrictions on the ability of journalists to report on and criticize Government policy (Canada); develop an action plan to ensure that journalists are able to 20

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