A/HRC/36/4 120.12 Create and maintain in law and in practice a safe and enabling environment for civil society and human rights defenders, including by amending its laws to ensure compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and full independence of the judiciary in line with international standards (Ireland); 120.13 Guarantee freedom of expression and peaceful association and safeguard the activities of journalists and human rights defenders, also by amending relevant legislation in order to align it with best practices and international standards in the area of freedom of expression (Italy); Adopt the necessary legislative measures to ensure the full enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in all its forms, through the elimination of excessive restrictions on its exercise (Mexico); 120.14 Review the Organic Act on Communication and relevant executive decrees so that media outlets, civil society organizations and trade unions can operate freely, cannot be arbitrarily sanctioned or disbanded and have access to effective remedy (Czechia); Address concerns arising under the Organic Act on Communication (2013) which impose an increased level of self-censorship on media outlets (Australia); Promote the exercise of freedom of expression without undue restrictions, by amending or repealing the 2013 Organic Act on Communication (United States of America); 120.15 Eliminate all forms of discrimination and criminalization of civil society organizations, human rights defenders and the media, inter alia by repealing Executive Decrees Nos. 16, 739 and 691 and the Organic Act on Communication and by ending criminal proceedings against persons participating in social protests based on broadly worded offences contained in the Criminal Code, such as sabotage and terrorism (Germany); Consider revising Executive Decree No. 739 on the regulation of social organizations and the Organic Act on Communication in the light of international commitments on human rights (Costa Rica); Revise Presidential Decrees Nos. 16 and 739, the Criminal Code, as well as the Organic Act on Communication to bring them into line with international human rights norms (Belgium); Reform Presidential Decrees Nos. 16 and 739 and any draft law in this field to ensure the protection of human rights defenders and to ensure the independence and functioning of civil society organizations, notably by accepting the offer of technical assistance from the United Nations special rapporteurs to reform the current legislation (Switzerland); Ensure civil society organizations are able to operate freely, including groups that may be critical of the Government, by amending or repealing Presidential Decrees Nos. 16 and 739 (United States of America); 120.16 Take the necessary steps to ensure that all operations of intelligence agencies are monitored by an independent oversight mechanism (Liechtenstein); 120.17 Advance in reforming the Criminal Code to decriminalize abortion (Norway); Repeal laws criminalizing abortion in cases of rape, incest and severe fetal impairment and eliminate all punitive measures (Iceland); Reform the Comprehensive Criminal Code in relation to the legal extension of abortion and to decriminalize abortion in cases of rape, incest and severe fetal impairment (Slovenia); 120.18 Repeal the provision of the Civil Code that designates the husband as the administrator of marital property (Iceland); Repeal the legal provision that designates the husband as the administrator of marital property (Portugal); 120.19 Repeal Decree No. 1247 and establish clear procedures in secondary legislation in order to implement the right to free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples, regarding legislative or administrative measures affecting their territories and livelihood, as contained in the Constitution of 21

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