A/HRC/31/7 87.13 Ensure that all criminal law provisions, including Section 244A of the Criminal Code, which imposes harsh penalties for a wide range of legitimate expression, are fully consistent with the enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association (Canada); 87.14 Lift restrictions on access to the Internet within Nauru and facilitate access of journalists to the country, (Germany); 87.15 Allow international media organizations increased access, including through a reduction of prohibitively expensive visa fees (New Zealand); 87.16 Reduce entry visa fees for foreign journalists (Timor-Leste); 87.17 Adopt a legislative framework that protects effectively activists in the civil society against all types of reprisals, in particular journalists and human rights defenders (Belgium); 87.18 Take legal and institutional measures to strengthen the independence of the judges, ensure freedom of expression and lift the restrictions on access to Internet and social media (Costa Rica); 87.19 Ensure that asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, particularly unaccompanied minors and children are given all necessary protection and social support (New Zealand); 87.20 Grant access of independent observers to detention centres for migrants and clarify their status (Spain); 87.21 Authorize independent entities, such as journalists and local, national and international organizations, to travel freely in all areas of the detention centre for migrants with the aim to monitor the conditions of detention (France); 87.22 Take immediate measures to improve the physical conditions and security situation in detention and processing centres for asylum seekers, especially for women and children. Invest in finding timely, adequate and durable solutions for refugees (Germany); 87.23 Avoid mandatory deprivation of liberty for asylum and refuge applicants while their petitions are processed (Uruguay); 87.24 Address the question of the conditions offered to asylum and refuge seekers during the processing of their applications and once the procedure is completed, ensure that these people enjoy the human rights which they are entitled to under the Convention relating to the Status Refugees of 1951 and other applicable international norms (Uruguay); 87.25 Consider reviewing the policy regarding asylum seekers and take appropriate measures to guarantee they are treated in accordance with applicable international human rights standards (Brazil); 87.26 Take measures to implement and guarantee international human rights for asylum seekers, and in particular the right of women and girls who are seeking asylum to be protected from gender-based violence (Fiji); 87.27 Review the regional resettlement arrangement with a view to ending or reforming the offshore processing and offshore detention of asylum seekers; and to release asylum seekers from detention while their claims are being processed, priority being given to releasing children and families as soon as 19

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