A/HRC/37/16 116.67 Take steps to investigate all allegations of enforced disappearance and to prevent and prosecute cases of torture and illegal detention (Italy); 116.68 Include a definition of torture in the Criminal Code in full compliance with article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and investigate all allegations of torture and ill-treatment in an impartial, thorough, transparent, efficient and effective manner so as to bring perpetrators to justice and fight impunity (Republic of Moldova); 116.69 Grant the national preventive mechanism the legal authority and the practical means, including financial, to access all places where the mechanism suspects that persons are deprived or may be deprived of liberty, in accordance with article 4 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Switzerland); 116.70 Increase resources to protect the rights and living conditions of people in detention and prisoners (Republic of Korea); 116.71 Continue efforts to improve the situation of prisoners, in particular in pretrial detention, by, inter alia, increasing the minimum space attributed to each prisoner, allocating necessary financial means, increasing custodial staff and ensuring necessary medical treatment (Germany); 116.72 Continue its efforts in combating human trafficking, including through training for law enforcement officials and cooperation with countries of transit and destination (Indonesia); 116.73 Intensify efforts to combat human trafficking and provide adequate resources to increase the quality of services provided for victims of trafficking (Malaysia); 116.74 Strengthen existing law and practice to counter trafficking in human beings for sexual and labour exploitation, particularly of young women, focusing also on the situation in conflict-affected areas where the risk of being exposed to sexual violence or trafficking is higher (Poland); 116.75 Continue efforts to prevent human trafficking and protect the rights of victims, and provide them with necessary assistance (Egypt); 116.76 Consider allocating adequate funding to anti-trafficking initiatives in order to ensure the successful implementation of the national action plan for the period 2016-2020 (Maldives); 116.77 Stop illegal practices targeting memorials and sacred religious places of national and religious minorities (Syrian Arab Republic); 116.78 Uphold and respect the rights of all religious communities to their institutional autonomy, their property and their procedures at all times (Greece); 116.79 Ensure that no unnecessary or arbitrary legal or administrative restrictions on the legitimate work of civil society are in effect (Denmark); 116.80 Guarantee the right to freedom of opinion and expression in all its territory, as well as active participation of society and media in public affairs (Mexico); 116.81 Review the repressive governmental policy designed to suppress the functioning of independent media, journalists and bloggers (Russian Federation); 116.82 Ensure a greater involvement of public powers to guarantee the free exercise of freedom of expression and of the media, as these freedoms contribute to accountability in cases of human rights violations (Spain); 16

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