A/HRC/44/12 Muslims and Jews, thoroughly implement the current legislation and update its national plan with clear targets (Turkey); 156.144 Continue its efforts to implement existing legislation and take necessary measures to protect vulnerable groups from all forms of hate crimes (Afghanistan); 156.145 Strengthen the necessary legal and administrative measures to ensure the effectiveness of investigations in courts and sanctions for incitement to hate speech and other acts of discrimination and violence against minorities (Argentina); 156.146 Exert further steps to combat hate speech, including on the Internet, and racist and xenophobic violence against vulnerable groups (Armenia); 156.147 Implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to prevent hate crimes, investigate and apply appropriate sanctions for hate speech by politicians and media professionals, and take the necessary measures to promote tolerance and intercultural dialogue (Belarus); 156.148 Intensify efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of hate speech and hate crimes based on ethnicity, religious belief, sexual orientation and gender expressions (Canada); 156.149 Advance effective measures to combat hate speech and racial discrimination in the media and on the Internet (Chile); 156.150 Intensify the relevant measures to combat xenophobia and hate speech, through the adoption of comprehensive public policies (Colombia); 156.151 Redouble efforts to fight effectively against hate speech and acts of violence and xenophobia towards minorities, including those of African descent (Congo); 156.152 Continue implementing measures to eliminate stereotypes and hate speech, foreseen in the National Plan to Combat Racism, Similar Forms of Hostility and Hate Crime (Dominican Republic); 156.153 Set up and implement existing legislation to combat hate crimes and hate speech (Egypt); 156.154 Take necessary measures not to resort to profiling of some groups by law enforcement authorities, as also cited by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Turkey); 156.155 Prioritize and devote additional resources, such as establishing hate crimes units in all police districts, to deter, investigate and prosecute hate crimes, including those based on race, religion, creed or national origin (United States of America); 156.156 Effectively identify, register and investigate cases of hate crimes and prosecute and sanction those responsible to close the gap between reported incidents and convictions (Austria); 156.157 Strengthen current legislation and undertake all necessary measures to combat, investigate and punish hate speech and the various expressions of religious intolerance and racist and xenophobic violence, particularly against Muslims, Roma, Jews and Swedes of African descent, paying particular attention to the influence of political groups and the media in the creation of racist and xenophobic prejudices and stigmas (Costa Rica); 156.158 Protect children’s rights to bodily integrity, autonomy and selfdetermination by ensuring, by legislation or otherwise, that non-vital surgical or other medical procedures on intersex infants are not performed before they are able to provide their informed consent (Malta); 156.159 Adopt a new gender recognition law to ensure a quick, transparent and accessible mechanism based on self-definition, detaching medical 17