A/HRC/11/23 Page 19 25. Strengthen the criminal procedural code and the code of practice of lawyers and ensure that they are in line with international standards (Lebanon); amend its criminal procedural code to bring it in line with international human rights standards and conduct a systematic campaign among Saudi Arabian judges to apply this amended Code (France); 26. Continue its efforts to reform the legal and judicial systems (Egypt); 27. Consider the elaboration of specific legislative guidelines for codification of discretionary penalties and dissemination of such guidelines among all judges, lawyers and prosecutors concerned (Azerbaijan); 28. Expedite the implementation of the legal guarantees to ensure the independence of the judiciary (Morocco); 29. Take measures to make the juvenile justice system more effective, in particular by ensuring the separate detention of juveniles as well as expeditious access of juveniles to legal counsels (Austria); 30. Increase efforts in order to effectively combat impunity (Sweden); 31. Take into consideration, when examining recommendations made during this session of the Working Group, those that are in line with its religious, social and cultural specificities, in particular those emanating from the Islamic Shari’a, which adds to general human rights principles without replacing them (Algeria); 32. Pursue its policies aiming at the promotion of dialogue among religions and civilizations, and to activate its role in this regard at the international level (Algeria, Malaysia); in commending their initiatives to promote dialogue between religious and civilizations, continue its efforts to promote universal peace and tolerance (Cuba); 33. Reform its legislation on religious freedom in order to ensure adequate protection for all religious minorities, with a view to gradually allowing public practice of other faiths and beliefs (Italy); provide for freedom of religion in its national legislation so that the rights of religious minorities can be ensured (Finland); adopt legal provisions to prohibit religious discrimination in all areas including in that of labour (Belgium); 34. Adopt appropriate measures to disseminate widely and ensure full observance of the Declaration of Human Rights Defenders (Norway); remove obstacles to freedom of expression and movement against human rights defenders, including all travel bans (Norway); with a view to a rapid ratification of the ICCPR, guarantee the rights of representatives of civil society and human rights defenders organizations to set themselves up and exercise their rights to freedom of expression (Switzerland); 35. Swiftly promulgate the statute on civil societies, which will enable the civil society to perform its tasks effectively and in full autonomy (Bahrain); enact and implement a Law of Association to guarantee the right to form civil society organizations and to protect those organizations from government interference

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