A/HRC/44/8 111.29 Decriminalize consensual same-sex relationships between adults, and introduce comprehensive anti-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity (New Zealand); 111.30 Repeal provisions in the Penal Code that criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults, and amend relevant legislation to ensure discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is explicitly prohibited (Australia); 111.31 Implement legal reforms to protect the human rights of all persons irrespective of their sexual orientation and gender identity (Germany); 111.32 Guarantee legal status to persons with disabilities by fully adopting the draft law on equal opportunities establishing a disability benefit (France); 111.33 Consider taking all necessary steps to introduce a de jure moratorium on capital executions with a view to fully abolishing the death penalty, including by ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Italy); 111.34 Consider positively the establishment of a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition (Fiji); 111.35 Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (France); 111.36 Abolish the death penalty (Chile); 111.37 Put an end to threats and intimidations against journalists and human rights defenders and promote freedom of expression, which is guaranteed in the Constitution, by retracting the notion of the “crime of sedition” from the Penal Code (France); 111.38 Repeal legislation that could lead to self-censorship, including the Sedition Proclamation of 1938 and the Internal Security Act of 1984 (Denmark); 111.39 Amend legislative provisions that discriminate against women and girls in areas relating to marriage, inheritance and family (Namibia); 111.40 Resist calls to further liberalize abortion, and instead implement laws aimed at protecting the right to life of the unborn (Solomon Islands); 111.41 Amend or repeal section 18 (4) (c) of the Constitution of Lesotho, which allows for discrimination against women with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial and devolution of property on death (Canada); 111.42 Affirm that the right to life applies from conception until natural death, and as such that the unborn child has the right to protection of his or her life at all points (Solomon Islands); 111.43 Amend or repeal section 18 (4) (c) of their Constitution in order to protect women and persons with disabilities from discrimination (Bahamas). 112. All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of the submitting State(s) and/or the State under review. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole. 21

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