A/HRC/29/13
147. The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Sweden and would
thus be noted:
147.1.
Consider ratifying other international human rights conventions,
including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW) (Philippines);
consider ratifying ICRMW (Guatemala); consider ratifying ICRMW
(Rwanda); sign and ratify ICRMW (Uruguay); accelerate the process of
ratification of ICRMW (Benin); ratify ICRMW (Sierra Leone); ratify ICRMW
(Honduras);
147.2.
Consider ratifying ICRMW (Indonesia);
147.3.
Ratify ICRMW (Timor-Leste);
147.4.
Ratify ICRMW (Turkey);
147.5.
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, considering the equal
and universal character should prevail for all international human rights
instruments (Ecuador);
147.6.
Remove reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, ICESCR, and the Optional Protocol to CRC on the sale of
children and child pornography in order to ensure full implementation of these
key international instruments (Uzbekistan);
147.7.
Withdraw its declaration on article 2 (c) in order to give full effect to
the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale
of children, child prostitution and child pornography in addressing all forms of
child pornography (Lithuania);
147.8.
Restore the term “race” as a ground of discrimination in accordance
with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination (ICERD) (Ghana);
147.9.
Take immediate steps to restore race as a ground of discrimination in
compliance with ICERD, and the European Union Racial Equality Directive
(Pakistan);
147.10. Further effectively investigate, prosecute and punish all hate crimes
and establish an authority where complaints in this regard can be addressed
(Germany);
147.11. Redouble its efforts in fostering national unity and harmony,
including by intensifying dialogues promoting deeper understanding among
societies of different ethnic and faith, addressing the negative portrayal in the
media of members of the Muslim community and criminalizing hate speech and
all forms of incitement to hatred and violence (Malaysia);
147.12. Take measures to prohibit in practice anti-immigration speech and
racist propaganda (Togo);
147.13. Take the necessary steps to curb racist propaganda, including on the
internet (Thailand);
147.14. Immediately ban anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim political discourse
propagated by some political parties including Sweden Democrats (Pakistan);
147.15. Ensure accountability for hate speech including in political discourse,
prohibiting organizations promoting and inciting racial hatred, in line with
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