A/HRC/19/8 89.49. Review security laws to ensure their conformity with the international human rights standards and in particular with regard to juvenile (alleged) offenders (Slovenia); 89.50. Consider repealing criminal laws in favour of appropriate civil laws regarding freedom of expression, in accordance with relevant international human rights standards (Brazil); 89.51. Work with the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression on reviewing the lèse-majesté and Computer Crimes laws to ensure that they cannot be exploited (United Kingdom); 89.52. Reconsider the lèse-majesté and Computer Crime laws in the framework of a public debate open to everyone and transparent, in order to bring them into line with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (France); 89.53. Reconsider criminal convictions handed down on the basis of lèsemajesté and the Computer Crimes laws when the conditions of a fair and equitable trial as defined by the international human rights law have not been met (France); 89.54. Ensure that its legislation is consistent with international human rights law pertaining to freedom of expression (New Zealand); 89.55. Ensure public and transparent proceedings in cases concerning violations of the lèse-majesté legislation and the 2007 Computer Crimes Act (Norway); 89.56. Strengthen efforts to ensure adequate legal counselling for all persons charged for violations of the lèse-majesté legislation and the 2007 Computer Crimes Act (Norway); 89.57. Undertake a thorough review of the relevant laws to safeguard the basic rights to freedom of opinion and expression (Norway); 89.58. Consider repealing the lèse-majesté law so as to expand the freedom of opinion and expression to include full freedom of expression in relation to the monarchy (Slovenia); 89.59. Address the issue of possible infringements of the right to freedom of expression, not least by evaluating the current legislation and its consequences in the form of high rates of convictions (Sweden); 89.60. Lift all restrictions on the media which violate the constitutionally recognized right to the freedom of expression and establish a calendar for the revision of norms such as the Emergency Decree of the Public Administration in Emergency Situations, the 2007 Computer Crimes Act and article 112 of the Penal Code which defines the crime of lèse-majesté tied to the concept of national security (Spain); 89.61. Continue to carry out comprehensive reviews and studies of the relevant laws in order to ensure the fulfilment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to peaceful assembly, in accordance with the relevant international human rights instruments to which Thailand is a party (Indonesia); 89.62. Reconsider decrees and laws in force which limit freedoms of expression and assembly (such as Article 112 of the Penal Code and the Computer Crimes Act (2007) (Switzerland); 22

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