A/HRC/55/7 116.78 Take urgent measures to curb cases of killings of human rights defenders and prevent impunity (Chile); 116.79 Consider conducting an objective investigation into the killings of human rights defenders and social activists and all allegations on the possible use of force in the context of social protests (Lithuania); 116.80 Improve protection of human rights defenders and social leaders by ensuring that judicial authorities conduct a prompt and impartial investigation into violations against human rights defenders and advance investigations of these crimes (Finland); 116.81 Ensure that perpetrators of threats and attacks against human rights defenders are brought to justice (Austria); 116.82 Eliminate obstacles and improve impartiality in the procedure for exercising the right to conscientious objection to military service, especially for ethical and philosophical reasons (Costa Rica); 116.83 Take concrete steps to prevent killings of and attacks of any kind on human rights defenders, including land and environmental defenders, and thoroughly investigate all such crimes (Czechia); 116.84 Ensure and fully respect freedom of the press and media independence, including protection of journalists against all forms of violence and discrimination (Czechia); 116.85 Guarantee fully the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and adopt measures to prevent unlawful use of force by the police (Czechia); 116.86 Enhance protection mechanisms for human rights defenders and environmental defenders by advancing the necessary budget allocation to carry out the reform process of the national protection unit, while ensuring the participation of civil society (Denmark); 116.87 Decriminalize defamation and include it in the Civil Code in line with international standards (Estonia); 116.88 Implement practical measures ensuring the safety of journalists and other media workers, both physically and in the digital space (Lithuania); 116.89 Reinforce the measures to protect human rights defenders against violence, threats, intimidation and reprisals (Portugal); 116.90 Continue efforts to prevent acts of violence, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders and social leaders (Republic of Korea); 116.91 Take additional and effective measures to prevent acts of attacks, threats, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders and to hold to account the perpetrators of such acts (Slovenia); 116.92 Implement effective collective and comprehensive protection measures for human rights defenders that address violence and its structural causes, and adopt urgent measures to promote prompt, independent and impartial criminal investigations into complaints of attacks and threats, ending impunity (Spain); 116.93 Protect human rights defenders, including by investigating alleged human rights violations and abuses against them (Australia); 116.94 Take measures to guarantee the safety of human rights defenders, especially those working in rural conflict-prone areas, in order to ensure that they are able to carry out their work free from intimidation, threats, harassment, and attacks (Sweden); 116.95 Strengthen prevention mechanisms and advance timely, independent and impartial criminal investigations into allegations of attacks and threats against human rights defenders, social leaders, environmental activists and female leaders, especially in Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities, and GE.23-25026 15

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