A/HRC/43/7 operational autonomy in the performance of its functions (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); 115.32 Ensure the financial, legal and other resources necessary to combat prison overcrowding, judicial backlogs and long periods of pretrial detention (Sweden); 115.33 Eliminate the excessive use of pretrial detention and its duration, as well as of arbitrary detention, by law enforcement forces in the context of the repression of protest demonstrations (Croatia); 115.34 Develop and implement violence prevention programmes and complaints mechanisms (Ukraine); 115.35 Take the necessary steps to ensure violence and hate speech against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons are investigated and prosecuted, and that the perpetrators are held to account (Australia); 115.36 Continue its training activities for officials in the law enforcement and justice systems in its efforts to combat racism and all forms of discrimination (Saint Kitts and Nevis); 115.37 Continue the implementation of the reform of the judiciary (Senegal); 115.38 Develop its institutional capacities and allocate sufficient financial resources to guarantee access to independent justice, in particular for disadvantaged and vulnerable populations, in line with target 16.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (Switzerland); 115.39 Strengthen judicial independence, including by instituting legal protections for judges and electoral officials so they are not arbitrarily dismissed for issuing rulings unfavourable to the Government (United States of America); 115.40 Ensure the independence of the judiciary and allocate sufficient resources for it to function effectively and expeditiously (Austria); 115.41 Adopt measures to improve the safeguarding of the rule of law, by ensuring the independence and transparency of the Plurinational Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court, in accordance with international human rights standards and in line with Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (Netherlands); 115.42 Strengthen the independence and the impartiality of the judiciary through the institutional appointment of judges and prosecutors (Peru); 115.43 Ensure the independence of the judicial system and improve the efficiency and credibility of the judicial and the penitentiary systems, in particular by increasing resources, and training staff on respect for human rights (France); 115.44 Initiate a comprehensive set of measures to address existing inefficiencies within the judicial system, including ensuring efficient prosecution and crime prevention, while guaranteeing judicial independence, including that of the Plurinational Constitutional Court (Germany); 115.45 Improve the Government’s respect for the independence of judges and the judiciary (Israel); 115.46 Reinforce existing legislation to ensure fair judicial treatment and the independence of the judiciary (Italy); 115.47 Strengthen the Public Defender Service and provide it with adequate and sustainable resources to fulfil its mandate (Bahamas); 115.48 Take steps to reduce backlogs and increase the technical capacity of officials to advance access to justice for victims, as well as to continue with the proposed reforms to modernize and improve the judicial system (Canada); 12