A/HRC/46/12 104.90 Ensure the effectiveness of the Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Social Communicators and Justice Officials by allocating sufficient funds and by comprehensively evaluating its performance (Netherlands); Ensure technical and financial resources to the recently created mechanisms to protect human rights defenders (Portugal); Implement more effectively and fully the 2016 national protection mechanism to ensure the protection of human rights defenders (Ireland); 104.91 Refrain from criminalizing human rights defenders and ensure their protection (Norway); 104.92 Ensure that crimes against human rights defenders, journalists, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, indigenous people and Afro-Honduran activists are properly investigated and that those responsible are held accountable (Norway); 104.93 Protect journalists and human rights defenders, including by allocating sufficient resources to the protection mechanism for human rights defenders and by involving civil society (France); 104.94 Review national law in order to protect the rights to freedom of expression, association and participation in peaceful protests (Portugal); 104.95 Continue to improve national legislation regarding respect for human rights and freedoms (Russian Federation); 104.96 Take all necessary measures to preserve a free, safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders, journalists and media workers and ensure that they can do their work without facing intimidation or harassment (Slovakia); 104.97 Ensure thorough, prompt, impartial and independent investigations into all attacks, threats and assaults against human rights defenders and journalists, and bring to justice those suspected of criminal responsibility for such crimes (Slovenia); 104.98 Strengthen, including through financial means, the national system and the Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Social Communicators and Justice Officials and the Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, Journalists, Social Communicators and Justice Officials in order to provide an effective response to the violence and harassment suffered by these people (Spain); 104.99 Finance and carry out an effective policy for preventing violence and acts of intimidation against the media, human rights defenders and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex population, taking into account a gender perspective (Switzerland); 104.100 Substantially improve efforts to effectively protect journalists, human rights defenders and environmentalists, as well as vulnerable groups such as women, youth, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and indigenous people, including by effectively combating impunity (Germany); 104.101 Involve civil society organizations in the decision-making processes of the national protection mechanism (Germany); 104.102 Increase protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex individuals, journalists and human rights defenders, including environmental human rights defenders, from threats and attacks and fully investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of violence in accordance with the law (Australia); 104.103 Strengthen efforts to promptly, effectively and impartially investigate any allegations of violence or reprisals against journalists, human rights defenders, land rights defenders and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender 15