Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 2 II. THE NHRCK’S VIEWS ON ISSUES ............................................................................. 2 Issue 1. Implementation of the Covenant: NAP and Individual Complaints .................... 2 Issue 2. Implementation of the Covenant: Human Rights Legal Frameworks ................. 3 Issue 3. National Human Rights Institution ...................................................................... 4 Issue 4. Business and Human Rights ................................................................................ 5 Issue 5. Non-discrimination .............................................................................................. 6 Issue 6. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity .............................................................. 8 Issue 7. Gender Equality ................................................................................................. 10 Issue 8. Violence against Women ................................................................................... 10 Issue 9. Counter-terrorism Measures .............................................................................. 11 Issue 10. Death Penalty ................................................................................................... 12 Issue 11. Suicides ............................................................................................................ 12 Issue 12. Torture and Ill-treatment ................................................................................. 13 Issue 13. Violence in the Military ................................................................................... 14 Issue 14. Migrant Workers and Human Trafficking ....................................................... 15 Issue 15. Involuntary Hospitalization in Psychiatric Institutions ................................... 16 Issue 16. Prison Conditions ............................................................................................ 17 Issue 17. Right to Counsel .............................................................................................. 18 Issue 18. Immigration Detention .................................................................................... 19 Issue 20. Monitoring of Private Communication ............................................................ 21 Issue 21. Conscientious Objection .................................................................................. 22 Issue 22. Freedom of Expression .................................................................................... 22 Issue 23. Freedom of Association ................................................................................... 23 Issue 24. Right to Political Participation ........................................................................ 24 Issue 25. Peaceful Assembly ............................................................................................ 25 Issue 26. Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers ........................................................ 26 Issue 27. Birth Registration ............................................................................................ 27 Endnote .................................................................................................................................. 28 1