A/RES/60/174 (b) To accede to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 8 and its 1967 Protocol; 9 (c) To put an end to the harassment and detention of eyewitnesses to the events in Andijan; (d) To ensure readily accessible and fair trials; (e) To ensure full respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms and, in this regard, to implement fully the recommendations of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Uzbekistan appointed under the confidential 1503 procedure at the sixtieth session of the Commission on Human Rights and to extend full cooperation to the newly appointed independent expert; (f) To permit the full freedom of practising religion; (g) To implement fully the recommendations contained in the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the question of torture on his visit to Uzbekistan from 24 November to 6 December 2002; 10 (h) To work closely with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with regard to the areas of concern and to cooperate fully with all the mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights and all the relevant United Nations treaty bodies; (i) To allow the representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross unimpeded access to persons detained, in accordance with its working procedures; (j) To implement fully the commitments undertaken within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and to cooperate with the institutions of the Organization; (k) To register independent opposition political parties and allow them to participate in the electoral process; (l) To lift restrictions on the activities of civil society, including nongovernmental organizations; (m) To protect journalists, including those who write articles opposing government policy, in line with past appeals by the President for journalists to be more critical, and the functioning of independent media outlets, including, as the case may be, licensing and accreditation; (n) To take legislative, judicial, administrative and other appropriate measures to actively protect human rights defenders against any violence, threats and other forms of harassment, and to withdraw all measures that restrict their freedom of action, assembly and speech or that hinder them in carrying out their legitimate activities according to the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; 11 _______________ 8 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545. Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791. 10 E/CN.4/2003/68/Add.2, annex. 11 Resolution 53/144, annex. 9 3