A/HRC/RES/58/19 Venice Commission) and the Special Rapporteur, and to enter into a genuine and inclusive national dialogue with all elements of civil society to that end; (l) To stop and prevent violations and abuses of economic, social and cultural rights, including by ceasing discrimination and arbitrary dismissal from employment and education and upholding academic freedoms and the free functioning of trade unions and of cultural and representative organizations of persons in vulnerable situations in this context, as well as by ceasing discrimination against speakers of the Belarusian language; (m) To withdraw and prevent measures that undermine the enjoyment of any human rights, including those of Belarusians living abroad, such as the Presidential Decree adopted in September 2023 ordering the consulates of Belarus to stop renewing or extending passports and limiting other consular services essential for such persons to fully exercise their rights, and to cease criminal persecution, including trials in absentia and arbitrary seizure of properties of those living abroad, and crackdowns against their relatives in Belarus; 5. Urges the Belarusian authorities to relaunch a national dialogue on the abolition of the death penalty and, as a first step, to introduce a moratorium on its use; 6. Calls upon Belarus to consider re-acceding to the individual complaint procedure under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to re-accede to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters; 7. Decides to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus for a further period of one year, effective from the end of its fifty-ninth session, and requests the Special Rapporteur to continue to monitor developments and to make recommendations on ways to strengthen respect for and protection and fulfilment of human rights in Belarus, to hold consultations with all stakeholders, including civil society inside and outside Belarus, and to submit a report on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-second session and to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session, including in an easy-to-read version and in an accessible format; 8. Also decides to extend the mandate of the Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus for a further period of one year under the same terms as provided for by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 55/27; 9. Commends the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Group of Independent Experts and the Special Rapporteur for the work and activities undertaken to date, which have been conducted in a transparent, impartial and consultative manner despite the continued lack of cooperation by the Belarusian authorities, including the lack of access to the country, and encourages the Special Rapporteur and the Group of Independent Experts to cooperate with each other with a view to promoting synergy between the two mandates; 10. Requests the Group of Independent Experts to give an oral update to the Human Rights Council at its sixtieth session and to present a comprehensive report at its sixty-first session, including in an easy-to-read version and in an accessible format, both to be followed by an interactive dialogue; 11. Urges the Belarusian authorities to establish full and non-selective engagement with all United Nations human rights mechanisms, including with the Special Rapporteur, the Group of Independent Experts, all thematic special procedures and the treaty bodies, including by granting them all free, full and unhindered access to the country, providing them with the information necessary for the fulfilment of their mandates and implementing their recommendations, to ensure meaningful cooperation with and extend full and unhindered access to the Office of the High Commissioner, to implement the recommendations accepted by the State during previous cycles of the universal periodic review and to refrain from all forms of intimidation and reprisals against persons and associations for their cooperation with those bodies and mechanisms; 12. Requests the Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the Special Rapporteur and the Group of Independent Experts with all necessary 5