A/HRC/34/50/Add.1 (d) In order to prevent and overcome a climate of suspicion within society, more dialogue seems imperative. Notwithstanding the contributions made by various stakeholders, the Government should take an active facilitating role in that regard. Wherever appropriate, interreligious dialogue should also be broadened towards more “interconviction” dialogue that would include agnostics, atheists and other people outside of the traditional canon of monotheistic religions; (e) The Government and Parliament should reconsider the decision to keep the existing blasphemy provision in the Criminal Code; (f) The Government should reconsider the ban on ritual slaughter without prior stunning; (g) The Government should start a discussion on the future of the Folkekirke with a view to it becoming an autonomous Church based on active followers. Against a possible misunderstanding, this would not mean simply abandoning the tradition of the Folkekirke, in particular its spirit of inclusiveness, which has had beneficial effects on society; (h) The Government should ensure that members of all religions and nonbelievers can enjoy services of birth registration and burial on an equal basis; (i) The criteria for granting and removing acknowledgement status, which are currently under review, should be fully in line with all principles of due process, and the principle of non-discrimination on the basis of religion or belief; (j) The new criteria currently being elaborated should also allow the acknowledgment of life-stance organizations that are not based on a belief in God or a transcendent power. 20

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