Prioritize environmental protection and sustainability by effectively implementing the Escazú Agreement

Strengthen measures on environment protection and initiatives addressing climate change

Comply with the judgments of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the recommendations formulated by other States in past universal periodic review cycles to implement a legal framework on the effective restitution of nationality to Dominicans of Haitian descent and to develop a national registry to identify stateless persons or those at risk of becoming stateless

Redouble efforts and adopt effective measures to eradicate violence and discrimination against women and girls

Consider decriminalizing voluntary termination of pregnancy in cases where the woman’s life is at risk, where the pregnancy is due to rape or incest, or where malformations incompatible with life occur

Consider acceding to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and consider ratifying the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Criminalize female genital mutilation to expedite the definitive eradication of this harmful practice by 2025

Keep in place the de facto moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its formal definitive abolition

Expedite the ratification of the main international human rights instruments to which Mauritania is not yet party, as previously recommended

Strengthen its commitment to the prevention of adolescent pregnancies and child sexual abuse through the prompt completion and implementation of the National Manual of Comprehensive Sexual Education, as well as through the full implementation of the National Strategy for the Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy and Child Marriage

Ensure full respect for the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association by taking measures to enhance the security of civil society, journalists and human rights defenders

Prioritize the acceleration of parliamentary processes to enshrine the abolition of the death penalty in law and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Establish a moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to its abolition (Portugal) (Costa Rica); Establish an official moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty (South Africa) (Uruguay); Reinstate the moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to its complete abolition (Spain); Establish an official moratorium on capital punishment, with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Malawi); Establish a moratorium on capital executions, with a view to fully abolishing the death penalty (Italy); Adopt a moratorium on executions, with the ultimate aim of abolishing the death penalty (Czechia); Introduce a moratorium on capital punishment and make legislative reforms, with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Poland); Establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Slovenia); Establish immediately a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty completely, in line with previous recommendations (Finland); Establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Albania); Introduce an immediate moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to its future complete abolition (Lithuania); Establish a moratorium on capital punishment, with a view to abolishing the death penalty (Ukraine); Establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, with a view to its abolition (Norway); Re-establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty

Promote prompt ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and make progress in the establishment of a national mechanism for the prevention of torture (Uruguay); Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and designate a national preventive mechanism accordingly

Strengthen its commitment to the principle of non-discrimination by repealing section 377A of the Penal Code to fully decriminalize consensual sexual relations between two adults of the same sex

Redouble its commitment to the principle of non-discrimination, including by encouraging the elimination of gender-discriminatory provisions from the nationality law

Prioritize the ratification of the main international instruments to which the country is not yet a party, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Prioritize the implementation of the new law on domestic violence

Take measures to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and reinforce its capacity to effectively fight corruption, as well as to improve the investigative capacity and the independence of the public prosecutors and the office for the prevention of and fight against corruption

Request technical support from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to move ahead with ratification of the main international human rights instruments to which the country is not yet a party, as well as to ensure the incorporation into domestic legislation of its obligations under ratified human rights treaties

Adopt measures to strengthen the fight against prejudice and discrimination based on colour, language, religion, national descent or ethnic origin and sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as to facilitate the access of disadvantaged and marginalized groups to economic, social and cultural rights, paying special attention to employment, health and education

Continue adopting measures to increase the effectiveness and independence of the Office of the Ombudsman in order to enable its alignment with the Paris Principles, taking into account the observations and recommendations made in 2015 by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

Promote the prompt ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and advance in the establishment of a national mechanism for the prevention of torture

Give priority to the implementation of measures to put an end to all forms of discrimination against children, in particular ensuring that girls and boys have equal access to education, as well as guaranteeing access to basic services for all children who live in rural areas, and for children with disabilities

Request technical support from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to advance in the ratification of the main international human rights instruments to which the country is not yet a party, as well as to ensure the incorporation into its national legal system of its obligations on ratified human rights treaties

Redouble efforts to implement the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child of 2018, encouraging the harmonization of national legislation with the Convention, as well as strengthening the role of the Committee on Children

Accelerate efforts to review its legislation to ensure that it does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, including through the prompt decriminalization of consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex

Carry out awareness campaigns for the public, health personnel and educators on the right to health, sexual and reproductive rights and gender- based violence, and ensure that adolescents and young people have access to information and comprehensive education on the subject

Continue efforts to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including through the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2018) regarding the design and approval of a comprehensive national strategy on children

Intensify efforts to establish an independent national human rights institution, fully in line with the Paris Principles