N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue measures to train the national police forces in order to enable them to fulfil their tasks in an adequate and proportionate manner, in accordance with the principles of the rule of law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Maintain and further build upon its HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programmes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue applying programmes and measures to improve the enjoyment of the right to education, the right to health and the right to food
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to food
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts at improving the access to water and sanitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue applying programmes and measures to prevent and combat the problem of HIV/AIDS
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to implement development and poverty reduction policies in order to promote peaceful and stable development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue seeking development as well as technical assistance and capacity-building needs from development partners and United Nations specialized agencies with a view to finding solutions to the challenges identified as hindering the enjoyment of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Pursue efforts to address concerns regarding child labour, in particular through its Action Programme to Eliminate Child Labour in Namibia 2008-2012
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue applying strategies and socio-economic development plans in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to put a halt to all negative cultural practices and stereotypes that discriminate against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to take effective measures to eliminate social inequalities such as skewed distribution of income and to promote the sound and sustained development of the country's economy and society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue investing in the breaking down of a culture of inequality, which was inherited from apartheid, from a human rights angle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to ensure that trials take place within a reasonable period of time
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue pursuing appropriate policies, such as the Action Programme to Eliminate Child Labour in Namibia 2008-2012, in particular with regard to ILO Convention No. 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, to address the phenomenon of child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to prioritize the education and health sectors in its development plans
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its education policy, giving special emphasis to the education of young girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its cooperation with different human rights mechanisms of the United Nations in order to promote and protect human rights in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its collaboration with the human rights mechanisms and become a party to the optional protocols of ICESCR and ICCPR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to pay high attention to and promote production of agriculture in order to reduce the number of people suffering from extreme poverty so as to guarantee a basic livelihood to people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts towards the protection and promotion of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to apply programmes and measures to improve the enjoyment of the right to education, the right to health, and the rights of women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to consolidate the progress already achieved in the area of improving living conditions, and strengthen human rights protection
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to focus on maternal and child health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to establish legal and institutional mechanisms to protect children from all forms of physical, sexual and psychological violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to develop and implement measures aimed at the promotion and protection of human rights of vulnerable groups, such as children, women, people with disabilities, and the elderly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue implementing its socio-economic development strategies and plans
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to extend the range of fundamental international instruments to which Sao Tome is already a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue organizing thematic meetings, such as the 2009 National Forum on Justice, and whenever appropriate involve civil society as well as other non-governmental stakeholders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to implement and consolidate programmes and measures aimed at reducing poverty, in particular through its Poverty Reduction Strategy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue implementing programmes and measures to improve the enjoyment of the right to education and the right to health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health