121.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The special committees under the National Council on Social Issues, such as the Special Committee on Family Institution, Women and Children and the Special Committee on Immoral Activities and the Prevention of Crime, to undertake programmes that are inclusive and sustainable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue ongoing efforts for the betterment of the rights of children and women and other vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to carry out its excellent effort to ensure nine years' compulsory education for all children from the age of six
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening and implementing the current Plan of Action for Women and the Family Institution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
121.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue training of professionals and officers to improve the lives and circumstances of children in their care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
121.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation and review of the national youth policy with a view to make it relevant to current developments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue providing the full exercise of women and children rights within the framework of the Plan of Action on Family Institution and Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its constructive role and contribution in the promotion and protection of human rights in the region, particularly through established regional frameworks in ASEAN, such as the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to promote and protect the rights of women and children on all levels
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to meet the basic needs of vulnerable groups in the country, especially women, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the programmes and national plans to develop education, especially in early childhood
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue promoting the rights of children, particularly in guaranteeing their access to quality education, so as to ensure that they would be able to enter the workforce with the necessary skills
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
121.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen services for the education of children particularly those who have suffered from abuses or come from dysfunctional families, to ensure that they are resilient to adversity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
121.165
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to formulate and implement focused strategies to improve the rights of women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
121.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts towards aligning its national legislation, policies and programmes on women and children with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
121.204
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to harmonize its juvenile justice system with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, especially with regard to the minimum age of criminal responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
121.200
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the effort to promote childcare, to protect the rights of children and to combat child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
121.214
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to improve living conditions of all members of society in order to promote the social welfare and development of people and assist vulnerable groups, particularly children, women and persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- ESC rights - general
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its policies on improving the rights of the child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen the promotion and protection of the rights of vulnerable groups, such as women, children, persons 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
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to combat ill-treatment of children and design policies and programmes to address these practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its endeavour to promote and protect the human rights of children and women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in safeguarding the rights of women and children, particularly in combating trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
121.194
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its endeavour to promote and protect the human rights of children, including by developing a more specific policy on children’s rights within the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
121.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review and rescind any laws that contravene the obligations of Brunei Darussalam under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or religion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Freedom of religion and belief
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider re-examining its reservations to CRC and CEDAW with a view to withdrawing them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
121.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review, revise and repeal provisions of the Penal Code to bring it into conformity with international human rights standards and in particular the Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
121.198
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider expanding and accelerating the ongoing work with regard to the establishment of childcare centres in workplaces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
121.203
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility for children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child