N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary steps to guarantee the right to associate and work freely for human rights defenders, in conformity with the United Nations Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Human rights defenders
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the rights to freedom of expression and Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and thus ensure that the media are able to operate without interference.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish its national preventive mechanism according to the Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to-ratify the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to-ratify the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revoke any existing travel bans on human rights defenders and to guaranty the rights to freedom of expression and information of its citizens, in conformity with article 19 of the Covenant, and thus ensure that the media is able to operate without interference
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights defenders
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the provisions of the Palermo Protocols ratified by Turkmenistan, in particular with a view to criminalizing trafficking in persons.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pay attention to the integration into domestic legislation of the commitments undertaken by Turkmenistan by virtue of international conventions on human rights.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bring Turkmenistan's laws into line with articles 14 and 15 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up its efforts, in complying with its international human rights obligations, and end discrimination of ethnic minorities to ensure they are able to carry out peaceful activities without harassment, threat of detention or imprisonment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bring the provisions of its domestic laws into compliance with the international obligations laid down in the human rights instruments it has ratified
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to-ratify the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully respect the rights of everyone to be free to leave and return to their own country, in conformity with article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Turkmenistan is party.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of movement
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow national and international NGOs to conduct their work in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop and promote education in the area of human rights and the dissemination of knowledge on international human rights standards among the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to review national legislation in order to ensure that it is in line with the State's international human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce in the legislation the principles of application of equality in all rights, as recommended by CEDAW
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OP-CAT)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify OP-CAT and establish a national mechanism to prevent torture, independent of the authorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify OP-CAT and incorporate it into national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify OP-CAT to establish a national independent mechanism for visiting the detention centres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to/ratify OP-CAT
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the ICRMW and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and extend a standing invitation to the United Nations Special Procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Special procedures
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify OP-CAT
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Invite ILO experts to overcome existing challenges of implementation of the laws to protect children from the harmful effects of all forms of child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its ongoing review of national laws to ensure that they are in line with its international human rights law obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Concentrate on the implementation of the international human rights instruments that have been ratified by Turkmenistan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments