84.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legalize and facilitate access to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy for reasons of rape, incest and when the health of the mother is at risk with a subsequent amendment of article 108 of the Criminal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
84.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend its legislation in order to legalize the termination of pregnancies, at the very least in cases of risk to the life of the pregnant woman, rape, incest and severe impairment of the fetus
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
104.189
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Include, in the draft national protocol for the care of victims of sexual violence, international standards regarding the management and treatment of rape, including access to emergency contraception
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
124.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve access to adequate sexual and reproductive health services, in particular to antenatal, delivery and postnatal services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
106.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the international treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, especially considering that the effects of several nuclear tests conducted in the past have affected the environment as well as the health of the people of the Marshall Islands, in particular women’s and girls’ reproductive health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
84.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize abortion by removing abortion from the Criminal Code, article 108
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
104.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift the ban on the use of emergency contraceptive pills, currently prohibited even in cases of rape
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
104.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the rights to sexual and reproductive health, including access to emergency contraception methods and by decriminalizing abortion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
108.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Proceed to amend the Abortion Act which has unfortunately led to widespread criminalization of abortion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
84.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legalize abortion at least in cases of risk to the life of the pregnant woman, rape, incest and severe impairment of the fetus and decriminalize abortion in all other cases
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
84.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend domestic legislation to protect women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
84.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend article 108 of its Criminal Code in order to decriminalize abortion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
84.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend legislation to legalize the termination of pregnancy at least in cases of risk to the life of the pregnant woman, rape, incest and severe impairment of the fetus and decriminalize abortion in all other cases
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
84.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts to prevent all forms of discrimination against women and decriminalize abortion, at least in cases in which the life of the mother is at risk
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
104.147.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and remove legal, administrative and practical barriers to accessing safe and legal abortion services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
124.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reduce maternal mortality by ensuring the provision of adequate sexual and reproductive health services, in particular access to antenatal, delivery and postnatal services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
124.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the delivery of sexual and reproductive health services and commodities, including through family planning outreach, to address teenage pregnancy and child marriage in all districts of the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
124.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement national legislation and policies to safeguard women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health services and information, and end child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
124.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase support for reproductive health and family planning services and access to affordable contraceptives and contraceptive methods
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
124.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide comprehensive sexuality education as part of the school curriculum
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual and reproductive rights
137.160
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate measures to guarantee women’s access to legal and safe abortion in order that, for example, doctors’ refusal to perform abortions based on religious beliefs does not limit the right to sexual and reproductive health of women, and that the procedure is covered by the national social security system and/or its costs are affordable for all women, regardless of their socioeconomic situation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
104.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure access for women and girls to sexual and reproductive rights and health, including by decriminalizing abortion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
108.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Sexual Offences Act to provide immunity to medical professionals against prosecution for helping child victims of sexual offence, for bona fide action taken to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections of sexually active adolescents below 16 years, to protect the child’s physical safety or emotional well-being
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
84.77
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the access of women and girls to sexual and reproductive rights and health by decriminalizing abortion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
84.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and remove legal, administrative and practical barriers to accessing safe and legal abortion services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
104.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all women and girls have information on and access to sexual and reproductive health services, including access to contraceptives and to legal and safe abortions, especially in cases of rape, of incest and of risks to the health and life of the woman
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
104.147.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize abortion and ensure safe, legal abortions, particularly in cases where the woman’s life or health is in danger, where the fetus suffers from fatal or severe impairment, or where pregnancy is the result of rape or incest
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
134.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the commitment undertaken at the Nairobi conference, to guarantee safe motherhood for all women, including those who do not have health insurance, and access to health services during pregnancy and childbirth
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
134.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Invest in high-quality health-care services, including for sexual and reproductive health, as well as in health technologies for early diagnostics and prevention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
104.214
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the commitment made at the Nairobi summit and adopt by 2021 the public policy, currently being examined, aimed at guaranteeing the protection of the rights of indigenous and Afro-Honduran women and ensure its proper implementation with the active participation of affected populations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights