147.117
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt legislative and policy measures to combat all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, including by addressing the issue of child marriage and ensuring access to education for pregnant schoolgirls and young mothers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.122
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Amend the 1971 Law of Marriage Act to raise the marriage age for girls to 18 years, as ordered by the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2019
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that pregnant girls and young mothers can attend school and take measures against the practice of invasive pregnancy tests without prior consent
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.115
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to ensure that pregnant girls have access to education without discrimination, in accordance with national and international human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue national efforts to address domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.118
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to combat discrimination and violence against women, including family and domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Undertake further measures to prevent domestic violence and marital rape and ensure that all victims receive necessary assistance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to combat the phenomena of child, early and forced marriage by amending the relevant legislation accordingly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures to eliminate stigma, discrimination and exclusion of pregnant girls and adolescent mothers, including in schools
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take urgent steps to amend legislation to outlaw all forms of child marriage, safeguard women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health and end violence against women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
145.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Sustain efforts and commitments in protecting the rights of women, children and people with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Refrain from imposing a ban on pregnant girls and young women attending schools or taking exams
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
End its policy of expelling pregnant schoolgirls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Step up efforts on the legislative front to combat and punish all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls, including domestic violence, and take further measures to eliminate female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
145.100
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Address gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
106.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women without delay and develop protocols to address violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
106.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to eradicate violence against women and girls and persons in vulnerable situations who have been marginalized, by preventing and investigating related crimes and applying stricter sentences to perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
106.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Develop comprehensive legislation against gender-based violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
106.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Increase funding for quality support services for victims of gender- based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
106.103
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish the minimum legal age for marriage as 18 years of age both for women and men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
106.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and proceed with its further development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
106.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Improve and fully implement policies and programmes to increase women’s participation in decision-making, public life and employment at all levels
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
106.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take adequate measures to improve access to health care, particularly for women in rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
106.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and support gender equality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
106.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Develop comprehensive legislation on gender-based violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
106.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Address gender inequality by removing cultural, economic, institutional or other barriers preventing women from enjoying equal opportunities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Women's rights
106.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt and enforce measures to ensure equal participation, representation and remuneration of women in political processes at all levels, from local to national
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
106.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take concrete steps to raise awareness, prevent as well as penalize gender-based violence, especially to protect women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
106.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take action to prevent and respond to gender-based violence against women and girls by continuing to effectively implement the District Development Plan from 2017 and the findings from the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development awareness programme in January 2021 on gender-based violence and alcohol abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
106.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to ensure the well-being of its population, particularly women, children and persons with disabilities, especially the implementation of the Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2021–2025
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights