N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to support the family which is one of the main actors in achieving sustainable development goals in any state
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to adopt effective measures to assist victims of trafficking in human beings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take further steps to advance women in leadership positions in politics and the economy and create favourable conditions for their participation in the electoral process
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue supporting the family institution, which is one of the most important units in achieving goals of sustainable development goals in any State
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Incorporate the provisions of the Convention on the Rights on the Child, which has been ratified by Palau, into its domestic legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to improve the situation of socially vulnerable groups of the population, in particular migrant workers, including their protection from discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to take measures to combat racial discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Prohibit the holding of the annual gathering in March in the centre of Riga in a memory of soldiers who fought in the Latvian legion of the Waffen SS as well as condemn strictly any attempts to glorify the memory of those who fought in the Waffen SS and collaborated with Nazis
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Classify hate speech with racist content and incitement to hatred as crimes punishable under criminal law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to prevent and investigate cases of human trafficking for forced prostitution and forced labor
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure full realisation of the rights of "non-citizen" residents and of members belonging to linguistic minorities and contribute to their integration in society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Provide "non-citizens" with equal access to employment, education, health care, and social welfare, as well as take into account their interests in the conclusion of international treaties and agreements
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Review the law on state language, which discriminates against linguistic minorities in access to the labour market and ensure that appeals from those who do not master the Latvian language sufficiently are considered by state bodies, through providing them an opportunity to use their mother tongue before state bodies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure equal representation of the titular and non-titular communities in local self-government bodies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Put an end to cases of politically-motivated persecution of human rights defenders who advocate for the rights of minorities or the closure or suspension of mass media and restrictions on access to various sources of information for the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Simplify the process of naturalisation of "non-citizens" living in the country for decades
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Stop discrimination in the area of employment on the grounds of ethnic origin and language and adopt active measures to prosecute such cases in the courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Ban organizations which promote and instigate racial discrimination and hatred
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Stop the participation of members of the Estonian armed forces in annual so called remembrance events glorifying the former legionaries of "Waffen SS" and Nazi collaborators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Review the discriminatory linguistic policy, including the work of the Language Inspectorates whose targets are mainly teachers of Russian language schools and kindergartens
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a post of an Ombudsman on the issues of national minorities, as recommended previously
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt effective measures to implement the national strategy for Roma integration and to combat discrimination against this category of population in employment, education and health care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures to prevent discrimination against migrants and refugees in access to the labour market, as well as to health care and education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Racial discrimination
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Develop additional measures to provide assistance to victims of sexual abuse and sexual violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Incorporate into the Criminal Code an outright ban on the activities of organizations which promote racial discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Undertake a comprehensive investigation into the so-called prison flights in which the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America landed aircraft at Danish airports with arbitrarily detained persons on board during its special operations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to ensure the employment of youth and also other vulnerable groups of the population, including persons with disabilities and migrants
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Develop a plan of action to combat racism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
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