26.190
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reimpose the federal moratorium on capital punishment, with a view to eventual abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
124.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all legal provisions criminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults, and mandate the Malawi Human Rights Commission to protect the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
124.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
104.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
26.13
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
148.170
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend articles 37 and 41 of the draft Constitution released in July 2017, to guarantee freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
84.8.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
133.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Maintain its moratorium on executions, amend legislation to remove the death penalty for any crime and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
134.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legislate or amend the current Family Code in order to include civil partnership available to both different-sex and same-sex couples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
108.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual same-sex relations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
109.4.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
148.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
148.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the 2001 Law regulating civil associations and the related decree and issue a new statute protecting freedom of association consistent with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- CP rights - general
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
134.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to eliminate gender-based violence, including by ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) and increasing support to NGO-run crisis centres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
84.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement policies and legislation to narrow and close the gender pay gap
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
84.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to prevent sexual, gender-based and domestic violence as well as protecting and supporting victims through the National Commission for the Prevention of Gender-based and Domestic Violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
104.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement further reforms to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
26.225
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take concrete steps to eliminate racial discrimination and excessive use of force in policing
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Racial discrimination
116.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase funding to implement its law on combating domestic violence and enable greater cooperation between sectors responsible for combating and reporting domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
137.138
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the Istanbul Convention into domestic laws and policies, to protect and support victims and survivors of gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Women's rights
107.102
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand resources for gender-based violence awareness campaigns, legal aid, shelters, and health, education and employment services for victims and survivors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Women's rights
104.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to improve living conditions for prisoners, including by reducing overcrowding, and ensure compliance with article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Detention
- International instruments
26.301
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that laws permitting the refusal of care based on religious and moral beliefs do not restrict women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and that measures are put in place to monitor and prevent violations of these rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
122.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an adequately resourced independent police complaints commission, as provided for in the Police Act of 2010
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
106.118
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Effectively implement the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection (Amendment) Act 2018, including through advocacy and awareness- raising among targeted audiences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
84.93
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen legislative protection for children by increasing the minimum age of marriage to 18
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
134.221
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve access to services and provide greater incentives for employment for people with a disability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Labour rights
- Right to development
137.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen its human rights framework, by finalizing and implementing its new National Programme for Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Croatia
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
104.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect and protect the rights to freedom of opinion and expression and to freedom of peaceful assembly and association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
133.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue progress on transitional justice mechanisms as an essential component of a comprehensive commitment to good governance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice