N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accede to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and actively fight against violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- 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
Take measures to ensure that journalists exercise their profession freely and fight against impunity of the perpetrators of violence against them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Impunity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- 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
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty, in view of its definitive abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Investigate in a prompt, transparent and impartial manner allegations of violations of international law and human rights by armed and security forces and establish procedures for verification and oversight to ensure that perpetrators of grave violations are removed from these forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen human rights training for security forces and prison officials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fully guarantee the independence of the judiciary in conformity with relevant international norms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance signed in 2008, as well as the Rome Statute signed in 2000
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- 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
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to fight against gender violence by fully implementing the "National Gender Policy" and the national action plan against gender violence 2012-2016, and by ensuring that perpetrators are brought to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- 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
Ensure that members of the security forces responsible for violations of human rights are brought to justice, and improve prison conditions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that all allegations of extrajudicial executions, excessive use of force, arbitrary detentions or acts of torture are investigated and bring those responsible to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Extrajudicial executions
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take necessary measures to fully guarantee freedom of expression, in particular freedom of the press
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accede to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take necessary measures to fight against discrimination against people from minority ethnic communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation of the national action plan against human trafficking that was adopted in 2014
- 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
Accede to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Put an end to the trials of civilians by military tribunals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accede to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to promote gender equality in combating discrimination and violence against women and girls, in particular domestic violence and early marriages
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing 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
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Repeal provisions criminalizing sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex, to respect the principles of equality and nondiscrimination among all people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt the implementing decrees of the ordinance on pastoralism, guaranteeing the protection of land rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the independence and effectiveness of the National Commission on Human Rights, in particular through the allocation of adequate resources in order to bring it into conformity with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that all legal standards are in conformity with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and actively fight against the practice of female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- 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
Repeal legal provisions penalising sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex, in order to respect the principles of equality and non-discrimination among all persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fight against impunity of the perpetrators of human rights violations, particularly those perpetrated during the civil war which have not been judged by the Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone, as well as those perpetrated by members of the law enforcement agencies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that members of the security forces who are responsible for violations of human rights are prosecuted
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Repeal the provisions criminalizing same-sex sexual relations between consenting adults, to respect the principles of equality and non- discrimination among all persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to fully ensure respect for fundamental freedoms, especially the freedom of assembly and the freedom of association, as well as the freedom of the press
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment