N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Include civil society and human rights defenders in the development of legislation and decision-making processes, through an institutionalized consultation process.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date modified
- Mar 2, 2020
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the individual complaints procedures under the treaties to which it is a party.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in all forms, in particular stoning, flogging and the amputation of limbs, and the execution of minors, as recommended by the Human Rights Committee and the relevant special mandate holders, respectively.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Personal Status Law of 1992 and the Citizenship Law of 1990 to prevent discrimination and violence against women in marriage, divorce, guardianship, testimony, property, nationality, child custody and inheritance, and repeal all discriminatory provisions of the Penal Code, including articles 232, 273 and 275, as recommended by the CEDAW Committee, and the proposed amendment to article 26 of the Penal Code.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Give individuals, groups and organs of society the legitimacy and recognition to promote human rights and to express their opinions or dissent publicly.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take concrete measures to ensure effective birth registration, particularly in remote and rural areas.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect and respect the freedom of expression and association of human rights defenders and refrain from placing any unnecessary restrictions on their work.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights defenders
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble its advocacy efforts to enhance public awareness on gender equality and women's role in social and economic development.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue measures to enhance the protection of the human rights of women and gender equality, taking into account the observations of the CEDAW Committee.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the implementation of educational and awareness-raising programmes on human rights.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt appropriate measures to disseminate widely and ensure full observance of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further concrete measures to ensure equal rights of women and men with regard to personal status.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to preserve the languages and culture of ethnic minorities.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Share with other countries its experiences in poverty reduction and agricultural development.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to build national institutions, increase its people's awareness of all sets of human rights and broaden the space for the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its programme of building affordable housing for low-income families aimed at promoting broader enjoyment of the right to adequate housing by 2020.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to housing
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Share with other countries its experiences in poverty reduction and agricultural development.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the amended press law complies with ICCPR and that the legal framework allows the existence of privately owned media.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- International instruments
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts, with the support of the international community, to eradicate poverty, increase literacy and enrolment rates and improve access to basic health services.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prohibit any practice of forced early marriage of young girls, including tourist or temporary marriages, female genital mutilation, and parent-supported trafficking of children through, inter alia, the adoption and subsequent implementation of the Safe Motherhood Law, recently brought before Parliament, without delay, as recommended by the CEDAW Committee
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Trafficking
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to promote and protect the economic, social and cultural rights of its people and share its experience in poverty reduction and agricultural development.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Share experiences in promoting agricultural productivity and sustainability, local development and good governance with other developing countries
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Right to development
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the media can operate freely and independently.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Honour its voluntary commitment to submit national reports to the treaty bodies by the due date.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the capacity of judicial administrators.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With the support and cooperation of the international community, seek to build up its capacities to effectively respond to natural disasters and adapt to the challenges brought about by climate change.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further efforts to engage all appropriate social and political organizations in the promotion and protection of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to make further efforts to advance the human rights of socially vulnerable people, including persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, women, children, persons with HIV-AIDS and victims of human trafficking.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to enhance access to basic health services, especially for children.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take active measures to close the gap between rich and poor and between the mountainous and urban areas.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Nov 29, 2019