N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish all discriminatory laws which still exist in relation to women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish all legislation that discriminates against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish permanently the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty definitively and commute all such sentences to periods of imprisonment - and put an end to caning and flogging
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty once and for all, sign and ratify the second Optional Protocol to ICCPR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the practice of corporal punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the practice of torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, including the collective punishment of families, as reported by the Special Rapporteur, and amend national legislation to prohibit the torture and other ill-treatment of children, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Special procedures
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abrogate or amend section 377 of the Penal Code to guarantee non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abrogate or amend the Internal Security Act and all legislation allowing for detention without trial
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abstain from political interference in judicial proceedings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, its 1967 Protocol and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the United Nations Convention against Corruption and ensure a proper audit of funds allocated for social services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate its ongoing transitional efforts with a view to acceding to the core international human rights treaties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accept visits from United Nations special rapporteurs, and in particular to accept the request made by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, which has been awaiting a response since 2006
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accompany the policy of setting up provincial committees with sensitization campaigns against gender-based violence and discrimination to better prevent the voluntary recruitment of children in armed groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Act on its commitment to set up a national agency to combat sexual violence and ensure access to justice and compensation for victims of sexual violence.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address all urgent appeals sent by the United Nations special procedures mandate holders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address the claims of discriminatory treatment of minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address the situation of persisting gender-based discrimination in political, social and economic life, including by eliminating all laws that discriminate against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive national action plan that a) includes clear objectives and tangible measures to implement all human rights - b) allocates financial and human resources for each measure envisaged - and c) establishes an evaluation mechanism for regular monitoring of the measures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a law against corruption
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a law to protect the rights of human rights defenders as well as a plan to ensure their security, particularly in the east of the country. Conduct an appropriate investigation and publicly condemn attacks against human rights defenders.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a moratorium on eviction until measures are taken to guarantee effective implementation of the 2001 law on land property and to deal with this problem in a more humane and dignified manner
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to housing
- Right to land
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a moratorium on the application of death penalty to put an end to the practice of public executions and the imposition of the death penalty for religious or political crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019