110.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Comply with the European Union’s anti-money-laundering and countering terrorism finance directive
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
- Human rights and terrorism
- International instruments
110.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the full implementation of the European anti-money- laundering directives
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
110.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen its anti-corruption institutions, including the enforcement of anti-money-laundering regulations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
- Public security
110.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures in the fight against corruption and impunity so that every Maltese citizen enjoys the same rights and obligations before the law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
110.50
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Investigate fully all threats, harassment and violence against journalists, bringing to justice not only the direct perpetrators, but also those who incited them to commit those deeds
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
110.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Investigate and prosecute cases of intimidation and violence against journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
110.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure accountability through the conduct of independent, impartial, prompt, thorough, effective, credible and transparent investigations into all cases of violence, threats and attacks against journalists and media workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
110.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Revise the legislation on the financing of political parties and the investigative powers of the Electoral Commission, in order to provide transparency with regard to donations to political parties and effective public control over the fulfilment of prerequisites for such donations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
110.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that crimes and offences are investigated thoroughly and court cases are concluded within a reasonable amount of time
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
110.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Take all steps necessary to guarantee the full exercise of freedom of expression and of the press, as stipulated in the Constitution of Malta and in accordance with its international commitments in the field
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
110.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to ensure full respect for and implementation of its international obligations relating to gender-based violence, including through appropriate training for the police force and the judiciary
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
110.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Invest appropriate resources to ensure the implementation of existing strategies related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including ensuring access to safe, affordable and modern means of contraception, and information related to them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
110.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure women’s sexual and reproductive rights, including through education and family planning
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
110.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Improve the availability of sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
110.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt concrete measures to promote women’s full and equal participation in political and public life and accelerate women’s full and equal participation in elected and appointed bodies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
111.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
111.13
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Withdraw reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which are incompatible with the principle of equality between men and women, and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
111.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt an open, merit-based process to select national candidates for United Nations human rights treaty body elections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Elections
- Treaty bodies
111.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Increase the number of investigations and, where appropriate, prosecutions in cases of corruption and financial crime
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
111.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that children between 16 and 18 years of age are tried by special juvenile courts, not ordinary courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
111.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Conduct a transparent investigation into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and exercise all due diligence to ensure that justice is done
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
111.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Work to address the shelter needs of migrants and asylum seekers, and in particular improve living conditions in open centres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (CRC-OP-SC)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the OP-CEDAW without reservations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR, putting thereby at the same level the protection of these rights with the political and civil rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the efforts to ensure that the conditions in detention centres meet international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to address the specific needs of children of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Adapt the practice in which unaccompanied minors are being held in migrant detention together with unrelated adults, and give them the benefit of the doubt until their age has been determined
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Migrants
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- WEOG (Western European & Other States Group)
- Recommendation
Consider less restrictive alternatives to blanket detention of migrants and guarantee to all migrants the right to seek judicial review of the lawfulness of their detention and to obtain a determination without delay and release if detention is determined unlawful
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Migrants