119.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and abolish the death penalty in domestic legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to make efforts to eradicate violence against women and children and take the necessary measures to provide appropriate treatment for victims of crimes of this sort.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Extend an open and permanent invitation to the United Nations human rights special procedures mandate holders -
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Further seek international financing and cooperation for judiciary and police reform and for the provision of care and support for victims of sexual violence.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Issue open and permanent invitations to the special procedures.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts towards the elimination of violence against women in all conflict areas, female genital mutilation and early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
119.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
119.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Implement a measurable, time-bound national action plan for assistance to the victims of anti-personnel mines that guarantees them equal rights and meets their needs in terms of disability, health, social assistance, education, employment, development and poverty reduction
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Right to health
119.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure equality of rights by passing legislation that criminalizes discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and allows access to justice for those affected
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
119.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary measures to prevent and punish all acts of discrimination and violence, in particular against LGBTIQ persons, and persons with albinism, ensuring their protection and due compensation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
119.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Revoke articles 175 and 176 of the Criminal Code that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and reject legislative proposals that criminalize consensual relations between adults of the same sex
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
119.77
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt legislative measures to combat discrimination against the pygmy populations, as well as holding prior consultations to obtain their free and informed consent before the adoption of measures that may have consequences for their way of life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
119.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the exercise of economic, social and cultural rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to peaceful protest and freedom of expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Freedom of opinion and expression
119.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take steps towards the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
119.141
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt all necessary measures to combat the impunity of perpetrators of human rights violations and undertake an inclusive process of transitional justice to clarify the truth, provide reparation to victims and ensure reconciliation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Justice
119.188
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the implementation of measures and provisions to eradicate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, strengthening educational activities and public awareness campaigns in order to combat traditional discriminatory practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
119.220
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Increase the political participation of women, fight against traditional discriminatory practices and eliminate gender-based stereotypes at all levels of society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
119.226
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Review the current electoral law with the aim of removing all obstacles that prevent many Congolese women from standing as candidates for elected positions, for instance, removing the $1,000 payment required from candidates for women only, in full consultation with women’s organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider issuing a standing invitation to all United Nations human rights special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fully cooperate with the competent humanitarian organizations with a view to ensuring the protection of the internally displaced, particularly women and children.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Internally displaced persons
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Further professionalize the armed forces, including by regular and increased payment of wages.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Give priority to free education in the national budget allocations and take measures to prevent school drop out.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider adhering to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that the national legislation enables the establishment and exercise of jurisdiction on war crimes related to conscription, recruitment and use of children in armed conflict
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue activities aimed at strengthening the judiciary and promoting access to justice, including through expanding the provision of free legal aid to victims of sexual violence, training members of the judiciary to fight against sexual violence and promoting awareness against the stigmatization of victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue making progress on the fight against poverty, with the appropriate social policies for its people, in particular for those most in need, with the cooperation and technical assistance that the country requires
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Technical assistance and cooperation
119.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Provide adequate annual financial assistance to the Fatherhood Programme, called “Baba Bora” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other similar programmes in the country in order to change the mentality on masculinity and promote gender equality, with the view to expanding such programmes throughout the whole country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
119.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a national and independent mechanism for the prevention of torture and cooperate with the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Torture and other CID treatment
119.100
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation recognizing and effectively protecting the work of human rights defenders, and ensure exhaustive and independent investigations into the allegations of human rights violations against them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders