N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures to guarantee effective access to justice and protection for women victims of gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Sustain efforts to promote and protect the rights of groups and of the vulnerable population, such as children, women, disabled and elderly persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt legislative provisions in order to prohibit, sanction and effectively prevent the practice of female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures to guarantee effective access to reparation for women victims of gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Remove all obstacles that obstruct effective access to justice, considering the acknowledgement of alarming rates of violence against women, and adopt appropriate measures to increase women's basic legal training and knowledge of their rights, including the right to obtain legal reparation though the courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Justice
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the moratorium on the death penalty and move towards its elimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
That a comprehensive prevention strategy together with adequate legislation be introduced to combat the high incidence of sexual and gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take legislative and policy measures to prevent and fight violence and to combat discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the institutional capacity of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights established in 2011, the Ministry of Justice and the judiciary
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- National Human Rights Institution
103.14.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify 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
103.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Carry out comprehensive education and awareness-raising campaigns to combat the stigmatization and de facto discrimination suffered by persons living with HIV/AIDS, persons with psychosocial disabilities and Ebola survivors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- HIV - Aids
- Human rights education and training
103.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary measures to decriminalize consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex and combat discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation or gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
103.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Amend all laws that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, including the repeal of provisions that criminalize same-sex relationships
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
103.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Criminalize all forms of female genital mutilation, without exception, in accordance with the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, and provide victims with access to justice, psychological support and sexual and reproductive health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
103.98
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Prioritize the strategy for the protection of girls against child marriage, 2016, in conformity with the Agenda 2063 of the African Union, and criminalize female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
103.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt and implement legislation criminalizing human rights violations arising from harmful traditional practices, such as genital mutilation, child or forced marriage, accusations of witchcraft and trial by ordeal
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Bring domestic legislation into line to cooperate with the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Analyse the possibility of abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, signed in 2004, and implement the necessary domestic measures for its implementation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Amend discriminatory provisions based on sexual orientation or gender identity, in particular with regard to equality of access to services and public office
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider decriminalizing consensual same-sex relations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Boost the investigative capacity of the National Independent Human Rights Commission and ensure full participation by civil society in its work
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening the institutional capacity in the human rights sector in the country, particularly through promotion, dissemination and human rights education in the various national institutions, and establish follow-up mechanisms for human rights recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue with the measures aimed at promoting and protecting effectively in law and in practice the human rights of women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Implement a human rights training programme and the necessary legal reforms to avoid the practice of female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Improve the population's access to health with the support of the international community, in accordance with its national interests
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
103.139
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the legislative framework with a view to granting the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission more prosecutorial powers and clear political independence to fight predatory corruption in order to boost the economy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
103.160
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen its national health policies in favour of the most vulnerable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
103.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure access to education for all children and repeal the law that allows schools to exempt children with disabilities from free and compulsory education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
103.212
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Set the minimum age of marriage at 18, regardless of gender, with a view to outlawing child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child