N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to allocate to the National Human Rights Commission the necessary human and financial resources to fulfil its mandate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the full and continued implementation of the various legislations put in place to safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the human rights action plan elaborated recently
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Approve and implement the Water Bill as a matter of urgency, particularly for rural and suburban communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures at the national level to prevent impunity of the perpetrators of the post-election violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Impunity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to provide individuals that are under threat of being forcibly evicted with full protection against forced eviction in line with international obligations and commitments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to housing
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the requisite measures to safeguard the independence of the judiciary, thereby strengthening this branch of Government
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment in which human rights defenders and civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 22/6 and 27/31
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue judicial reform, including through the implementation of framework programme for judicial reform 2012-2016, as well as the creation of the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board, and by reforming the police and penitentiary system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In line with the conclusions of the report produced by the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission in 2013, take all necessary steps to put in place a programme to give reparations to all victims of the 2007-2008 post-electoral violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue reform of the judiciary and the penitentiary system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect the provisions of the Constitution on human rights in its amendments to the Public Benefit Organizations Act and amendments to media laws
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its national efforts, with the support and assistance of the international community, for the promotion and protection of human rights, particularly in the realization of economic, social and cultural rights of the people of Kenya
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full respect for human rights by law enforcement agencies and ensure that violations are subjected to judicial prosecutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate more resources to social protection, including cash transfers to the most vulnerable groups in the society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement full the 2013 Public Benefits Organizations Act, and safeguard rights and space for civil society, in line with the Kenyan Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all the necessary measures to bring to an end attacks on journalists and ensure that the Information and Communication Act is in line with the human rights obligations of Kenya, in particular press freedom
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the initiatives to promote and protect its people's right to adequate housing
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to housing
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote poverty alleviation and enhance poverty reduction of women and children and people with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate more resources to social protection
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to ensure effective respect for the right to property by facilitating registration of property deeds
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to housing
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve social policies to combat social inequalities and poverty, in particular youth unemployment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Poverty
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation of poverty eradication programmes including by allocating sufficient national budget for those programmes that impact directly on the lives of the people of Kenya
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the measures for poverty reduction
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further promote economic empowerment programmes and job creation to prevent the radicalization of young people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures towards the adherence to the World Health Organization standards on health service delivery
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to implement the adopted strategies, in particular the National Reproductive Health Strategy 2009-2015
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify its efforts to improve health infrastructure as well as the quality and delivery of health services, including access to reproductive health information and contraceptives for women in marginalized areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider continuing efforts to secure and retain adequate medical personnel in hardship and marginalized areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote health and sanitary practices for the safety of mothers and their children, and uphold continually the inherent right to life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights