N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek out international technical assistance and cooperation and use this to consolidate the National Policy for Children and Youth with an infrastructure that meets its needs and the participation of all sectors in the society in the fight for the recognition of children's rights, with particular attention to those who are placed in a situation of extreme vulnerability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider opening a small permanent mission in Geneva, using facilities provided by the newly opened Commonwealth Small States Office
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Request international assistance deemed pertinent to implement measures to improve the human rights situation of children and adolescents
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue applying socio-economic development strategies and plans in the country, in particular those geared towards combating poverty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to implement legislation that takes into account the needs of boys and girls in general, including equal access to universal primary education, as well as, in particular, that of boys and girls with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its dialogue with indigenous persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to seek assistance from the international community, with the support of the United Nations country team, in strengthening its human rights policies and implementing the universal periodic review recommendations, particularly in building capacity for its human rights officers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to recognize and uphold the collective rights of the indigenous peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work on its human development plan and include cooperation and technical assistance strategies to use and integrate the outcome of the universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue implementing programmes and measures aimed at guaranteeing universal health and education services of quality to the entire population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With international cooperation and technical assistance, continue strengthening its education policy with a view to provide a comprehensive education that responds to the needs of its people, as the only means to advance towards full development, in conditions that guarantee full equality and the inclusion of the most vulnerable sectors of the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to seek technical cooperation and assistance from the international community and such agencies as OHCHR in its promotion and protection of human rights, particularly capacity-building for preparing the national reports under human rights conventions to which it is a party and capacity-building for its human rights officers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue implementing programmes and measures to enhance the enjoyment of the right to education and the right to health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to improve both the quality and accessibility of education and related facilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to guarantee better implementation of education plans particularly in rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to conduct awareness-raising campaigns promoting equal conditions and equal responsibilities between women and men both in the private and public sphere with the aim of abolishing the persistence of patriarchal and stereotypical attitudes and achieving greater representation of women in the decision-making and managerial positions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to promote and protect the rights of women, children and juveniles and overcome their vulnerability
- 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
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Explore possible ways and means to further diversify major economic activities with a view to widening the national income base in order to create an enabling environment to better promote and protect human rights in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Actively consider specific legislation in the area of gender discrimination, including violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider adhering to the human rights instruments to which it is not yet party, particularly the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider signing and progressively ratifying international human rights instruments to which the country is not yet a party, especially the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying those main international instruments to which it is not party, particularly the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and conclude the ratification process of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider extending an open and standing invitation to the special procedures of the United Nations, which may contribute to interactive cooperation with the system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider availing itself of offers for technical assistance to facilitate its submission of reports to the relevant treaty bodies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider taking measures for the implementation of its international commitments in the area of the rights of persons with disabilities, and in particular to address the issue of accessibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider including a module on human rights education and training in the education system and also in the training programmes of the members of the police force and the administrators of justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the possibility of creating, with the aid and assistance of the international community, a national human rights institution accredited by the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures