N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka has commenced work on drafting a constitutional charter on human rights that will strengthen the human rights protection framework in the country and bring Sri Lanka's constitutional human rights guarantees in line with its international obligations. The process includes engaging in consultations with civil society. The draft charter and the process of consultation will foster a national discourse on human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Free comprehensive health care for life and free education for the nation's children up to 14 years of age (a far-sighted policy dating back to 1875) points to a progressive domestic realisation of the rights set out in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) even though the Kingdom has not ratified this treaty. The development of these policies was accompanied by clear and attainable targets that have been monitored and evaluated on the way forward
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Tongan Government believes that social, economic and cultural rights are important. It is fully committed to a vigorous development of Tonga's economic, social and cultural goals. It has consistently pursued a progressive agenda on social, economic and cultural policy and can point to the practical strategies of SDP8 and increased funding for education and healthcare as evidence of its commitment
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to discharge its obligations to submit, under the international legal instruments to which it was a party, initial and periodic reports to the respective treaty-monitoring bodies and to implement the recommendations of those bodies
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue its efforts to strengthen its national mechanisms and procedures to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all its citizens through the adoption and implementation of the proposed National Plan of Action which will set targets to be achieved during the five years commencing 2009, facilitate a holistic approach to human rights protection and promotion and lead to greater cooperation between Government and civil society
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Through modalities including the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and the Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance, Sri Lanka will continue to promote and protect human rights, coordinate humanitarian assistance and facilitate the work of local and international agencies providing such assistance.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue to work towards the economic development of the Eastern Province, which will uplift standards of living and the realization of social, economic and cultural rights, and also assist strengthening and smooth functioning of democratic institutions. Sri Lanka will also promote the dissemination and inculcation of best practices, good governance and political pluralism, as well as take measures for the rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-combatants, particularly children and young persons
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Justice
- Right to development
- Rights of the Child
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue to work towards the submission of its periodic reports to treaty bodies.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As a part of its commitment to guarantee civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights of its people, Sri Lanka will continue to align its development strategy within the larger framework of promoting local values and social protection for women, children, elderly and differently-abled people and other vulnerable groups in society and respect for human rights and good governance
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue its active and constructive dialogue and cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to strengthen national mechanisms in all aspects.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue its traditional role of consensus builder and participate actively in the work of the Human Rights Council to make the Council a strong, effective and efficient body - capable of promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all - and will continue to participate in the work of the Council in norm-setting in the field of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue to take steps that seek to advance the empowerment of women and women's rights and gender equality at national level through the Ministry of Child Development and Women's Empowerment as well as other national mechanisms. Sri Lanka will, at the same time, support international processes that seek to advance women's rights and gender equality.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the feasibility of conducting a national consultative exercise on a national plan of action to follow up on the Vienna Conference on Human Rights and the Durban Conference on Racism
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of modifying declarations made by the Government regarding articles 13 and 14, paragraph 5, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of modifying the declarations made by the French Government on articles 13 and 14 (5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To consider without delay the possibility of establishing an interministerial mechanism to hold regular meetings on the preparation of reports on the human rights situation in France for submission to international bodies, and to examine, in conjunction with the Advisory Commission, modalities for follow-up on recommendations made by those bodies and by the competent national institutions, including the Commission
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of withdrawing or modifying reservations made by the Government to article 14, paragraph 2 (c) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of withdrawing or modifying the reservations entered by the Government regarding articles 14 (2) and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Mali pledged to give thorough consideration to all requests for visits addressed by the special procedures
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Switzerland is considering the possibility of establishing a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To consider the establishment without delay of an inter-ministerial mechanism that would meet regularly, notably in view to examine, in cooperation with the CNCDH, the follow-up to the recommendations made by human rights treaty bodies and competent national institutions
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Furthermore, based on the model of Sweden, Romanian authorities are preparing a reflection process for the launch of a comprehensive National Plan of Action (NPA) for Human Rights, which will be reviewed annually. Within the framework of this process, which has also been discussed with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, a conference will be convened this year, at which the authorities and the main stakeholders from the civil society will discuss the guidelines for the Action Plan
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Switzerland is prepared to consider acceding to the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will also work with Member States and relevant United Nations bodies to assist the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to formulate proposals for treaty body reforms, with a view to making the treaty body system more effective and in line with present-day requirements of Member States.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka, manifesting its commitment to promote people-oriented development, will work towards the alleviation of poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 through continued investment in social infrastructure, education, and health services in line with the vision of the Government of Sri Lanka for social and economic development.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cooperate fully with the procedures and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the open-door policy towards internati onal human rights monitoring mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote the development of human rights norms
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote human rights education
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enter into other commitments considered necessary for the promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights in the country
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General