121.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue promoting international technical cooperation, including in seeking capacity-building assistance
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
121.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture, signed by Brunei Darussalam in 2015, and make declarations in accordance with articles 21 and 22 of the Convention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
121.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Promote international and regional cooperation in the field of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
121.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Repeal the new punitive measures of the sharia Penal Code Order 2013, and ensure that the implementation of the law will not infringe on human rights and will be fully consistent with the international and regional human rights commitments and obligations undertaken by Brunei Darussalam
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
121.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider signing the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
121.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers, 2011 (189)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
121.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Eliminate all norms, including in the Penal Code, which provide for, inter alia, capital punishment, stoning, maiming and flogging as sanctions for certain offences or conduct
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
121.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Lift its reservations to article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
121.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual same-sex conduct and repeal provisions in the Syariah Penal Code Order that are not compliant with international human rights norms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
121.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Withdraw its general reservation to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and eliminate all discriminatory legal provisions against women, including those relating to marriage and divorce, property, inheritance and transmission of nationality to their children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
121.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Guarantee the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association by, inter alia, repealing the Sedition Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
121.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Repeal the emergency powers and the Sedition Act, and protect the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
121.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Reform laws and policies limiting freedoms of expression and association, such as the Sedition Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
121.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider the extension of a standing invitation to all special procedure mandate holders of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
121.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Revoke immediately the new legislation dated 3 April 2019 that imposes the use of death penalty for homosexuality and adultery and introduces other cruel and inhuman punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to further strengthen its human rights infrastructure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue ongoing efforts for the betterment of the rights of children and women and other vulnerable groups
- 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
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to harmonize its legislation with the international human rights norms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to carry out its excellent effort to ensure nine years' compulsory education for all children from the age of six
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to cooperate with the United Nations and other international organizations to strengthen human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to promote human rights education and training for both Government officials and the general public in order to ensure the further nurturing of a human rights culture within the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to pursue social policies in keeping with family values and not be intimidated by suggestions on social norms that are controversial, non-universal and specific to certain societies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Encourage it to sign and ratify ICERD and OP-CRC-AC
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that the procedures governing registration of civil society organizations are transparent, non-discriminatory, expeditious and inexpensive and that they allow for the possibility of appeal, avoid requiring re-registration and are in conformity with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish an effective and inclusive process to follow up on the recommendations emerging from the universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles, to provide additional protection for the human rights of its citizens
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Further enhance human rights education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Give an opportunity to newspapers whose permits have been rejected to appeal the decision to a third party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press