N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the recommendations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, specifically recommendations 21 and 22
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Comply with the recommendations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to prepare studies on the impact on the human rights of local communities in third countries of agro-fuel projects promoted by Belgian companies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Environment and human rights
- ESC rights - general
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Halt the systematic use of detention of asylum seekers at the borders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in providing migrants, including those in irregular situation and migrant children, access to health, education, and other social services at par with its nationals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put an end to all forms of discrimination by employers against workers from religious minorities in the public and private sectors, including the adoption of internal regulations banning the wearing of clothes representing a religion or a culture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Labour rights
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the norms on defamation in the context of the international frameworks related to freedom of expression and opinion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize defamation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Rescind the decision to prohibit the peaceful expression of religious beliefs, including the wearing of religious symbols in schools, in line with the freedom of religion or belief guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the European Union Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate religious discrimination, including prohibitions on wearing religious symbols or clothing
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Search the consent of Belgian Muslims on any initiative to codify the practice of Islam
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide protection for the family as the natural and fundamental unit of the society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reduce the high number of persons in preventive detention and limit its systematic use through alternative options to detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Positively consider adopting specific legislation on domestic violence, especially violence against women, with a view to ensuring synergy with the implementation of the national action plan 2015-2019 for combating genderbased violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the recommendation of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to adopt specific legislation on domestic violence, particularly against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider adopting specific legislation on domestic violence and violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt specific legislation on domestic violence, especially violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt specific legislation on domestic violence, especially violence against women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate all forms of violence against women in detention places by some members of the judicial police and the need to prosecute them and avoid impunity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Impunity
- Justice
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review detention conditions so that they are in conformity with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and that this be achieved before the publication of the third national report
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reform comprehensively the prison system and respect the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. It is fundamental that the authorities guarantee the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, from the moment of their detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate and punish in an exemplary fashion cases of disproportionate use of force, racial violence and ill-treatment by law enforcement officers and effectively address racism, discrimination and incitement to racial and religious hatred
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Racial discrimination
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the legal definition of torture is in line with Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the revision of anti-terrorism and data protection legislation and policies and repeal the provisions that contravene the applicable international law in areas such as due process and imprisonment, and develop measures to prevent and combat racial profiling by law enforcement bodies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights and terrorism
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take other legislative measures to declare illegal organizations that incite racial discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Initiate visits of the Human Rights Council special procedures on the right to education and adequate housing and food with a view to developing more effective measures to drop poverty levels
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to education
- Right to food
- Right to housing
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further advance its national efforts on the promotion and protection of human rights through, among others, developing a comprehensive Human Rights National Action Plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite the process of establishing a fully functioning Independent National Human Rights Institution that is fully compliant with the Paris Principles by the end of 2017
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Such a legal framework [establishing a National Human Rights Institution] will provide for the prosecution of human rights violations in national courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Convention against Discrimination in Education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Right to education
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Convention against Discrimination in Education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Right to education
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019