161.140
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen regulations that set limits on extending working hours with a view to capping work-related deaths and suicides
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
161.141
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt specific measures to rectify labour standards violations as a follow-up to inspections conducted on the Technical Intern Training Programme
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
161.138
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider improving the basic pension scheme for the elderly, in consultation with their representatives within the associations, so as to guarantee them sufficient resources to cover their living expenses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
161.135
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to improve the national system of administration of justice, including guarantees for the rights of persons being held in detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
161.134
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Refraining from the practice of surveillance and intrusion into the private lives of representatives of religious minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Privacy
161.133
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt necessary measures to create the necessary conditions for the activities of a free independent mass media
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
161.132
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to guarantee the independence of the media, including by reviewing the current legal framework governing the broadcast media, and to strengthen media independence by removing the legal basis for undue government interference
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
161.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue implementing the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace, including through the monitoring of the stated goals in the action plans published by relevant government bodies and private companies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Women's rights
161.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Review the legal framework governing broadcast media and, in particular, that the Government review and repeal Article 4 of the Broadcast Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
161.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Comprehensive measures including legislative means to ensure independence of media
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
161.156
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation of the Basic Plan for gender equality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
161.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Follow the appropriate United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in order to improve detention conditions by providing: better and timelier medical and dental treatment, appropriate provisions to withstand the cold winter temperatures in prisons, and larger servings of food to inmates
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Right to food
- Right to health
161.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Expressly prohibit corporal punishment in all settings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
161.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Review its death penalty policy and strongly consider a moratorium on the use of capital punishment, and to engage in public debate about the future use of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
161.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Introduce a system of mandatory appeal in cases where the death penalty has been handed down
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
161.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Enact an anti-human trafficking law to protect human rights of migrants from violations by recruitment agencies, brokers and employers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Trafficking
161.123
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Redouble its efforts against human trafficking and adopt a specific action plan for the protection and compensation of victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
161.105.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
161.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen its efforts to combat trafficking in persons, including by formulating a comprehensive anti-trafficking legal framework, especially in order to protect women and children from exploitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
161.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue in its efforts to ensure full access to education enrolment to all and to remove any obstacles that minority communities may face, particularly in reference to equal access to education for women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
161.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that the “Tuition Waiver and Tuition Support Fund Programme for High School Education“ is extended to all schools in the country, including those that are under the responsibility of local governments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
161.5.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
161.157
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts for the promotion and protection of gender equality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
161.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Develop community-based and people-centred mental health services and supports that do not lead to institutionalization, over medicalization and to practices that fail to respect the rights, will and preferences of all persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
161.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt a broadly applicable anti-discrimination law, including a comprehensive definition of discrimination, with a view to ensuring the prohibition of all forms of direct and indirect discrimination, including on the basis of age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or nationality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
161.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Eliminate legislative provisions that are discriminatory against women, children born out of wedlock, ethnic or national minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex persons, with a view to expressly prohibiting hate speech and penalizing any non-consensual sexual conduct
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
161.44.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish an independent National Human Rights Institution in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
161.200
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue with its efforts to promote the rights of persons with disabilities and eliminate discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
161.198.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Including following the Committee’s guidelines on Article 14 to protect the security and personal integrity of persons with disability who are deprived of their liberty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
161.214
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue providing support for the voluntary evacuees from the high-radiation areas of Fukushima, with housing, financial and other life-assisting means and with periodic health monitoring of those affected, in particular those who were children at the time of the accident
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Right to housing