157.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to improve the quality of and access to education, and increase efforts to ensure accessibility to education for children with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Aug 27, 2021
158.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue legislative reform efforts to completely prohibit corporal punishment in all contexts, particularly in the home and at school
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date modified
- Feb 26, 2021
157.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue expanding rural access to quality education and enhancing the job prospects of its youth, including through technical and vocational education training as envisaged in the Bhutan Education Blueprint
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Youth rights
- Date modified
- Feb 25, 2021
157.98
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to ensure that women have access to justice across the country, including establishing well-resourced and accessible specialized courts for women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Feb 17, 2021
158.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts, together with Nepal, to find a lasting solution to the situation of refugees formerly resident in Bhutan and currently living in Nepal
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date modified
- May 18, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to study and review human rights instruments. Bhutan has always been of the view that the government must first build the necessary social and political institutions and develop its human resources before it assumes any additional international treaty obligations. In the absence of strong institutions and qualified personnel, it remains seriously constrained in fulfilling the obligations as required in the international treaties/conventions. As its capacity is enhanced, Bhutan will consider ratifying relevant international human rights instruments
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bhutan is committed to continue participating actively in all UN human rights activities with the objective of drawing on international best practices that can be incorporated into relevant domestic policies and legislations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
157.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working with the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Special procedures
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Keep on mobilizing resources and seek necessary international assistance to enhance its capacity to promote and protect human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to enhance capacity-building through partnership with United Nations agencies, including OHCHR and other development partners, with a view to fulfilling the country’s international human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue training for law enforcement on trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.20
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work with all relevant stakeholders and the international community to support these efforts to combat inequality through technical cooperation and the sharing of best practices in combating inequality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Poverty
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement interventions to reduce income disparity and inequalities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts in reducing inequality and promoting inclusive development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue work for the protection of the environment and the biological corridors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement policies and measures to strengthen its environmental conservation efforts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue undertaking inclusive consultations on disaster management and contingency planning to ensure that the needs of women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are duly considered
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts aimed at preventing and combating trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to combat trafficking in women and children by ensuring the rehabilitation and social reintegration of victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts to prevent and combat trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its engagement to ensure the rehabilitation and social integration of victims of trafficking, including by providing them with access to shelters, and legal and medical assistance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to be committed to eradicating poverty, particularly in rural areas, and intensifying infrastructure constructions in rural areas and increasing the income of peasants
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.50
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to provide government services on the Internet
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its reforms in health and education to enhance access to quality services for all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue reform measures in health and education for higher-quality services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote its social policies in order to increase the quality of life of its people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the positive efforts in the reduction of poverty and inequality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote economic and social development, with the aim of eradicating poverty and improving the standard of living of the population, especially in rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.66
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening free access to health-care services for all people of Bhutan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue allocating resources for the health-care sector to improve health-care services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020