N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate the adoption of the draft Code on the protection of the child and the draft Code on persons and family
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Apply a strategy of universal registration of births
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps leading to a formal abolition of the death penalty, commuting all existing sentences to life imprisonment terms
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Speed up measures aimed at ratifying the Optional Protocol to CEDAW
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Act to combat the trafficking in persons, especially women and children
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make, until its next UPR review, substantial progress towards fulfilling its reporting obligations, including by requesting technical assistance if needed
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts in the fight against trafficking in persons, in particular women and children
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance the legal protection of children against all types of violence and prohibit, through adequate legislative measures, all forms of corporal punishment
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put in place a global strategy aimed at eliminating harmful practices and stereotypes against women
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts vis-à-vis country's reporting obligations under international human rights instruments to which Cape Verde is a party
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the Ministry for the Advancement of Women to meet the specific needs of women and girls
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to combat all forms of child labour by strengthening the labour inspectorate to ensure effective implementation of child labour laws, both in formal and informal sectors
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Exert utmost efforts to eliminate and prevent child labour, in particular in the mining sector, agriculture and as domestic servants
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps leading to a formal abolition of the death penalty, commuting the existing sentences to life imprisonment terms
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up its cooperation with special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council and eventually consider extending a standing invitation to all Special Procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate appropriate resources with a view to improve conditions in prisons and detention centres, in particular to address their infrastructural needs, inmates access to safe drinking water and food, sanitation, medical care as well as to legal counsel
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Right to food
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinforce efforts in addressing violence against women, including through increasing victims' access to justice
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enforce the provisions of the Criminal Code by prosecuting domestic and sexual violence against women and girls and punishing the perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Create a genuinely favourable environment-free and safe- to promote functioning of truly independent media
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make every effort to fully investigate all threats and attacks against human rights defenders and journalists and bring the perpetrators to justice
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abide by its UPR engagements made in 2009 by fully respecting and protecting the rights and freedoms of Human Rights Defenders and journalists and that no fines or prison sentences are imposed on persons for expressing political views or opposition to the current government
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to combat human trafficking including consider the possibility of developing a specific law and a national plan of action, as well as extend an invitation to the Special rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Special procedures
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate negative existing practices against women such as forced marriages, guarantee women access to education, as well as to political, social and economic activities
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further step up its efforts to prevent and eradicate trafficking in persons and consider the possibility of developing a national action plan and of inviting the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Special procedures
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive measures to prevent and eliminate cases of cruel treatment and sexual exploitation of children
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further strengthening national efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women, including FGM, and taking all the necessary measures to enable women to participate in public and private life on an equal footing with men
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake necessary judicial reforms with a view to ensure the independence of the Judiciary and improve access to justice, in particular for the most vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to ensure to improve education for children
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate the development and adoption of the Children's Code
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further endeavours with regard to the smooth and productive activity of the National Human Rights Commission within the country
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution