130.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen efforts to ensure that all crimes committed with a discriminatory motive are fully and effectively investigated
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
51.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to ensure full compliance of the national human rights commission with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
52.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the proposed NGO law does not impede civil society from undertaking legitimate activities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
130.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps to end discrimination against minority groups, including the Roma population, and meaningfully integrate Roma children within the education system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
128.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen judicial independence, including by implementing the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary and strengthening the role of the National Judiciary Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
128.125
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen freedom of expression and association by enacting regulations that enable licensing of media outlets and ensuring civil society organizations can operate freely without interference
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
108.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve implementation of national legislation and policies to reduce gender-based violence and protect victims and survivors, including by improving staff training for the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s gender-based violence unit
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
123.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the freedom of the media by protecting journalists and media workers against civil and criminal provisions and intimidation aimed at suppressing critical reporting on matters of public interest
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
123.135
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the 11 recommendations from the previous cycle on the right to a fair trial, the independence of the judiciary and measures to protect lawyers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- UPR process
123.140
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Uphold the right to participate in public and political life, including by allowing peaceful opposition groups and parties to operate freely
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
51.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact legislation criminalizing torture and enforced disappearances
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
88.115
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure comprehensive sexuality education, with a view to preventing teenage pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections, in particular HIV
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
88.121
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal discriminatory provisions against women in national legislation, including in the Equal Opportunity Act and the Sexual Offences Act, with a view to fully incorporating the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women into national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Women's rights
157.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement remaining legislative measures to give full effect to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
52.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to ratifying 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
88.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to ratifying 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
106.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to pursue the recommendations outlined in the State of Human Rights Report: 2015, particularly those related to women, children, persons with disabilities and prisoners
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
106.99
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further actions towards eliminating gender-based violence and violence against children, including by adequately funding shelter and support services and actively progressing the passage and implementation of the Child Care and Protection Bill
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
107.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal laws criminalizing private sexual activities between consenting adults, including sections 67, 68 and 71 of the Crimes Act, and take steps to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons from discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
88.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
88.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact legislation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and repeal sections 12 and 15 of the Sexual Offences Act (1995), which criminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
51.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Uphold its international obligations regarding the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
109.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact legislation for the protection of refugees and the granting of asylum under international refugee instruments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
128.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prevent discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons by repealing laws that prohibit certain discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity with those under the age of 18 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
128.240
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Commit to resolving the issue of unclaimed Jewish property in Hungary with the World Jewish Restitution Organization among other stakeholders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
147.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal or amend laws unreasonably restricting freedom of expression, including the 2015 Statistics Act, the 2015 Cybercrimes Act and the 2016 Media Services Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
147.122
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the 1971 Law of Marriage Act to raise the marriage age for girls to 18 years, as ordered by the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2019
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
147.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal or amend laws discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, including section 154 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes consensual same-sex acts among adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
147.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an immediate formal moratorium on the mandatory death penalty with a view to its abolition and 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
109.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Equal Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and remove laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted