24.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps towards establishing an independent national human rights institution in line with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
24.295
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Endeavour to promote racial harmony through improvement of equality for women of African descent
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Women's rights
26.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol to ensure protection of women’s rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
26.163
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further and more targeted measures to address the disproportionate impact of violence on the poor, minorities and immigrant women, and expedite the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Minority rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
26.227
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to implement the decisions of the Supreme Administrative Council, which require the Government to allocate 30 per cent of its managerial positions to women, as well as the selection and appointment of professional directors on the basis of the requisite general and specialized competencies regardless of gender
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
26.313
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further robust and comprehensive measures to promote wider and equitable access to quality education at all levels
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
28.69.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider establishing a national human rights institution in line with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
28.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Endeavour to promote racial harmony through improvement of the equality of women of African descent
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Women's rights
31.159
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure due process for persons arbitrarily detained in government facilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
31.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite investigations and criminal proceedings on the remaining cases of deaths in the context of protests
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
31.266
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to effectively focus anti-poverty programmes on rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
31.317
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote women’s political representation and participation, adopt policies to address structural barriers hindering women from occupying decision-making positions and increase the number of shelters for victims of domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
33.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to address acts of torture and ill-treatment by security forces, including by conducting independent investigations of all allegations of abuse, and ensure the prosecution of perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
33.131
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the protection of fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly for all, including for internally displaced persons, returnees and human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights defenders
45.96
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Evaluate the anti-terrorism law with a view to bringing it in line with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights and terrorism
45.241
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize and effectively implement the Provincial Action Plan on Combating Early and Forced Marriage and the 2018–2023 Strategy Document and National Action Plan on Combating Early and Forced Marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- National action plan
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
51.137
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Outlaw and take steps to combat all forms of discrimination on the basis of gender in the workplace, including with regard to recruitment and progression, and ensure that the retirement age of women in all sectors is at par with that for men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
52.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Remove undue restrictions and infringements on the enjoyment of the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
100.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening national laws on offences related to violence against women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
100.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take legislative and other measures to address racial and ethnic discrimination, including through prohibiting racial profiling
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Racial discrimination
100.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the full implementation of the National Action Plan against Human Trafficking as a means of ensuring the promotion and protection of victims of trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
100.123
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide accessible sexual and reproductive health services in line with existing laws, including through education and awareness programmes to address the root causes of adolescent pregnancy and new infections of HIV and sexually transmitted infections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
103.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact, strengthen and implement laws on violence against women to ensure prosecution against female genital mutilation, rape and other such offences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
103.190
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending the national law to ensure that both men and women can confer their nationality to their children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
104.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to combat racism and racial discrimination against people of African descent, including through investigating racial profiling by security forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Racial discrimination
104.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen and ensure the effective implementation of the protocol for the detection, identification, assistance and protection of trafficking victims in Panama to complement the work of the National Commission against Trafficking in Persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Trafficking
107.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts aimed at increasing the employment of women in the formal sector, including ensuring equal pay to women in the labour market
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Women's rights
107.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide island-wide access to safe places for victims of gender-based violence especially to women and children by allocating adequate resources to increase the number of institutions that provide support and shelters for victims of gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
107.105
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake a holistic review of its legislation with a view to eliminating or reforming laws that preserve different forms of direct or indirect discrimination against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Women's rights
107.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts in the elimination of child labour, including enforcing legislation on the minimum age of work
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child