N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Seek necessary technical assistance from OHCHR, other relevant UN agencies and funds with a view to effectively implement its key national priorities for 2009-2014 related to health, education, land reform and food security
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to food
- Right to land
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Make easier the living conditions of the Batwa community which are of concern, particularly with regard to their access to land
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to expand women's access to land and to microfinance and microcredit at low interest rates
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Improve local administrative and judicial mechanisms to recover lands in the shortest possible time
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen effectively the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, including to their ancestors' lands
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Enact a non-discriminatory law on succession, inheritance and land-rights issues
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
As previously recommended, promote a legal framework providing legal certainty in the area of property, particularly land tenure and protection against forced evictions, and recognize the rights of indigenous peoples, pastoralists, hunters and gatherers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to amend or repeal all discriminatory legislation, including discrimination regarding land ownership and to ensure the compatibility between customary law and statutory law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to promote the rights of indigenous populations of the country, particularly, with respect to their access to the citizenship, land, justice and education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Justice
- Right to education
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Guarantee all citizens the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs, in particular as regards policy making on land distribution and use
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Create a mechanism to prevent illegal land grabbing and ensure that large-scale development projects are undertaken with human rights due diligence and following public consultation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Implement effectively the Green Scheme, the San Development, Land distribution, the Mass Housing Programme, Water Supply and Sanitation, Safe drinking water, and Equipment Aid Scheme to SMEs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Right to development
- Right to housing
- Right to land
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Quickly pass pending legislation related to the protection of women and children including the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Bill and the Draft Land Policy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take steps to clarify land rights and the land use situation, taking into consideration all stakeholders that are affected by the decision-making related to land ownership and use
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Facilitate access to education and land rights, in particular for women and people in rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to land
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Include those affected by the phosphate extraction industry in the negotiations on their settlement and the acquisition of alternative farm lands for them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Give priority to resolving conflicts related to land tenure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue implementing the legislation on the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and their lands, as well as the anti-discrimination laws, especially with regard to religion and physical conditions such as albinism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that its agriculture policies do not undermine the food security or land rights of the most vulnerable and consider applying the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality of children under 5 years age (A/HRC/27/31)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to food
- Right to health
- Right to land
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to improve the access to adequate land by ethnic minority groups who have been deprived of their original lands
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take legal and practical measures that guarantee women equality in the acquisition of land, in access to the means of production and in political representation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework to guarantee labour and land rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Labour rights
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Set up a strategy to promote the rights of women to combat discrimination against women and girls, focusing in particular on matters such as early or forced marriage, sexual violence, equal access to education and equal access to land ownership, inter alia
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to land
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Promote land use management for better safeguarding of property rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Guarantee the rights of the Batwa to the enjoyment of natural resources and provide them with adequate compensation in cases of expropriation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Modify the law on inheritance to prevent discrimination against widows, and guarantee right to all properties including the right to own land
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Review civil laws with the view of putting an end to discrimination against women and girls, in particular rights related to marriage and land property
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Further strengthen its successful land reform and resettlement program, which grants land to historically disadvantaged groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue implementing its agrarian reform policy and resettlement program by giving land to groups who have been historically disadvantaged
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Pursue its land reform and resettlement program in order to enable underprivileged persons to have access to land, given that the right to land is a fundamental human right
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land