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
157.98
- 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
157.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take concrete measures to improve literacy equally amongst boys and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- May 18, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bhutan is committed to ensuring that all children have access to free primary education.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The government is committed to addressing the issue of domestic violence.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With regard to the comments and recommendations made during the review, including with regard to the scope of Bhutan's international human rights commitments, the strengthening of support for civil society organizations, measures to combat domestic violence and trafficking, and complex humanitarian issues, Bhutan expressed its commitment to addressing these issues.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
157.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the National Committee for the Welfare of Women and Children, so that it provides programmes and activities that have a gender perspective and are adapted to children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's 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
157.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand the actions of preparation for natural disasters, emergency situations and adaptation to climate change, with an emphasis on the protection of children, women, and people with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Environment and human rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, eradicating corporal punishment both at school and at home
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate measures to ensure that the rights of the child are respected, including by prohibiting all forms of corporal punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further intensify efforts to address root causes of trafficking in persons, especially women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts in conducting capacity-building activities for duty bearers in the areas of combating trafficking in persons and violence against women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Explicitly define and criminalize the sale of children and develop other mechanisms to address child trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen legislation and public policies to eradicate trafficking in persons, in particular of girls and boys
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to address the root causes of trafficking in women and girls, and ensure rehabilitation and social reintegration of victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- 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
157.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further strengthen efforts in the area of poverty reduction and in prevention of youth unemployment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance children’s enrolment in schools
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase school attendance of boys, girls and adolescents, including those with a disability, and reduce the illiteracy rate of girls and women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to improve the state of health of the population, particularly for women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to improve the quality and access to education for all children, especially children from rural communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.77
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Keep up efforts to provide quality education to boys and girls through its government education programme, in order to ensure their proper development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue ensuring universal access to free and equitable education to guarantee every child the right to free basic education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to guarantee access of girls and women to all levels of education, including tertiary education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen actions for access to and quality of education at all levels, as well as inclusive education for children with disabilities and literacy programmes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Human rights education and training
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures to encourage higher attendance and retention of girls in schools
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the Government’s efforts to improve the quality of and access to education, particularly for children from rural communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020
157.99
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its work to support the protection and promotion of the rights of women, children, girls and adolescents
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 7, 2020