113.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the reservation to CRC and CEDAW
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 9, 2021
121.157
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in ensuring people’s access to education, including all children with disabilities, and allocate adequate financial and technical resources for schools to effectively strengthen inclusive education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 9, 2021
121.192
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strive to implement the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in order to guarantee children’s rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 9, 2021
121.173
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow women to enjoy equal rights by conferring citizenship to their children and spouses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Jul 1, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation stated that Brunei intended to withdraw its reservations to Article 20, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) relating to the protection of a child without a family, and Article 21 (a) on adoption, and that it was working towards ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC).
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
121.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to identify and protect victims of labour and sex trafficking and to hold traffickers accountable, including by acceding to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Convention against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift its reservations to article 2 (g) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and its reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review, revise and repeal provisions of the Penal Code to bring it into conformity with international human rights standards and in particular the Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review and rescind any laws that contravene the obligations of Brunei Darussalam under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or religion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Freedom of religion and belief
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The special committees under the National Council on Social Issues, such as the Special Committee on Family Institution, Women and Children and the Special Committee on Immoral Activities and the Prevention of Crime, to undertake programmes that are inclusive and sustainable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue training of professionals and officers to improve the lives and circumstances of children in their care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation and review of the national youth policy with a view to make it relevant to current developments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement further the youth empowerment programme by ensuring the effective operation of relevant legal frameworks and programmes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and commute all existing death sentences, and explicitly prohibit the application of the death penalty against children, corporal punishment and life imprisonment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and other cruel, inhuman or degrading forms of punishment, such as whipping and lashings, particularly against minors, and raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility, which is currently 7 years of age
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Deepen the measures aimed at effectively guaranteeing the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, particularly of boys and girls, promoting tolerance and understanding between boys and girls from all communities, including religious and non-religious groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.149
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to ensure care of the mental health of adolescents, and facilitate their ability to have access to the necessary consultations and treatment in the area of mental health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen services for the education of children particularly those who have suffered from abuses or come from dysfunctional families, to ensure that they are resilient to adversity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.165
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to formulate and implement focused strategies to improve the rights of women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.171
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take concrete steps to dismantle gender stereotypes and eliminate structural barriers to women’s and girls’ enrolment in non-traditional fields, such as technical or vocational sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts towards aligning its national legislation, policies and programmes on women and children with 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
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact laws that sanction gender violence, in particular domestic violence, marital rape and female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.184
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen mechanisms for addressing the issue of domestic violence, including with regard to access to temporary security shelter homes, counselling and other forms of assistance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cease the practice of female genital mutilation, locally referred to as female circumcision
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.189
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to consistently apply the principle of the best interests of the child in all legislative, administrative and judicial procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.190
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the sharia code with a view to repealing provisions negatively affecting children, and develop institutional capacity for the effective implementation of child-related laws
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.191
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further strengthen efforts to protect the rights of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.193
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive strategy that includes awareness-raising activities aimed at eradicating gender stereotypes and discrimination against all marginalized groups, such as girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.194
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its endeavour to promote and protect the human rights of children, including by developing a more specific policy on children’s rights within the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020
121.195
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct legal reforms so that the minimum age for marriage is 18 years for both men and women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Mar 11, 2020