N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt specific measures to combat discrimination against children with disabilities in accessing an inclusive education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue implementing the national policy for persons with disabilities which lays out the fundamental pillars of development to ensure that an integrative society can truly take root
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to development
139.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to better protect the rights of women, children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
139.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt and implement a comprehensive strategy to eliminate discrimination and enact legislation that specifically prohibits all forms of discrimination on grounds of gender, race or disability, among others
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Discrimination
- Racial discrimination
- Women's rights
139.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue implementing its national programmes and policies to improve the education and health systems for the special vulnerabilities of women, children and persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
139.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to implement policies and measures of inclusivity, especially with regard to persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
139.180
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
139.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Accelerate current efforts towards ensuring disability-inclusive education and accessibility, within and around school grounds
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Enhance and, where appropriate, review the implementation of medium- and long-term strategies, including the Strategic Development Plan 2007-2011, the 2020 Plan for Indigenous Fijians, the National Policy for Persons Living with Disabilities 2008-2018 and the national AIDS strategy, inter alia, with a view to achieving further gains in the promotion and protection of human rights in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- HIV - Aids
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take further steps in view of the ratification of CRPD as soon as possible within a 10 years' timeframe
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
139.171
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take further measures to ensure the rights of children with disabilities, and to facilitate their effective access to health, education and social services, and their full integration into society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
139.172
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities, while giving special attention to women and girls with disabilities and the discrimination that they face
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Discrimination
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
139.178
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish comprehensive support programmes to guarantee access to education and health services, as well as participation in the labour market and public life of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Labour rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
139.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Accelerate efforts to put in motion the implementation plan adopted in 2019 to promote the rights of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- National action plan
139.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Launch a public information campaign to overcome social stigma and encourage the competent authorities, teachers and parents to promote the right to education of children with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Human rights education and training
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
139.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Promote equal opportunities and non-discrimination for people living with a disability and those living with albinism, particularly in the areas of education, employment and social protection
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Discrimination
- Labour rights
- Minority rights
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider the issue of ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take steps to ratify and implement CRPD
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify CRPD as soon as possible to ensure that there is equal treatment for persons with disabilities pursuant to the new Constitution, as recommended previously
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue promoting awareness and empowerment policies for persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
139.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Strive continuously to enhance the rights of women and other vulnerable groups, such as persons with disabilities and the elderly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights for older people
- Women's rights
139.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue safeguarding basic human rights and freedoms, with due consideration for the special vulnerabilities of women, children and persons with disabilities, in climate and disaster-induced migration through the efficient legislative and policy framework
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Environment and human rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
139.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts to ensure the well-being of women, children and persons with disabilities in the design and implementation of plans to address natural disasters and emergency situations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Environment and human rights
- National action plan
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
139.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in accordance with its national plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
139.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in ensuring social security programmes to strengthen the active participation of persons with disabilities in society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- ESC rights - general
139.170
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Step up efforts for the effective access of children with disabilities to health, education and social services, as well as their full inclusion in society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
139.173
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary public education measures to remove any remaining stigma and barriers against the full inclusion of persons with disabilities, particularly women and children with disabilities, in Fijian life and society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Discrimination
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
139.174
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to ensure that persons with disabilities have equal access to education, health and social services, and to facilitate their full inclusion in society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- ESC rights - general
- Right to education
- Right to health
139.176
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to implement the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act to ensure that persons with disabilities, in particular children, have access to social services and their full inclusion in society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
139.182
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Develop an action plan to ensure accessibility for children with disabilities to essential health-care services and educational institutions in rural areas and the outer islands
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- National action plan
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child