115.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Revise mining codes, policies and practices in order to meet the expectations of local communities and invest the generated revenue in infrastructure programmes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
144.180
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take all the measures necessary to restore, as soon as possible, the Children’s Parliament, which was heralded as a success, and provide it with sufficient resources, as follow-up to the recommendations accepted in paragraphs 123.28, 124.15, 124.16 and 124.59 of the report of the Working Group from the second review cycle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- UPR process
131.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Set up a national mechanism on implementation, reporting and follow-up, covering accepted universal periodic review recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- UPR process
137.115
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
As follow-up to the recommendation contained in paragraph 126.87 of the report of the Working Group from the second cycle (A/HRC/23/9), devise and implement a strategy to improve and reduce the duration of police custody and pretrial detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
137.184
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
As follow-up to the recommendation contained in paragraph 126.153 of the report of the Working Group from the second cycle, mobilize sufficient resources to significantly reduce chronic malnutrition throughout the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to food
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure equality among women and men in their family relations and continue to combat violence against women and children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- 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
Strengthen the capacity of the office of the Ombudsman
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Provide financial and structural support to civil society organisations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Conduct awareness-raising campaigns against the discrimination of persons with albinism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Minority rights
139.221
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Harmonize legislation in order to ensure that the minimum age of marriage is increased to 18 years for boys and girls, without exception
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
118.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt the draft law establishing quotas for women in elections, putting them in an advantageous position, as follow-up to paragraphs 108.42, 108.50 and 108.87 of the recommendations from the second cycle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
118.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures for the strict separation of detainees according to their age, sex and status, with the aim of improving prison conditions, as follow-up to paragraphs 108.34, 108.36, 108.37 and 108.38 of the recommendations from the second cycle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
146.79
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to mitigate land conflicts between rural communities and businesses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Right to land
146.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Develop specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound policies and programmes to ensure that revenues from mining activities contribute to the sustainable, social and economic development of communities in mining operation zones
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Right to development
31.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Delete any religious classification in national documents, including identity cards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
122.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take concrete measures to protect the agricultural sector against the negative effects of climate change
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Right to land
115.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Set the minimum age of marriage at 21 for boys and girls and raise public awareness of this law, in particular among women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
144.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take strong, specific and action-oriented measures to modernize the fisheries sector in a way that benefits Senegalese fishermen, as follow-up to the recommendations accepted in paragraphs 124.21, 124.92 and 124.115 of the report of the Working Group from the second review cycle (A/HRC/25/4)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to food
- Special procedures
- UPR process
115.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to take necessary steps to further improve transparency and accountability in its financial sector, with a view to eliminating loopholes, if any, that may contribute to illicit financial flows
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
142.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Immediately adopt the national policy for the promotion and protection of the family
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
144.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Provide sufficient annual financial assistance to the country’s civil society programmes and organizations that are trying to change attitudes towards positive masculinity for men and boys
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
114.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to improve the legal framework for the protection of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
123.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Provide adequate annual financial assistance to programmes in the country aimed at changing the understanding of masculinity and promoting gender equality, and consider expanding such programmes throughout the country
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
119.226
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Review the current electoral law with the aim of removing all obstacles that prevent many Congolese women from standing as candidates for elected positions, for instance, removing the $1,000 payment required from candidates for women only, in full consultation with women’s organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Women's rights
121.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider after 2019 extending the decent work country programme signed with ILO in October 2014
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take adequate measures to strengthen the criminalization of female genital mutilation and enhance awareness of the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- 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
Strengthen free primary education across the country's territory
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the capacities of the Ombudsman office
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider establishing legal assistance offices in order to assist those who cannot afford the services of a private lawyer
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice