114.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take the responsibility to combat impunity, address the allegations of human rights abuses committed by the security and defence forces and provide access to justice for all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
137.121
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Investigate allegations of extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, abductions and torture committed by security forces and prosecute perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to combat trafficking against women, and try to eliminate women's vulnerability to exploitation and traffickers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Establish an appropriate mechanism for the protection and the promotion of children rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Engage the civil society in the process of implementation of the UPR recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and incorporate its provisions into domestic law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Put an end to direct and indirect restrictions on freedom of expression and adopt appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to prevent intimidation of journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Put in place a comprehensive strategy, including legislative measures to eliminate practices and stereotypes that discriminate women, such as polygamy and the bride price
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Engage civil society in the process of implementation of UPR recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Put in place a comprehensive strategy, including review and formulation of legislation, to modify or eliminate traditional practises and stereotypes that discriminate against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the effective implementation of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2010, as well as to prosecute and punish the perpetrators of that practise
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Establish and make operational a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Engage civil society in the process of implementation of UPR recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Put in place a comprehensive strategy to eliminate patriarchal attitudes and negative stereotypes of women in the Tunisian society as well as eliminate discrimination against women that still exists in the national legislation, in particular concerning marriage, child custody, guardianship, as well as effective and equal access to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Designate a national mechanism for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Undertake concrete steps in order to prevent violence against women, including domestic violence, also through awareness-raising and educational efforts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Introduce appropriate legal measures prohibiting all forms of violence against children, ensure accountability and end impunity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Amend the Law of Marriage Act of 1971 and increase the minimum marital age for girls, as well as prevent child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Provide birth registration and issue birth certificates free of charge for all children under 5 years of age in order to reach universal coverage and increase public awareness of the importance of birth registration
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
127.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fully eliminate discrimination between women and men with regard to inheritance rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
114.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to fight the stigmatization of women and children subjected to forced and early marriage, sexual slavery, rape and torture committed by extremist groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
115.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Finalize the bill that prohibits the practice of female genital mutilation, which can concern up to 90 per cent of girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
137.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Allow and enable the conducting of investigations by the International Criminal Court, which were launched before Burundi’s withdrawal from the Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Special procedures
137.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Re-establish cooperation with all international human rights, investigating and judicial mechanisms, including the International Criminal Court and the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Special procedures
121.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Investigate all cases of disappearance of political opposition representatives, including members of the English-speaking minority, and take all adequate measures to find them and enable them to return safely to their homes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Minority rights
119.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue reforms aimed at building a strong civil society, enjoying independent, pluralistic media with free access to public information and legal protection of journalists and human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
119.180
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue utmost efforts to provide access for all children to primary and secondary education, eliminate illiteracy and invest in improving the quality and competences of teachers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
121.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that civilians are not tried by military courts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice