141.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect and strengthen civic space in law and practice, including by rescinding the planned amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisations Act and the proposed enactment of the “patriotic bill”
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
141.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations from local, regional and international independent observer missions to the 2018 elections in order to promote peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in 2023
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
31.207
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to ensure freedom of expression, free access to information and press freedom, including by guaranteeing independent investigations in all allegations of crimes against journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
31.206
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate action and measures to guarantee a safe working environment for civil society, including human rights defenders, civil society organizations, educators, and health-care and humanitarian aid workers, free from fear of threats, reprisals, persecution and arbitrary imprisonment and unwarranted limitations to freedom of association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
125.197
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the High Court’s decision by developing and implementing a comprehensive sexuality education policy for young people, to reduce the rates of unplanned and adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
125.138
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders, civil society organizations and journalists and ensure that they can exist and operate freely and independently
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
125.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct prompt, impartial and effective investigations into excessive use of force by security forces and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice in fair trials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 27, 2024
98.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the law on domestic violence more efficiently and provide adequate protection for victims of domestic violence, inter alia, by efficiently holding perpetrators accountable and giving victims adequate legal and psychosocial support
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
98.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and remove legal, administrative and practical barriers to accessing safe and legal abortion services in order to comply, inter alia, with article 36 (2) of the Constitution of Suriname
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
131.121
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the judiciary is provided with adequate resources and able to operate free from political interference
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
131.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures in the fight against gender-based violence, including by involving communities and by signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
121.193
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that adequate funding is available for preventive measures against gender-based and sexual violence, for counselling and support for victims, and for training for law enforcement personnel
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
121.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national human rights institution as soon as possible, while making use of existing civil society know-how and expertise
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
137.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation that recognizes different forms of partnerships and that grants same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
137.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify without delay the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
127.106
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen overall human rights protection by effectively reforming the justice sector in line with the Venice Commission’s recommendations, including by guaranteeing a transparent, inclusive, timely, broadly consulted and consistent legal process, restoring the independence of both judicial and prosecutors systems, and ensuring the right to a fair and transparent justice process for all citizens
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
127.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop national mechanisms to properly investigate and sanction hate speech and hate crimes, including towards members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
113.121
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure independent investigation and prosecution of all perpetrators of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence, irrespective of rank, and guarantee survivors’ right to an effective remedy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
113.147
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee, in all circumstances, that human rights defenders, in particular women human rights defenders, are able to carry out their legitimate work without fear of violence or reprisal and free of restrictions, including judicial harassment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
119.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend laws that restrict the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, such as the Criminal Code and Law No. 2011–010 on freedom of assembly and public and peaceful demonstrations, and bring them into line with international and regional human rights standards, including by removing provisions that criminalize the organization of and participation in peaceful demonstrations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
119.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate all allegations of arbitrary arrest and detention, intimidation, threats, harassment and attacks against human rights defenders, journalists or anyone expressing a dissenting opinion, and bring perpetrators to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date modified
- Feb 22, 2024
147.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the legal protection of individuals belonging to the most vulnerable groups, among which are sexual minorities and women, and ensure the prevention and investigation of all forms of violence, including domestic and sexual violence and female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024
147.98
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal or amend national legislation that restricts civil society like human rights defenders and journalists from exercising their rights and fundamental freedoms without fear of scrutiny and reprisal, including the three relevant acts, so that it complies with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024
123.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all laws that negatively impact freedom of religion or belief, such as laws that penalize unauthorized religious activities, limit religious education as well as the right of minors and women to participate in religious activities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024
123.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cease discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons based on their sexual orientation or gender identity and actively work towards the eradication of societal homophobia and transphobia
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024
144.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate all acts of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, domestic violence and sorcery-related violence, and prosecute perpetrators, with a view to ensuring full accountability for victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024
144.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), as recommended during the previous universal periodic review cycle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- UPR process
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024
128.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to prevent and prohibit discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, including by revoking the anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex provisions of the anti- paedophilia law and re-establishing the Equal Treatment Authority
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024
128.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure judicial independence, including by reinforcing the National Judicial Council in line with recommendations of the Venice Commission and the Council of Europe, and fully comply with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024
81.133
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Counter gender-based violence, including through the creation of an institution for victims of gender-based violence and sexual abuse, and by strengthening training for law enforcement personnel on gender-based violence and sexual abuse reporting
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- Feb 20, 2024