147.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Extend compulsory primary school and make efforts to increase the school participation rate of the marginalized groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
149.4.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying or acceding to: 1951 Refugee Convention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Fight impunity and hold all officers and persons acting on their behalf accountable for acts of torture and harassment of civilians
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying or acceding to: OP-CAT
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
148.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure legal and constitutional protection of indigenous and religious minorities, and facilitate the reporting of violations of their rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
148.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Eliminate early marriages and ensure education on sexual and reproductive health and rights for adolescents
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
149.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
149.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance without reservations before the next universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
149.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
149.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
147.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Bring legislation into conformity with the obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by repealing restrictive provisions that limit the rights of journalists, human rights defenders and civil society organizations to freedom of expression and free speech
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
149.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt, without delay, new non-discrimination legislation with a view to promoting gender equality, and, without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, religion or any other status, criminalize all forms of violence against women and girls, including marital rape, irrespective of the age of the victim, domestic violence and all forms of sexual abuse and harassment, ensuring also security and justice to the victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
149.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that human rights activists and journalists can exercise their rights without fear, intimidation and harassment by redrafting the planned Digital Security Act, and repealing or amending all laws that violate the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, including the provisions of the Penal Code related to defamation and sedition, the Information and Communication Technology Act (in particular section 57), and the Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Act, in line with international human rights law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
149.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on executions as a first step towards the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
149.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Acknowledge the existence of sexual and gender minorities in the country, and furthermore abolish section 377 of the Criminal Code and thus decriminalize consensual sexual acts between same-sex couples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
149.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
End impunity by conducting thorough investigations and criminal prosecutions of human rights violations and abuses against human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Impunity
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
149.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take further steps to fight all forms of violence and discrimination, in particular against women, children, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
147.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt further measures to guarantee workers’ rights, also in line with the “Sustainability Compact”
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
149.42.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty, as a first step towards complete abolition of this practice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
149.42.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
/ Consider the imposition of a moratorium on the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Respect the right of defence and the rule of impartiality of judges of national courts, with regards mainly to the trials against international war crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Address all acts of religious intolerance and discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the effective investigation and sanctioning of attacks against journalists and take measure to create a safe and enabling working environment for journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to adopt measures to fight impunity and acts of torture, harassment of civilians, including those committed by law enforcement officials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure widespread, unannounced and rigorous factory inspections where breaches of the Labour Act 2006 occur and that those responsible are held accountable in a manner sufficient to ensure deterrence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel and Inhumane Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- 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
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the OP-CAT and establish its national preventive mechanism accordingly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- 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
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Sign the OP-Cat
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment