N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government is also looking forward to enhancing cooperation with the Human Rights Council and is committed to serving as a model for change in the region.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Yemeni Government is preparing a national human rights strategy in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Efforts will be made, in conjunction with the legislature and the executive authority, to create special legislation to harmonize the domestic laws on children's rights in keeping with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the two Optional Protocols thereto and the other conventions which deal with the subject of children.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continued humanitarian support for refugees from the Horn of Africa and provision of all humanitarian welfare requirements within the limits of available means
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legal procedures have been instituted with a view to enacting a new law on private sector employment to replace the current legislation and to introduce a statutory minimum wage, which will be subject to regular review, and also to restructure the labour market in order to balance the freedom to change jobs with the protection of employers' interests.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
It is committed to supporting the higher national anti-corruption authority in discharging its mandate to the full
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Corruption
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Moving forward, the Government is committed to studying the framework for accession to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Comorian Government is committed to achieving self-sufficiency in food production by facilitating access to loans for fishing, animal husbandry and farming and providing the necessary expertise. Particular attention is devoted to the respective trade associations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to food
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
An increase in the number of shelters for refugees in Yemen
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure bringing into force the Omani Law of the Child in pursuit of its national strategy on children and in line with its CRC obligations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government would like to pledge to the people of Somalia and to the international community at large that when Somalia re-emerges as a full-fledged and functional state, it will rebuild on a solid foundation of human rights and IHL.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A study will be conducted of a draft law on the welfare of persons with disabilities to guarantee these persons greater rights in respect of rehabilitation, training, employment, housing, health care, education, social welfare, etc. The State will do what it can to preserve the human dignity of these persons, integrate them into society and involve them in all areas of life as productive members of Kuwait society.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establishment of a national shelter for the rehabilitation of former women prisoners upon release and their reintegration into society
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Detention
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The State will establish a national body to deal with all human rights matters.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Complete the procedures for ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize the text of a balanced counter-terrorism law.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights and terrorism
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct a wide-ranging review of Egyptian human rights laws in order to bring them into line with Egypt's international commitments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Saudi Arabia affirmed its commitment to protecting the rights of the child, not only in its capacity as a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the two Optional Protocols thereto, but also in fulfilment of its obligations derived from the provisions of Islamic sharia which seek to ensure the best interests of the child in all circumstances.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implementation of all recommendations of international committees concerning the promotion of human rights in practice
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In the context of its efforts to achieve social development, Qatar is committed to maintaining the family as a strong and cohesive unit and to providing the family with support, welfare and protection.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Other
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact legislation on community-based associations, violence against women, the rights of persons with disabilities, human trafficking, trade unions and health insurance.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Labour rights
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government is also committed to a national media campaign to enhance public awareness about the crime of human trafficking, deter criminals and highlight the existence of help lines and shelters for victims.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Trafficking
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Steps will be taken to create a children's court to settle family disputes.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Specifically, to meet the commitments thus undertaken, the Government intends to draw up and broadly introduce social safety nets as an original mechanism providing social protection
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Draw up a national five-year plan for the promotion and advancement of human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its work on the promotion and protection of human rights and strengthening the environment within which civil society operates and will specifically consider amending its Law on National Associations (promulgated by Royal Decree 14/2000) whenever necessary.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as well as the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Enforced disappearances
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide regular periodic reports to the United Nations treaty bodies and submit them in a timely fashion.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Narrowing the gender gap in education and illiteracy
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to education
- Women's rights
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make a contribution to the promotion and advancement of human rights, working through regional human rights mechanisms by way of its membership of the League of Arab States and the African Union.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
- Date modified
- May 8, 2020