95.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Reform the Family Code so as to give legal recognition to couples of the same sex, fight against discrimination and hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity and guarantee access to health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Right to health
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
95.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Appropriate sufficient funds to support the Ministry of Interior’s vetting system under the law on vetting of the State Police, the Republican Guard and the Police Internal Affairs Service
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
95.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Intensify, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16, efforts against the sale of and trafficking in children through comprehensive investigations and prosecutions of perpetrators with effective and dissuasive sanctions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that the Ministries of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity take further steps to eliminate the worst forms of child labour, that they address the informal sector in these measures, and that they receive adequate training to detect and prevent unlawful child labour, improve the quality of and increase the number of workplace inspections in both formal and informal sectors, and work with the courts to effectively prosecute perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Extend an open and permanent invitation to the United Nations special procedures mandate-holders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Follow the recommendations in the final report of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on the 28 June elections to minimize the politicization of the Media Monitoring Board and to facilitate training for the Board members in quantitative and qualitative media analysis
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Foster equal and unconditional access for all inhabitants of the country to health care and education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Review national legislation and take the necessary legislative measures to ensure that there is no overlap of functions between the Office of the Commissioner for the Protection from Discrimination and the Ombudsman, and consider granting the Ombudsman the necessary financial and human resources to enable it to fulfil its mandate with more efficiency and independence, in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
95.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Investigate and sanction cases of racist hate speech or incitement to racial hatred and punish perpetrators of acts of violence and racially motivated hate crimes, including politicians and representatives of the media
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
95.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Take legal and administrative measures to prevent and punish hate speech and hate crimes against migrants and the Roma community and to guarantee the rights of migrants to health, education, housing and other basic services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Right to education
- Right to housing
95.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen policies to combat violent offences and hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity by establishing more solid links with civil society and guaranteeing the implementation of legal provisions on hate crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
95.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Promote media freedom by investigating and taking steps to ensure that anti-defamation and slander laws are not used to launch prosecutions to intimidate journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
95.79
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Vigorously investigate, prosecute, and convict traffickers, including complicit officials, under articles 110 (a) and 128 (b) of the Criminal Code and increase the number of judges and district prosecutors trained on victim- centred approaches to trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Trafficking
95.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen social policies to combat poverty and social inequality by consolidating national programmes to promote employment and access to education, food, health care and social assistance for national minorities and other vulnerable groups of the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Minority rights
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Consider fostering policies on combating child trafficking and define the crimes of the sale of children and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying CRPD and its Optional Protocol, and accomplish the human rights goals set by the Human Rights Council in resolution 9-12
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Fully implement its action plan to improve the living conditions of minorities, especially Roma
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Fully implement the National Strategy on Gender Equality and Domestic Violence, intended to tackle violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures to facilitate the effective performance of the functions of the Ombudsman, ensuring the adequate provision of financial resources for its work and an appropriate follow-up of its recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to effectively eliminate the worst forms of child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
95.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the capacities of first line officers, including border and immigration police and those working in centres for irregular migrants and asylum centres, so as to improve the situation of victims of trafficking and their access to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Human rights education and training
- Trafficking
95.105
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Implement measures that effectively protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons against discrimination in access to medical care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to health
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
95.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Increase the number of reception and orientation centres available to assist women victims of domestic violence, sexual violence and trafficking in human beings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt and implement robust measures aimed at addressing human trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt and implement robust measures to better address domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that all members of ethnic and linguistic minorities, recognized as such or not, should enjoy all social rights and should be protected from any forms of discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Implement effective and comprehensive reform of the penitentiary system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Include in the relevant legal framework the definition of the crimes of sale of children and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen its policy for the full guarantee of the rights of the child, with attention to combating child labour and the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 11-7 and draft resolution A-C.3-64-L.50 of the General Assembly.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to accelerate the consolidation of property rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to housing