N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Maintain disaggregated data on caste and related discrimination.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take into account recommendations made by treaty bodies and special procedures, especially those relating to women and children, in developing a national action plan for human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Expedite ratification of the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- 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 and recognize the competence of its Committee, in accordance with articles 31 and 32
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary legislative, civil and criminal measures to provide the appropriate protection to women, and children that are victims of sexual abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Study the possibility of eliminating any criminalisation of same sex relations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen its efforts to combat trafficking in persons by providing the necessary budget to establish a larger number of local bodies to combat this scourge
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue encouraging socio economic development and poverty eradication
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
161.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Women's rights
161.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the fight against discrimination, exclusion, dehumanization, stigmatization and violence suffered by scheduled castes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
161.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take urgent measures to repeal the norms that discriminate against castes, and investigate and sanction the perpetrators of acts of discrimination and violence against them, in particular against the Dalits
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
161.209
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive law to combat all forms of violence against women, including domestic violence and marital rape
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
161.187
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Increase investment in universal, mandatory and free education by giving priority to measures to eradicate discrimination and exclusion that affect girls, children with disabilities, Dalits and marginalized persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Minority rights
- Right to education
161.195
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take urgent measures to put an end to harmful traditional practices such as so-called “honour killings“, selective abortion on the basis of the sex of the fetus, sati, devadasi, early and enforced marriage, bringing the perpetrators to justice and guaranteeing assistance for victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as well as its Optional Protocol
- 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
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Enact comprehensive reforms to address sexual violence and all acts of violence against women, including "honour" crimes, child marriage, female feticide and female infanticide, and to remedy limitations in the definition of rape and the medico forensic procedures adopted for rape cases
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that laws are fully and consistently enforced to provide adequate protections for members of religious minorities, scheduled castes, and adivasi groups, as well as, women, trafficking victims, and LGBT citizens
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider abolishing the death penalty or establishing a moratorium
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Study the possibility of repealing the death penalty from its legal regime
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures to address violence and discrimination directed towards persons based on their sexual orientation, especially related to employment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to ensure birth registration on a universal basis, particularly for persons living in extreme poverty, belonging to religious minorities or in remote areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Poverty
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish measures at the national and state level to remove obstacles in terms of access by the population to pain palliative medicines
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
161.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt legislative measures and policies to prevent early or forced marriages
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
161.192
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue incorporating the gender perspective in the design and implementation of policies, and guarantee that the development agenda pays equal attention to the concerns of women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Women's rights
161.196
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Implement existing laws on all forms of violence and sexual violence against women and girls, including “honour“ crimes, female feticide and female infanticide, expand the definition of rape and sexual assault to include marital rape, and end harmful practices such as child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
161.9.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian 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
161.9.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian 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
161.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Advance towards the ratification of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
161.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
161.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Promptly ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Torture and other CID treatment