125.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify its efforts to accede to outstanding international legal instruments to which Uganda is not yet a party, including 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
125.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
125.7.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- 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
125.7.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- 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
125.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and accede to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and other international human rights treaties to which the country is not yet party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a formal moratorium on the application of the death penalty, with a view to ratifying 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
125.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), of the International Labour Organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
125.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97), of the International Labour Organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek the international community’s support to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for all people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
125.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake further measures to mitigate the socioeconomic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, with support from the international community
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
125.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the Human Rights Commission, the Equal Opportunities Commission and relevant line ministries are adequately funded
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
125.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue moving forward in implementing legislative amendments or creating new legislation necessary to achieve even better results in the promotion and protection of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
125.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to further strengthen the independence of the national Human Rights Commission
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
125.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sustain efforts to finalize and implement the national action plan on human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
125.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen the national human rights institution, including through the provision of enhanced funding and resources
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
125.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that adequate resources are provided to the Human Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission to enhance their functioning and effectiveness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
125.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider further strengthening the National Human Rights Commission, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles)
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
125.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Working with civil society, reform the working practices of the Non- Governmental Organization Bureau to guarantee an open, accountable and vibrant civic space, and publish the details of those reforms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
125.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue measures aimed at mitigating COVID-19 pandemic induced socioeconomic impacts and implementing the national development plan
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
125.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop an implementation plan for the systematic implementation of recommendations from the universal periodic review process
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Integrate a rights-based approach into climate mitigation policy and disaster risk reduction plans
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
125.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance measures to prevent discrimination against all vulnerable groups, including women, children and persons living with HIV
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
125.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase protection for persons with albinism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
125.77
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance training of law enforcement officers on basic human rights, also in relation to combating discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer persons; this should be regular, systematic and in the curriculum of law enforcement trainings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all sections of the Penal Code that criminalize consensual same- sex relations between adults, and protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons from violence and hate speech
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to end discrimination and persecution against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons by repealing discriminatory legislation, investigating and prosecuting incidents of police violence and arbitrary arrest and detention targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, and recognizing the full legal equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, including in marital and family matters
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct a full and transparent independent investigation into the killings in Kampala in November 2020, bringing those responsible to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
125.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate reports of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced disappearances and torture before, during and following the 2021 elections in Uganda, and hold accountable the parties responsible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted