N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Complete its accession and to speedily ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce to its criminal legislation aggravating circumstances on the grounds of racial discrimination, as recommended by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Call on OHCHR, in consultation with the Government, to provide technical assistance regarding the incorporation of international human rights instruments into domestic law.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the possibility of acceding to the Convention against Torture and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adhere to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Create a national commission of human rights and freedoms.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize various outstanding treaty reports, particularly to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further develop, with international support, a human rights training and capacity-building exercise for judiciary and law enforcement personnel.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to improve conditions of detention in prisons, guaranteeing the compatibility of rights with cultural practices.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended mainstreaming human rights in the education system.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts in favour of women in rural areas.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek the assistance of OHCHR and the international community in relation to human rights education, improving the justice system and strengthening the monitoring of progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the goals of Vision 2016.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Justice
- Right to development
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With the support of the international community, continue to fight poverty and meet the Millennium Development Goals and those of Vision 2016.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide sufficient resources to the Office of the Ombudsman for its effective functioning.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take action to address the non-coverage of anti-retroviral treatment for refugees.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- HIV - Aids
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take action to establish an independent national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the 1960 UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish a national preventive mechanism.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Submit regularly reports to treaty bodies.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With the assistance of the international community, increases activities aimed at incorporating human rights education in the official school curricula and strengthen the capacity of national authorities to promote the enjoyment of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its initiative to combat and put an end to the practise of excision.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Effectively promote and protect human rights.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate the poverty alleviation programmes with a view to addressing the uneven distribution of wealth, access to health and the high level of social exclusion of indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian groups
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
- Poverty
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue, with the support of the international community, to do everything to protect its population against all forms of human rights violations committed by illegal armed groups.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Acknowledge-recognize, accept and fully implement the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the wall.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of movement
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Annul its illegitimate decision to annex the occupied Syrian Golan and end all settlement activities therein.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End all settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in particular in and around occupied Jerusalem
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to land
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Immediately release all Palestinian, Syrian and other Arab prisoners and detainees
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Dismantle the separation wall.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of movement
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the occupation of all Palestinian and Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem and occupied Syrian Golan, and recognize and respect the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and their right to establish an independent sovereign Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to land