90.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Reinforce measures to prevent discrimination against women and girls
- 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
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts aimed at ratifying the CPED as well as the main international instruments on human rights, to which the country is not yet a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Put in place a broad strategy, which includes legislation, to change or eliminate practices and cultural stereotypes which discriminate against women, in compliance with the CEDAW Convention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the following international instruments: ICESCR and its Optional Protocol (OP- ICESCR), the ICERD, the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, and finally the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to promote its progressive improvements to provide adequate access to its population to basic and quality health-care services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue with the measures aimed at improving the protection and integration of persons with disabilities, in particular in the areas of access to education and public transport
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to ensure the accessibility of persons with disabilities to places such as schools, hospitals, markets and public offices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
90.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Amend all relevant legislation so as to incorporate fully the principles of gender equality and prohibition of discrimination based on gender, covering direct and indirect discrimination in both the public and private spheres, and take all necessary measures in order to enforce such principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
90.78
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to prevent and combat the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination to which children are subjected based on gender and disability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
90.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the investigation and punishment of perpetrators of sexual violence against women and girls in schools
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
90.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt juvenile justice legislation that establishes specialized procedures and courts and raises the minimum age of criminal responsibility in accordance with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
90.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to eliminate sexual violence and abuse of women and children, in particular at school, within the family and in the community, including by criminalizing these conducts and bringing perpetrators to account, and ensure the provision of skilled medical and psychological aid to the victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
90.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Carry out the necessary reforms to ensure respect for the principle of equality of persons with disabilities in law and in practice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
91.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary measures in the legislative sphere to define and classify all forms of crimes provided for in the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
91.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Incorporate the principle of gender equality into the Constitution, as well as the prohibition of discrimination based on disability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
91.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish the criminal responsibility of legal entities for all offences defined in articles 2 and 3 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
91.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to eradicate all violence and discrimination and promote inclusion, in particular with respect to women, persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, as well as to protect their rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
90.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Implement the measures on climate change and disaster risk reduction, guaranteeing a focus on human rights, the incorporation of the gender perspective and the prioritization of vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
90.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt all necessary measures, including through international cooperation, to guarantee the quality of health facilities and improve access to basic health-care services in order to combat child mortality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
90.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure adequate health facilities and improve access to basic health services, particularly in rural and remote areas, including ensuring that vaccination coverage reaches all children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
90.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue promoting measures for the full education and literacy of all citizens
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
90.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to ensure access to education, in particular to expand the continuity of studies, and inclusive education for children with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
90.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish effective measures to ensure that women can be represented in the national Parliament, as well as active policies to reverse the social discrimination affecting women and protect them in cases of gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
90.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to ensure that children’s rights are in conformity with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with a particular focus on the juvenile justice system and the prohibition of corporal punishment in all areas of society and as a sentence for crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
90.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take all the necessary measures to guarantee that girls remain in secondary education, particularly girls from remote and rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Enhance cooperation with other countries and organs and funds of the United Nations to increase the number of financial and technical programmes aimed at strengthening the capacity of Vanuatu in the area of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Step up its cooperation with United Nations special procedures.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
With the objective of establishing a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles, ask for the assistance of OHCHR.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Within the context of the National Plan of Action for Women 2007-2011 and the Family Protection Act, consider raising public awareness to combat domestic violence and making legal aid available to all victims of such violence.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Within the spirit of the Durban Review Conference and Human Rights Council resolution 9-12 consider the ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination