136.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
136.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Sign the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
136.166
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the effective implementation of the national education strategic plan until 2021 in order to improve schooling levels, in particular enhancing literacy programmes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
136.161
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Guarantee equal access to education for women and girls, and combat harmful practices, such as forced and early marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
136.234
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to prevent and combat violence against women and girls in all sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
136.248
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures towards the rehabilitation and reintegration, rather than detention, of children formerly associated with armed groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
136.250
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts on legislation to protect ethnic and religious communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish adequate measures to ensure the real guarantee of freedom of expression recognized by article 34 of the Afghan Constitution.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- 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
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Extend an open invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council and establish an adequate mechanism to bring to date all national reports to the Committees and to respond to information requests of the special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Advance in the coordination of the different government departments with competencies on the issue of water
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Advance in the application of legislative measures aiming at the prohibition of discrimination in education, in particular in the rural areas, with a view to promoting gender equality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- 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
Strengthen efforts on the fight of discrimination against women and girls, particularly regarding access to education, health, justice and participation
- 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
Seek international cooperation in order to improve its electoral system, prior to the presidential and provincial elections due in 2014, and the election due in 2015
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the inclusion of provisions relating to equality between men and women in the Constitution and the legislative system, and continue to pursue the implementation of effective measures to combat gender inequality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- 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
Adopt additional measures to ensure the effective application of the law to eliminate violence against women and to ensure the protection of women's rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
136.6.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- International instruments
- Women's rights
136.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, among others
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- International instruments
136.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Increase the budget of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and designate its commissioners as soon as possible, in conformity with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
136.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Implement a moratorium on the use of capital punishment and sign 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
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
136.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Develop campaigns, trainings and educational programmes aimed at combating gender stereotypes and discrimination from an early age, and eradicate deep-rooted violent practices, arguing “moral crimes”, such as “honour” killings, mutilation, stoning, forced self-immolation, child marriage, and exchanges using marriage to settle disputes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
136.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Deepen its measures in order to repeal the death penalty in its national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
136.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its fight against and the prevention of torture and ill- treatment, with special emphasis on human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
136.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take necessary measures to prosecute those responsible, belonging to armed groups or security forces, for having committed crimes against the civilian population during the conflict, and for having recruited or used children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Establish an agile and efficient mechanism to respond to the requests for information formulated by special procedures in their communications (allegations and urgent appeals) and assign the means necessary to grant protection to the people and groups referred to in those communications.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Implement fully the Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women and refrain from approving any new legislation which may compromise the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to which Afghanistan is party
- 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
Establish a strategy to implement the Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women by the creation of permanent and efficient mechanisms in order to report, investigate and publicize cases of gender violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- 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
Increase all kinds of measures to effectively combat impunity regarding acts of violence against women, as well as to prevent, investigate, prosecute and sanction the acts of violence perpetrated against women by State agents and other persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- 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
Respond positively to requests to visit made by the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Torture and other CID treatment
136.136
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen its social programmes in favour of its people, especially the most vulnerable sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported