134.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure fully the right to freedom of association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
134.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Review the registration requirements for local and international non- governmental organizations with a view to better facilitating and simplifying the process
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
134.134
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the effective application of its legislation against gender-based violence and investigate, prosecute and condemn perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
136.13
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that addresses direct and indirect discrimination and encompasses all the prohibited grounds of discrimination, including sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
136.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Increase transparency in the legal system and commission independent investigations into allegations of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, deaths in custody and unlawful detentions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
136.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take all appropriate measures to ensure that all reported cases of torture, enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention are investigated and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
136.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Protect and uphold the freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, including by respecting and supporting free and independent media, in line with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
136.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures against the legal ambiguity regarding the competences of media regulatory bodies such as the Rwanda Media Commission in order to strengthen their independence against government interference and align them with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
136.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Guarantee the protection and freedom of expression of politicians, journalists and rights defenders and fight against the impunity of the perpetrators of violence against them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Impunity
136.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure a safe and enabling environment for civil society, including by lifting onerous registration requirements on civil society organizations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
136.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Enhance freedom of expression by amending the 2018 Penal Code to repeal the offence of spreading false information or harmful propaganda with intent to cause hostile international opinion against the Rwandan Government and insults or defamation against the President
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
136.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Amend its legislation in order to legalize the termination of pregnancies in cases of risk to the life of the pregnant woman, rape, incest and severe impairment of the fetus
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
106.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fully implement the government’s programme on justice reform to improve the identified institutional and regulatory gaps in the judicial system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
106.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Pass anti-discrimination legislation to explicitly extend protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or sex characteristics
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
106.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, in repetition of the previous universal periodic review cycle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
106.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Protect women and children from human trafficking for the purposes of sexual and labour exploitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
106.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Implement the commitment made at the Nairobi Summit marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the outcome document of the International Conference on Population and Development to respond to the needs of young people and reduce the early pregnancy rate from 15 to 10 per cent by 2023 through the intensification of comprehensive sexuality education in all secondary schools and the provision of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health in all health centres and posts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
106.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Enhance efforts to implement existing policy instruments aimed at protecting women’s rights, and enhance the support given to women victims of violence, including by providing adequate resources to counselling centres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
106.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen awareness-raising regarding domestic violence against women and children as a crime, and ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted and that victims are protected and provided with compensation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
106.141
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take concrete measures to eliminate child labour and to ensure a universal family benefit programme for children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
106.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Eliminate all forms of child labour as set out under the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention,1999 (No. 182) through the implementation of the national action plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
134.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Revise all the provisions that undermine freedom of expression as well as freedom of assembly and association and effectively protect journalists and media operators against harassment and intimidation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
135.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Become a party to and implement the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance to ensure compliance with international standards, in line with our previous two recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- UPR process
135.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
135.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Promote the right to freedom of expression by ending detentions and harassment of members of the media and civil society for their reporting
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
135.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider reviewing the registration requirements for both national and international NGOs with a view to simplifying the process
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
135.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Screen, identify and provide support to trafficking victims, including those held in government transit centres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Trafficking
106.14.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
106.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt strategies and awareness campaigns to combat homophobia in society and in the family environment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
106.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Implement a recurring course on sexual education of high quality and quantity in schools in order to prevent the further spread of HIV
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids