121.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aimed at the abolition of the death penalty, and culminating in the process of eradicating the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
121.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Redouble its efforts to effectively implement its bilingualism policy in order to ensure that the English-speaking population does not suffer from discrimination in employment, education or access to legal services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Labour rights
- Minority rights
- Right to education
121.78
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual sexual relations between persons of the same sex, and combat discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
121.79
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual sex between adults of the same sex, and any other discriminatory practice based on sexual orientation or gender identity, protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and guaranteeing their fundamental rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
121.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to protect and prevent discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
121.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Review laws that discriminate against women, in particular articles 1421 and 1428 of the Civil Code relating to the administration of family assets
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Women's rights
121.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure universal birth registration without discrimination by developing information systems with solid databases that would include information on the number of people yet to be registered, creating mobile registration units to reach the most remote areas, and conducting campaigns to inform all families about deadlines and ways to register their children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts with the view of the prompt approval of the legislation in the area of the protection of the rights of the child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Intensify its awareness-raising activities to eradicate female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to eliminate the practices of female genital mutilation and breast ironing
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
121.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider after 2019 extending the decent work country programme signed with ILO in October 2014
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to development
121.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to investigate and punish perpetrators of practices or acts of violence against women, such as female genital mutilation and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts made to ratify the following conventions: International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and adjust the legislation, and in the meantime, officially enshrine the current de facto moratorium on the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Decriminalise consensual sexual acts among adults of the same sex and adopt measures to eliminate social prejudices and stigmatization of homosexuality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt a specific law to combat violence and discrimination against women which includes the prohibition of forced marriage as well as marital rape
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Enact specific legislation which prohibits and punishes racial discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to decriminalise consensual sexual acts among adults of the same sex so as to adapt its legislation to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take adequate measures to strengthen the criminalization of female genital mutilation and enhance awareness of the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Prevent early and forced marriages
- 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
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Maintain and strengthen its efforts to promote the rights of women, stressing particularly the guarantee of equal opportunity in the labour market
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening its policies in the field of economic, social and cultural rights with the aim to provide the best standard of living possible to its people, to which end it is very important to count on the cooperation and solidarity of the international community
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue investing in necessary infrastructures, which contribute to improve access to education for all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
121.136
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue social programmes to combat poverty and inequality, in order to provide the best possible quality of life for its people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
121.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to eliminate any form of discrimination and violence against women, implementing positive actions and awareness-raising campaigns on the subject
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
121.191
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt public policies to eradicate the recruitment of children by armed groups, including strategies for the rehabilitation and reintegration of such children into society in accordance with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify fundamental instruments to which it is not yet party, notably OP-CRC-AC and OP-CRC-SC
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify and implement effectively the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OP-CRC-SC) and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking