N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Communicate to the United Nations Secretary-General the withdrawal of its reservations to CEDAW (article 9, paragraph 2, article 16, paragraph 1 (h), and article 16, paragraph 2, as well as its declaration on article 15, paragraph 4).
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider extending a standing invitation to special procedures.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its endeavour in enhancing dialogue between civilizations, cultures and religions.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Observer
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Approval of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratification of the Optional Protocol to CEDAW, which reflects the clear vision of Tunisia and its sustained efforts to further promote women's status and to safeguard and consolidate their rights
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Kingdom of Morocco takes this opportunity to reiterate its pledges to ensure greater recognition and protection of human rights, thereby enhancing the promotion of human rights within the country, and undertakes to continue and intensify its frank and constructive dialogue at the international level, inter alia with the United Nations human rights bodies.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Receive special rapporteurs from the Human Rights Council as well as from the African Commission on Human Rights
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Tunisia has agreed in principle to allow Human Rights Watch to visit prisons. This is part of its cooperation with international human rights organizations, particularly the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), following an agreement signed in April 2005
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Detention
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Tunisia will pursue, in 2008, its commitment to act for the promotion and respect of human rights, and to develop its cooperation with all the concerned parties at the national, regional and international levels
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdrawal of reservations annexed to the law concerning ratification of CRC, given the evolution of Tunisian legislation and the enactment of new laws promoting the rights of the child
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consolidation of the Higher Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, in line with the Paris Principles, by giving it legislative status, reinforcing its administrative and financial autonomy, expanding its prerogatives - self-referral, impromptu visits to prisons, individual appeals, and developing its means of action to stand against all forms of rights violation
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working for the implementation of the General Assembly resolution establishing the World Solidarity Fund to eradicate poverty in the world.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working for the promotion of international solidarity and eradication of poverty.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working for the implementation of the General Assembly resolution establishing the World Solidarity Fund to eradicate poverty in the world.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Submit, in 2008, eight reports to United Nations bodies, of which seven to treaty bodies: (i) Fifth and sixth periodic reports on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), (ii) Third periodic report on the implementation of the International Convention, against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), (iii) Eighteenth and nineteenth periodic reports on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), (iv) Third periodic report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), (v) Initial report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, concerning the involvement of children in armed conflicts, (vi) Third periodic report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), (vii) Fifth periodic report on the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Tunisia decided to create an institution related to the General Human Rights Coordinator in charge of the follow-up to treaty bodies' recommendations in order to promote their effective implementation
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Tunisia's commitment to objectively and constructively contribute, at the level of examination and follow-up to its report, to promoting the UPR mechanism's modalities and objectives, as contained in General Assembly resolution 60/251, which includes "ensuring universality, objectivity and non-selectivity in the consideration of human rights issues" and making sure that "the promotion and protection of human rights [are] based on the principles of cooperation and genuine dialogue".
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working for the promotion of international solidarity and eradication of poverty.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Share experience in the development of its solidarity values and in particular the National Solidarity Fund.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Share its best practices in the alleviation of poverty and establishment of the delicate balance between economic, social and cultural rights.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Requested that Morocco's needs in respect to technical cooperation, as included in paragraph 49 above and paragraphs 144-152 of the national report, be addressed.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Requested that Morocco's needs in respect to technical cooperation, as included in paragraph 49 above and paragraphs 144-152 of the national report, be addressed.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Work closely with international human rights bodies particularly with relation to the follow-up of UPR recommendations.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
While recognizing the considerable progress made by Tunisia in the field of women's rights and gender equality, recommends the consideration of the withdrawal of reservations to CEDAW.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended that the mandate of the Higher Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms be aligned with the Paris Principles.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its endeavour in enhancing dialogue between civilizations, cultures and religions.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its achievements in the field of Human Rights.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
While recognizing the efforts of Morocco to promote a culture of human rights and human rights education and training, to carry on with its efforts to disseminate and consolidate the human rights culture in the country.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Requested that Morocco's needs in respect to technical cooperation, as included in paragraph 49 above and paragraphs 144-152 of the national report, be addressed.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue programmes and consolidated approach in the promotion and protection of all human rights including in the field of education, health and the promotion of the status of women.
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Right to health
- Women's rights