118.164
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Make efforts to design and adopt policies and programmes to raise awareness concerning the ill-treatment and abuse of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
118.189
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary policies to ensure that children with disabilities are given equal opportunities in education and ensure that they are fully integrated into school systems, free from discrimination of any kind
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
118.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue improving the often still precarious conditions in Benin prisons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
118.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Further widen its scope of assistance to women, people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, in this regard
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Women's rights
146.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to ensure that the Persons with Disability Act (2006) is in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
118.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Keep improving the system of child registration at birth and avoid any form of violence against children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
118.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Approve the Criminal Code and, in particular, the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Justice
118.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to improve the conditions of the detention facilities, with particular consideration for women and children, and expedite trials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Detention
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
129.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to develop its social protection policy and continuously monitor and evaluate its social cash transfer programme in this regard
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
129.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Enhance its targeting mechanisms with regard to the delivery of social assistance to ensure that children and women, particularly pregnant and breastfeeding women, are not left behind
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
129.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Work to extend its efforts regarding free primary education to all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
118.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to enhance its social protection programmes, which provide assistance to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged Gabonese
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
146.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to deliver free education to all, and to ensure that women, children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are at the forefront of its efforts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
118.105
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Improve health-care infrastructure, access to emergency obstetric care, midwife training and health-care access for women from both rural and urban backgrounds
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
118.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accelerate the implementation of the policy on free education, in order to ensure that all children, particularly those from disadvantaged households, are not deprived of their right to education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
152.157
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Consider repealing the blasphemy laws, or at least amending them, to protect persons from eventual abuses or false accusations and to moderate the penalties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
117.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Develop an unambiguous timeline accompanied with a monitoring framework for the full implementation of its commitments under Human Rights Council resolution 30/1
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
116.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to investigate, in an independent and impartial manner, all human rights violations committed during the conflict and its aftermath, and to prosecute perpetrators and ensure proper redress to the victims affected, in this regard
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Justice
117.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to ensure legal ownership and restitution to long-term internally displaced persons and refugees, as provided by international law standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
116.93
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to consolidate national reconciliation as a lasting response to the aftermath of the armed conflict
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
- Justice
161.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue in its efforts to ensure full access to education enrolment to all and to remove any obstacles that minority communities may face, particularly in reference to equal access to education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Right to education
- Women's rights
161.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue in its efforts to accelerate the achievement of substantive equality for women and men, with a greater focus on women, especially minority women, in decision-making policy positions in the public and private sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Women's rights
116.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to ensure the protection of civil society actors and journalists and to investigate cases of threats and attacks against them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
116.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Take measures to provide the victims of trafficking with effective remedy, including compensation and rehabilitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
116.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Reinforce its policies to provide asylum seekers and refugees access to education services that are available nationally
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Right to education
152.222
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Increase its efforts to improve the education system, as a tool to enhance peaceful coexistence in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
152.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its cooperation with the United Nations human rights mechanisms to protect and promote these rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Treaty bodies
152.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the role and effectiveness of the Ministry of Human Rights and the National Commission for Human Rights, in accordance with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
152.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to improve the protection of human rights, especially by eliminating discrimination based on sex, race, caste and religion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
- Women's rights
117.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Recommendation
Move with concrete steps — most evidently seen through committed financial resources in the national budget, and appointed experts with concrete mandates — on all four transitional justice mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Transitional justice