Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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111.43 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Amend or repeal section 18 (4) (c) of their Constitution in order to protect women and persons with disabilities from discrimination | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.42 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Affirm that the right to life applies from conception until natural death, and as such that the unborn child has the right to protection of his or her life at all points | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.41 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Amend or repeal section 18 (4) (c) of the Constitution of Lesotho, which allows for discrimination against women with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial and devolution of property on death | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.39 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Amend legislative provisions that discriminate against women and girls in areas relating to marriage, inheritance and family | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.38 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Repeal legislation that could lead to self-censorship, including the Sedition Proclamation of 1938 and the Internal Security Act of 1984 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.37 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Put an end to threats and intimidations against journalists and human rights defenders and promote freedom of expression, which is guaranteed in the Constitution, by retracting the notion of the “crime of sedition” from the Penal Code | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.35 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.32 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Guarantee legal status to persons with disabilities by fully adopting the draft law on equal opportunities establishing a disability benefit | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.31 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Implement legal reforms to protect the human rights of all persons irrespective of their sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.30 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Repeal provisions in the Penal Code that criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults, and amend relevant legislation to ensure discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is explicitly prohibited | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.29 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Decriminalize consensual same-sex relationships between adults, and introduce comprehensive anti-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.28 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Review and amend the legislative framework to ensure that sexual orientation and gender identity are included as protected grounds for non- discrimination | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.27 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Include in the legislation a provision prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, and reform laws that criminalize consensual sexual relations between same-sex persons, such as the Penal Code of 2010, and the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, section 187 (5) | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.26 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Amend section 3 of the Marriage Act of 1974 for it to be inclusive of same-sex couples | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.25 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Decriminalize consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex and expand its anti-discrimination legislation to include a prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.24 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Criminalize homophobia and transphobia to prevent violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.22 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, fully implement the Child Protection and Welfare Act, and ensure effective law enforcement | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.20 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.18 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.15 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.13 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Convention against Torture | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.11 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Become a party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.10.2 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Convention against Discrimination in Education | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.10.1 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Convention against Discrimination in Education | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.7 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Enact a general law to prevent, investigate and punish torture and other cruel treatment or degrading punishment, and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.5 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Fully abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.4 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.3.9 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.3.8 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.3.7 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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