Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Sign, ratify or accede to, as appropriate, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Sign, ratify or accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Sign, ratify or accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Sign, ratify or accede to the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Expedite implementation of the law against Sexual Offences, and ensure coordinated implementation of the National Domestic Violence Policy | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Establish a moratorium on the death penalty, and take all necessary measures for its abolition | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ensure the effective enforcement of laws against trafficking in persons and child prostitution through more effective training of police forces and judicial organs in order to promote better protection for victims | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Disseminate information concerning trafficking and sexual exploitation throughout rural areas with an emphasis on boy and girl children and adolescents, with a view to prevention | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Adopt a law prohibiting corporal punishment against children in all spheres | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Strengthen and enforce its various commitments to embracing its cultural diversity and ensuring the safety of and equal opportunities for all citizens | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Provide human rights training for officers, and increase the capacity of the Police Complaints Authority to investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings and the use of excessive force by police using prompt and impartial proceedings | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Take concrete steps to protect members of vulnerable groups from violence, encouraging more reporting of offences, more sympathetic handling of cases by the police and more convictions with appropriate sentences | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Make an immediate commitment to holistic and wide-ranging reform of the security agencies and the criminal justice sector, underpinned by wide consultation and transparency | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Establish an independent inquiry into abuses allegedly committed by a Phantom Squad between 2002 and 2008, and ensure all those responsible are brought to justice | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Adopt a formal moratorium on executions, and remove all legal provisions for mandatory death sentences with a view to abolishing the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Repeal the laws that criminalize consensual sexual activities between people of the same sex, and protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual persons from discrimination and violence | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ensure that members of the Guyana Police Force are adequately trained on the appropriate use of force and firearms in accordance with international standards | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Conduct thorough and impartial investigations into all allegations of killing, torture and physical abuse, and bring to justice anyone suspected of having committed excessive use of force, torture or other human rights violations | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as well as ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Reconsider those provisions which criminalize consenting sexual relations between adults of the same sex, and intensify political initiative and legislative measures to combat any act of discrimination, including those committed against gender identity or sexual orientation | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Intensify efforts against sexual abuse and child pornography, with more awareness campaigns about the punitive character of these crimes, particularly in rural areas | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Implement legislative measures to prohibit all forms of corporal punishment against minors | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Give consideration to full abolition of death penalty in all cases, withdraw provisions making the death penalty mandatory, and consider ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Extend an open and standing invitation to all the special procedures | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Repeal the laws which criminalize sexual activity between consenting adults of the same sex | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ratify, as soon as possible, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Prohibit corporal punishment, especially in schools, in accordance with article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Consider the abolition of the death penalty, and declare a moratorium on executions | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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