Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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107.26 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Decriminalize the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in cases of rape, incest, serious malformation of the fetus and risks to the health or life of the pregnant woman | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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107.24 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Strengthen the legal and policy frameworks to address trafficking in persons, including by providing legal recognition of domestic trafficking and lifting age restrictions on protection from sex and labour exploitation | 4 - General action | Noted |
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107.16 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Evaluate decriminalizing consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex and carry out awareness-raising campaigns to combat the stigma suffered by LGBTQI+ persons | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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107.11 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Decriminalize consensual sexual relations between persons of the same sex and adopt legislation that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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107.6 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Strengthen Samoa’s commitment to the principle of non- discrimination, including through the adoption of legislation aimed at prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | 4 - General action | Noted | |||
107.1 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Consider ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 3 - Considering action | Noted | |||
106.112 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Improve the access of persons with disabilities to health services and support and strengthen the work of health professionals and organizations dedicated to persons with disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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106.109 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Analyse the possibility of drafting specific laws on disability, using a human rights-based approach, which guarantee equal rights and the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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106.95 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Strengthen the legal and policy frameworks to address the high incidence of domestic, family and gender-based violence, including by tackling root causes, providing community support services for victims, and ensuring perpetrators are brought to justice | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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106.79 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Maintain the commitment to end all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls, including violent threats, intimidation, harassment and abuse, both verbal and physical | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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106.77 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Consider taking additional measures to prevent and stop domestic violence against women and girls, as well as promoting equal opportunities for women in the workplace | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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106.68 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Dismantle barriers related to the hidden costs of education, in particular in rural areas, and provide an adequate budget to the education sector | 4 - General action | Supported |
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106.67 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Continue to strengthen policies for access to quality and universal public education | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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106.56 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Implement legislative reforms related to the right to health that guarantee universal access to health services | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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106.54 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Continue efforts to ensure the well-being of its population, particularly women, children and persons with disabilities, especially the implementation of the Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2021–2025 | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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106.53 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Continue to consolidate its sound human rights policies, especially in the area of economic, social and cultural rights, with the aim of continuing to increase the quality of life of its people | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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106.50 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Maintain the priority given to the development of social protection systems and access to affordable basic services, with an emphasis on the protection of vulnerable populations and sectors | 4 - General action | Supported | |||
106.49 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Take all necessary measures to guarantee the rights of all workers, in particular freedom of association and collective agreement, in accordance with the fundamental principles of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the ILO Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) | 4 - General action | Supported |
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106.38 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Continue to consolidate national policies and programmes aimed at meeting Sustainable Development Goal 13 and the 2030 Agenda that allow for greater and more efficient adaptation of the population to the effects of climate change | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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106.37 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Continue efforts to adapt to and mitigate climate change and ensure that policies and actions on these matters have a human rights approach | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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106.24 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Request technical support from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to advance in the ratification of the main international human rights instruments to which the country is not yet party, and ensure the incorporation into its national legal system of the obligations deriving from ratified human rights treaties | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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106.22 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Strengthen awareness-raising campaigns on the death penalty and public debates on the subject from a human rights perspective, including in its parliament, with a view to ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, as soon as possible | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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106.5 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Persevere in the commitment to ratify the international human rights instruments to which Samoa is not yet party, namely the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | Supported | ||||
106.4 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Consider the ratification of international instruments to which the country is not yet party, in particular, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 3 - Considering action | Supported | |||
144.161 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Accede to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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144.160 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Take additional steps to enhance the protection of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers | 4 - General action | Noted |
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144.159 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Continue its efforts to enact the disability authority bill | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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144.157 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Maintain the priority given to promoting the rights of people with disabilities and their access to health, education, employment and basic services | 4 - General action | Supported |
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144.156 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Take all necessary measures to ensure birth registration for all children under 5 years of age, including children of refugees and stateless persons | 4 - General action | Noted |
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144.140 | May 29, 2022 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 39 - May 2021 | Take action to prevent acts of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, and ensure the accountability of those who perpetrate those acts | 4 - General action | Supported |
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