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 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Create and maintain a safe and enabling environment for civil society actors to freely associate, by amending relevant laws and ensuring they are not invoked to curtail the right to freedom of peaceful assembly | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ensure respect for freedom of expression and protection of journalists by reforming the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 and introducing freedom of information legislation that accords with international human rights standards | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Bring legislation on freedom of expression, assembly and association in line with international human rights standards, in particular by repealing the "Media Industry Development Decree" 2010 in order to end intimidation and harassment of those that express criticism of the State, to change the climate of fear and self-censorship and to ensure that no one is arbitrarily arrested and detained for exercising their rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Review and amend or repeal as necessary all decrees limiting freedom of expression and association, particularly the Media, Essential National Industries and Public Order Decrees | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Favourably consider revising the Public Order Amendment Decree and the Media Industry Development Decree in a way that fully ensures the rights to freedoms of association, assembly, press and expression | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ensure respect for freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association by amending aspects of decrees such as the Public Order Act Amendment Decree, the Political Parties Decree, and the Media Industry Development Decree, that unduly restrict fundamental freedoms | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Amend the Constitution as well as national legislation to ensure that the rights to freedoms of expression, assembly and association be guaranteed without restrictions other than those provided for within the framework of international law | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Take the necessary measures to amend existing legislation in order to bring possible restrictions to freedom of expression or assembly in line with international human rights norms and standards | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Conclude the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding on the future of labour relations in Fiji | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Amend the legislative and constitutional framework to maintain the separation of powers and cease any executive interference with the independence of the judiciary and lawyers, and ensure that the processes governing the qualification and discipline of lawyers and judges are free from political interference | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Strengthen existing mechanisms in the current social, political and economic structures of the Fijian society to safeguard the rights of ethnic minorities | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Facilitate a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Respond favourably to the request of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture to visit the country | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Extend a standing invitation to United Nations special procedures mandate holders and initiate without delay cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Facilitate a visit of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers prior to the third review of Fiji under the UPR | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Welcome the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, in order to provide expertise and assistance in the process of maintaining an independent judiciary | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Accept outstanding requests from special mandate holders, including that of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, to visit Fiji | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Accept visits from and provide full cooperation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, in order for them to fulfil their mandates and pursuant to commitments of the Government | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Issue a standing invitation to all Human Rights Council thematic special procedures, and facilitate requested visits and respond promptly and substantially to the communications transmitted to Fiji by the special procedures mandate holders | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Extend a standing invitation to all United Nations Human Rights Council special procedures and receive those that have requested to visit | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Respond to the numerous requests for visits issued by the special procedures and extend a standing invitation to the special procedures as soon as possible | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Extend a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Issue standing invitations to all special procedures | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Extend a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and coordinate in the shortest possible terms the requested visits | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Extend an open and standing invitation to the United Nations special procedures mandate holders | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Extend a standing invitation to special procedures to allow them easy access in visiting Fiji and thus assist the authorities in pursuing progress | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Consider ensuring that the issue of violence against women be considered by the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission as one of its priorities | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Fully align its national legislation with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and ratify the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the Court | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Establish, in consultation with civil society, a mechanism to develop and harmonize a legislative framework derived from the new Constitution and in accordance with international human rights standards | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Consider establishing a Constitutional Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the Constitution, thereby ensuring that it is reflective of the will and aspirations of the citizens of Fiji, seeing that this might help to bring about a more stable political structure | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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