Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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136.44 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Ensure the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association; fully investigate threats, arbitrary arrests, intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders, who are recognized as stakeholders in the national Human Rights Action Plan; and review the registration of NGOs in order to simplify the process | 4 - General action | Noted |
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136.43 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Guarantee the independence of civil society organizations and human rights defenders | 4 - General action | Noted |
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136.42 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Guarantee a vibrant civil society and the independence of NGOs by revising laws affecting their registration and operations | 4 - General action | Noted |
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136.41 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Take measures to foster a safe, respectful and enabling environment for civil society and human rights defenders, free from persecution, intimidation and harassment, and to relax the requirements for registering NGOs | 4 - General action | Noted |
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136.40 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Ensure a safe and enabling environment for civil society, including by lifting onerous registration requirements on civil society organizations | 4 - General action | Noted |
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135.43 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Amend Law No. 04/2012 and Law No. 05/2012, in consultation with civil society organizations, in order to remove existing restrictions on their legal registration | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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135.42 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Consider reviewing the registration requirements for both national and international NGOs with a view to simplifying the process | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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135.41 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Promote the right to freedom of expression by ending detentions and harassment of members of the media and civil society for their reporting | 4 - General action | Noted |
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134.65 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Review the registration requirements for local and international non- governmental organizations with a view to better facilitating and simplifying the process | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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134.64 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Strengthen the role of civil society | 4 - General action | Supported |
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134.61 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Promote an enabling environment for independent media and civil society organizations, in particular by bringing laws on civil society and media into conformity with the right to freedom of expression as it is set out in article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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134.19 | Aug 2, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 37 - November 2020 | Continue efforts aimed at strengthening the process of human rights awareness-raising, education and training of civil society, as well as law enforcement officials, social actors, journalists and trade unions | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Do not to use the genocide ideology law to impede the activities of opposition parties, opposition and civil society | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Create an environment conducive to the unhindered work of all political parties, free from intimidation and harassment of those critical of the government, release all those imprisoned for their political views and foster a culture of political dialogue and political pluralism | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Fully guarantee freedom of association, including for non-governmental organizations working on human rights, notably by simplifying the registration process for NGOs | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Adopt appropriate measures to ensure the protection of human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents against acts of aggression and intimidation | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Respect and protect freedom of expression online and offline, and freedom of assembly and association, including by lifting obstacles regarding the registration and work of NGOs, and by acceding to the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Take steps to ensure that all individuals can fully exercise their rights to peaceful assembly, association and freedom of expression, without intimidation or harassment. This includes revising laws to facilitate NGO registration and operations, sanctioning excessive interference by State officials, and reforming the Penal Code and national security laws to ensure that provisions related to criminal defamation, libel and insult are consistent with international human rights obligations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Review its national legislation in order to strengthen media pluralism, provide for the safety of journalists and human rights defenders and facilitate the functioning of NGOs so that these important actors can pursue their activities freely without undue interference, attacks or intimidation | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment, in which human rights defenders, journalists and civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 22/6, 27/5 and 27/31 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Implement the June 2014 recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association to allow for peaceful political opposition, and for civil society and journalists to register and participate in civic life freely | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Take measures to increase space for peaceful dissent, discussion and dialogue and ensure a conducive and safe environment for everyone exercising or seeking to exercise his or her rights to freedom of association including ensuring that civil society organizations and political parties can carry out their activities without hindrances and a less cumbersome registration process | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Establish legal means and practices allowing civil society to develop its activities | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Modify the 2012 law regulating NGOs to harmonize it with its human rights obligations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Guarantee a vibrant civil society and the independence of NGOs by revising laws affecting their registration and operations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Simplify the registration process for civil society organizations | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Increase the space for civil society in Rwanda. A first step should be to simplify regulations for NGOs, making it easier to register, in order to support a thriving civil society which will contribute to Rwanda's progress and prosperity | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Take all necessary measures to protect journalists from harassment and attacks and to ensure that all allegations of violence and intimidation of journalists are promptly and impartially investigated and perpetrators brought to justice | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Investigate reports and allegations of arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention and forced disappearance of opposition political figures and members of civil society, and prosecute perpetrators | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 23 - October 2015 | Reduce the registration period and procedures for national and international NGOs | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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