Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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107.156 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Adopt the necessary measures to ensure universal birth registration with an emphasis on indigenous children | 4 - General action | Supported |
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107.155 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Take measures to improve the process of birth registration | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.10 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as the three Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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147.33 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Deepen efforts to prevent and sanction harmful traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation, the tradition known as trokosi, early forced marriage and accusations of witchcraft and polygamy, guaranteeing the protection and rehabilitation of victims | 4 - General action | Noted |
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131.108 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Take measures to strengthen efforts to reduce infant and child mortality, including by focusing on preventative measures and treatment, improved nutrition and a structured vaccination process | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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131.102 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Adopt and implement improvements to the legislation relating to children, in particular, increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally acceptable level, address the high rate of child labour, prohibit the forced marriage of children, and end violence and sexual exploitation, including abuse, neglect and ill-treatment | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.100 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Fully fund and implement the Anti-Gender-Based Violence Act, the Gender Equity and Equality Act and other legislation and policies to protect girls from child, early and forced marriage and other forms of abuse | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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131.99 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Comply strictly with the normative provisions regarding the minimum age for marriage, and prevent and investigate cases of forced marriage, prosecuting the perpetrators and ensuring assistance to victims | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.93 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ensure country-wide implementation of the Marriage Act establishing the legal age for marriage as 21 years of age | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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131.92 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Set a minimum age for marriage under customary law, to be in line with the legal age of marriage determined by statutory law | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.91 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Set a minimum age for leaving school, which would provide incentives for addressing early marriage and child labour | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.90 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Modify its national and customary laws in order to prevent child, early and forced marriage | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.89 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Step up its efforts to bring an end to all forms of child labour | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.88 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Review the Employment of Young Persons and Children’s Act with a view to including in its domestic labour and family-based enterprises and improve its data collection mechanisms on violations of the Act | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.86 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Strengthen the implementation of measures taken to fight against child labour and trafficking of children | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.85 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Continue efforts to consolidate the rights of the child, protect them from sexual exploitation and combat trafficking in children and child marriage | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.84 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Take appropriate steps to prohibit and combat child labour and the worst forms of exploitation of children | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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131.83 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Fully implement the Anti-Human Trafficking Act No. 11 of 2008 and ensure effective investigations into the cases of sale, trafficking and abduction of children to protect them from commercial exploitation | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.77 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Optional Protocols of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, raise the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years, ensure the adequate separation of children and adults in penitentiaries and jails, and ensure due legal representation for children and persons under 18 years of age within the judicial system | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.76 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Make efforts to minimize overcrowding, improve sanitation and separation of juveniles from adults in prisons | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.66 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility above 8 | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.65 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Consider reviewing the legal age of criminal responsibility with a view to ensuring full protection for juveniles in conflict with the law | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.64 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility and provide adequate protection of child victims and witnesses of crime during trial | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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131.51 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Apply the principle of non-discrimination to the most vulnerable groups, such as girls, children with disabilities, children of religious minorities, children living with HIV/AIDS, migrant and refugee children, orphans and children born out of wedlock, so that they have access to health care and education | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.43 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Utilize human rights training and education as a way to mainstream the promotion of the rights of women and children | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.31 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Expedite the process to ratify important international instruments relevant for the advancement of human rights in Zambia, including the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 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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131.23 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Continue its efforts to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Children | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.22 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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131.21 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the first and second Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.20 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify all three optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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