Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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138.153 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ensure that no restrictions are imposed on the right to freedom of religion and belief | 4 - General action | Supported |
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138.128 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Unconditionally and immediately release all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, end the criminal proceedings against them and provide them with full rehabilitation | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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116.68 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Promote freedom of religion or belief, including by ensuring the legal and regulatory environment allows religious groups and organizations to register and operate freely | 4 - General action | Supported |
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103.55 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Adopt comprehensive legislation against discrimination that includes an expanded list of prohibited grounds of discrimination, including national or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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148.175 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Protect and promote religious freedom, so that people of all faiths can freely and openly practise their religion without fear of discrimination and/or retaliation | 4 - General action | Noted |
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148.102 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Redouble efforts to combat discrimination against women and against migrant workers belonging to religious minorities, in particular Christians, including through legislative reforms and awareness-raising campaigns | 4 - General action | Noted |
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26.267 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue advancing in strengthening religious freedom, with the participation of all creeds or beliefs and civil society | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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26.265 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Maintain religious freedom as a high priority and continue to engage the international community in constructive initiatives | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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26.139 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Take steps to ensure the full implementation of domestic and international laws to end all forms of discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, sex and religion, and bring the perpetrators to justice | 4 - General action | Supported |
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133.172 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Safeguard the right to freedom to have or adopt a religion or belief, and ensure that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is duly recognized and respected in accordance with relevant national human rights law | 4 - General action | Noted |
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133.169 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Enhance measures to promote interfaith dialogues and public debates on religious issues, and effectively address the spread of religious extremist ideologies and xenophobia, especially among youth | 4 - General action | Noted |
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133.168 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Redouble its efforts to ensure that the rights of individuals, including children, are not violated on the basis of their chosen belief | 4 - General action | Noted |
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133.167 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Repeal legal provisions that limit and criminalize freedom of belief, combat religious extremism in all its forms and manifestations, and combat attacks against human rights defenders who promote freedom of religion and expression | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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133.164 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Remove legal provisions that restrict the right to freedom of religion or belief, guarantee the right to manifest one’s religion or belief, and combat discrimination and intolerance against persons belonging to religious minorities | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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133.159 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ensure freedom of expression, religion and belief for all religious minorities, providing them access to legal protection and redress | 4 - General action | Noted |
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133.157 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Take all political, social, economic and cultural measures necessary to fight religious intolerance towards non-Muslims, including reversing religious extremism, with a view to fostering an environment of religious harmony and cooperation, in follow-up to numerous recommendations in the report of the Working Group from the second cycle on freedom of religion and belief | 4 - General action | Noted |
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133.155 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to combat violent religious extremism and establish secure contact points for victims of hate speech and hate crimes | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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133.152 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Take additional measures to ensure freedom of religion for all | 4 - General action | Noted |
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133.145 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Take further measures to protect freedom of religion or belief, creating an equal democratic space for all communities | 4 - General action | Noted |
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133.76 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Substantively revise discriminatory legislation, particularly all provisions that discriminate on the basis of religion, and safeguard the rights to freedom of opinion and expression as required under international law | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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133.75 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Remove from Maldivian law all provisions that discriminate on the basis of religion, namely those regarding citizenship, and accede to the United Nations conventions on statelessness | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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133.58 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Consider eliminating all legal provisions that limit freedom of thought, conscience and religion | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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133.57 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Introduce legislative measures to prevent and eliminate all forms of religious intolerance and discrimination on the basis of religion or belief and effectively address hate speech on the Internet | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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133.55 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Adapt articles 9 and 19 of the Constitution so that it protects the right to freedom of religion or belief in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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133.33 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Withdraw the reservation to article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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133.31 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Withdraw reservations to article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and cease to restrict the freedom to hold a religion or belief of one’s choice | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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133.30 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Reconsider its reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (on article 18 – freedom of thought, conscience and religion) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (on all clauses related to adoption and on article 14.1 – freedom of thought, conscience and religion) | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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104.89 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Adopt policies that encourage interfaith harmony and promote protection and tolerance for followers of religious minorities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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137.187 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Strengthen measures to combat intolerance and hate speech targeting minority, ethnic and religious groups | 4 - General action | Supported |
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137.184 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Fully ensure that the linguistic, religious and other rights of minorities are in line with international obligations | 4 - General action | Supported |
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