Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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118.11.2 | Jul 1, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify ICPPED | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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118.11.1 | Jul 1, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify ICPPED | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Consider the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Sign and ratify the ICPPED and recognize the competence of its Committee | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Abolish any statutory limits on crimes by government officials, like torture, extrajudicial killings, and disappearances, both in respect to legal investigations as well as prosecutions | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify ICPPED | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify ICPPED, signed in February 2007 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify ICPPED | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Proceed to ratify ICPPED, signed in 2007 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify ICPPED | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify ICPPED | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Ratify as soon as possible the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) and incorporate it in the national legislation as well as recognizing the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Adopt appropriate legislative or judicial measures to criminalize enforced disappearance, in accordance to the provisions of ICPPED and promote changes in the internal order which enable enforced disappearances to be investigated thoroughly and impartially | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Fully address the issue of enforced disappearances in close cooperation with human rights mechanisms | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Adopt legislative or other necessary measures to establish a definition of victim consistent with article 24, paragraph 1, of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) and ensure that any person who has suffered direct harm as a result of an enforced disappearance can receive all compensation and redress measures established under the law, even if criminal proceedings have not been initiated | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Take all necessary measures in order to make sure that cases of enforced disappearance are only addressed by the civilian courts and not special ones such as military courts | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Take all necessary steps to protect human rights defenders from intimidation, ill-treatment or violence, including enforced disappearances, and to ensure prompt, impartial and thorough investigation of all allegations, including those of enforced disappearances | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Fully implement its international obligations to ensure the protection of human rights defenders and other civil society actors while exercising their human rights, including the freedom of expression, association and assembly, and remove all restrictions in law and practice which infringe on their work. The Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic should establish without delay a new independent commission to undertake an impartial and thorough investigation into the enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Conduct a thorough and credible investigation into all and any unresolved cases of disappearances of civil society workers in the Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Undertake a thorough and credible investigation into the disappearance of Sombath Somphone and other cases of purported enforced disappearances | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Conduct an urgent and credible police investigation into the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, and communicate the findings, including to address any suspicions of government involvement in his abduction | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Establish a thorough, transparent and impartial investigation into Sombath Somphone's disappearance, as recommended by the United Nations Special Rapporteurs | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Launch an impartial, efficient and in-depth investigation on the case of Sombath Somphone in accordance with the international obligations of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and submit the results of the investigation in a transparent manner | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Intensify the investigation into the disappearance of Sombath Somphone and accept external assistance in the investigation and make the results publicly known, and investigate in a transparent and credible manner all cases of enforced disappearances | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Undertake a thorough investigation, consistent with international practices and standards, into the disappearance of Sombath Somphone | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Carry out a prompt, independent and impartial investigation aimed at determining the fate or whereabouts of Sombath Somphone | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Carry out without further delay an independent, credible investigation into the unexplained disappearance of a human rights defender, Sombath Somphone, which occurred on 15 December 2012 in Vientiane | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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