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 | Continue to evaluate the possibility of future accession to other international human rights conventions that it is not yet party to, such as the ICRMW and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against 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 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against 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 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against 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 | Take urgent measures as necessary to overcome prison overcrowding | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ensure compliance with the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and guarantee all detainees access to a fair and equitable trial within a reasonable time frame | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Continue efforts in the field of judicial and penitentiary reforms | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Take the necessary measures in order to improve conditions of detention | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and ensure that all officials strictly observe the detention regulations defined by Malagasy law as well as the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, 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 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the CRPD, the ICPPED and the Optional Protocol to CAT | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to CAT | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Promptly ratify and implement the Optional Protocol to CAT | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR), the Optional Protocol to CAT, and the ICPPED | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to CAT | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Immediately release Zinaida Mukhortova from forced psychiatric detention and ensure that involuntary detention on mental health grounds should only be possible in exceptional circumstances clearly defined in law, and based on a determination by qualified health care professionals | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Increase efforts to ensure independent investigation of any allegation of torture and other ill-treatment in prisons, and prosecute those who have committed such crimes | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Improve the working capacity of the national mechanism on the prevention of torture, by strengthening the visits to detention and police centres | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Share its experience regarding the establishment of the independent national mechanism for the prevention of torture which may be used as a good practice in preventing torture | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Develop external relations of the national preventative mechanism against torture with national human rights institutions | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Grant independent international observers access to detention facilities upon reasonable advance notice, as well as the right to speak with inmates in private, in order to monitor compliance with international obligations regarding treatment of prisoners | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Strengthen domestic mechanisms to prevent illegal detention in the office premises of law enforcement agencies by introducing in the criminal legislation penalties for misconduct/illegal conduct, including the use of violence | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Establish an independent investigation mechanism to effectively prevent torture and ill-treatment in detention, train personnel and guarantee effective legal representation and remedies for detainees | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Increase use of non-custodial measures during the period before the imposition of a sentence | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Further improve the living conditions in State penitentiaries and juvenile detention centres | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Adopt a national strategy for improving the situation in the penitentiary system | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Take measures to enhance the efficiency of the judicial system and reduce overcrowding in prisons | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Pursue further its endeavours to combat prison overcrowding and to guarantee that all detainees are treated with dignity | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Adopt additional measures to prevent all forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of persons in detention | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Operationalize its national authority for the protection of detainees | 4 - General action | Supported |
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