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) | 22 - May 2015 | Continue consultations, investigations and reform programmes under way to eliminate racial discrimination and excessive use of force in policing | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Reinforce its role as a global leader on human rights by becoming a party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty with a view to ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Continue to work to reduce the levels of poverty in indigenous communities | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Continue to expand the new accusatory system to those provinces and districts where the system is not yet in place | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Continue to take steps to improve overall living conditions for prisoners | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Pass the draft domestic violence legislation before Parliament to criminalise domestic violence, better protect victims and ensure perpetrators are prosecuted | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adopt legislation to explicitly abolish the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Provide greater support to the National Human Rights Commission to ensure its independence | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Give appropriate resourcing to implement its Disability Inclusive Development Policy | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Effectively implement the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act through advocacy and awareness-raising amongst targeted audiences | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Remove the regulations which enable the implementation of the death penalty for intentional murder and remove the power of the President to commute death sentences, and renew its commitment to a moratorium on the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Uphold freedoms essential for a stable democracy, including freedoms of speech and assembly | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Implement stronger complaints and prosecution mechanisms for survivors of domestic violence, and improved services, including the provision of more shelters | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Move to abolish the death penalty, accede to the Second 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) | 22 - May 2015 | Repeal all legal provisions criminalising sexual activity between consenting adults and encourage the Malawi Human Rights Commission to include in its mandate the protection of the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Review the cases of those sentenced under the now-abolished mandatory capital punishment for treason and murder and provide appropriate resentencing decisions | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Establish and resource an independent police complaints commission to track and investigate complaints, in line with section 128 of Malawi's Police Act | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Continue its efforts to strengthen the Malawi Human Rights Commission's independence | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Surrender Saif al-Islam Qadhafi to face charges against humanity in accordance with the Court's Appeals Chamber decision of May 2014 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Meet its obligations to cooperate with the International Criminal Court pursuant to Security Council resolution 1970 (2011) | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Hold accountable, in accordance with international standards, all parties responsible for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and abuses of human rights, and include human rights guarantees in the new Constitution | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Establish a moratorium on the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | That all sides of Libya's conflict immediately cease armed hostilities and engage constructively in the United Nations Support Mission in Libya-led political dialogue, and use this opportunity to build a State based on democracy and respect for human rights and rule of law | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Fast-track the enactment of its Domestic Violence Act, criminalize female genital mutilation, enforce laws that protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation, and prosecute and punish complicit officials | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Repeal all laws and policies that discriminate against human rights defenders | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Amend its Constitution to abolish the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adopt a formal moratorium on the death penalty, and ratify the Second 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) | 22 - May 2015 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Give INDECOM the power it needs to investigate criminal acts committed by the Police | 4 - General action | Supported |
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