Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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106.169 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ensure sufficient resources for the implementation of the Child Rights Protection Act 2015, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2015, the Human Rights Committee Act 2015 and the Gender Equality Act 2019 legislation | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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106.118 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Effectively implement the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection (Amendment) Act 2018, including through advocacy and awareness- raising among targeted audiences | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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124.37 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Abolish the death penalty and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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124.25 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Repeal all legal provisions criminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults, and mandate the Malawi Human Rights Commission to protect the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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122.45 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Establish an adequately resourced independent police complaints commission, as provided for in the Police Act of 2010 | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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116.122 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Improve the rights of women and girls by removing requirements for virginity testing from clinical guidelines and medical standards | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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116.71 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ensure independent investigations of attacks against journalists and media workers, with those identified as responsible being prosecuted | 4 - General action | Supported |
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116.38 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue training lawyers and law enforcement officers on offences related to hate crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, and also continue increasing public awareness of the law | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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116.12 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Increase funding to implement its law on combating domestic violence and enable greater cooperation between sectors responsible for combating and reporting domestic violence | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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148.226 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Amend laws and legislation to ensure that they are not discriminatory against women, criminalize violence against women and ensure that those who commit such violence are held to account | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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148.170 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Amend articles 37 and 41 of the draft Constitution released in July 2017, to guarantee freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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148.74 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Repeal the 2001 Law regulating civil associations and the related decree and issue a new statute protecting freedom of association consistent with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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148.39 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Abolish the death penalty and accede to 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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26.301 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ensure that laws permitting the refusal of care based on religious and moral beliefs do not restrict women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and that measures are put in place to monitor and prevent violations of these rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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26.225 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to take concrete steps to eliminate racial discrimination and excessive use of force in policing | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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26.190 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Reimpose the federal moratorium on capital punishment, with a view to eventual abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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26.13 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ratify 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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104.71 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Implement further reforms to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law | 4 - General action | Supported |
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104.56 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to improve living conditions for prisoners, including by reducing overcrowding, and ensure compliance with article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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104.34 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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133.202 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to promote gender equality, in particular women’s economic participation and representation at all levels of decision-making, and ensure the effective implementation of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, including with adequate funding and staffing to implement the domestic violence prevention strategic plan and national action plan | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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133.148 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Guarantee freedom of expression for all, including human rights defenders, and ensure that all citizens are protected against threats, intimidation and violence when engaging in public discourse | 4 - General action | Supported |
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133.124 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue progress on transitional justice mechanisms as an essential component of a comprehensive commitment to good governance | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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133.95 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Maintain its moratorium on executions, amend legislation to remove the death penalty for any crime and accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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133.42 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Strengthen the independence, accountability and functioning of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives, including with adequate funding and staffing in full compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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109.4.1 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Abolish the death penalty and ratify 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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108.27 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Decriminalize consensual same-sex relations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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107.102 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Expand resources for gender-based violence awareness campaigns, legal aid, shelters, and health, education and employment services for victims and survivors | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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104.102 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Increase protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex individuals, journalists and human rights defenders, including environmental human rights defenders, from threats and attacks and fully investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of violence in accordance with the law | 4 - General action | Supported |
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104.85 | Apr 19, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Respect and protect the rights to freedom of opinion and expression and to freedom of peaceful assembly and association | 4 - General action | Supported |
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