Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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28.66.2 | May 18, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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28.4.2 | May 18, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Accelerate the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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145.9 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation to review | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Amend the Criminal Code so as to prohibit all forms of discrimination and violence, including when motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity, in order to guarantee respect for the fundamental liberties of all citizens | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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144.201 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Intensify efforts to guarantee that national norms relating to children’s rights are brought into line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, paying special attention to issues such as child labour and early and forced marriage | 4 - General action | Supported |
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144.2 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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122.219 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Step up efforts to eradicate discrimination against women in the legal sphere and put an end to the practices and stereotypes that discriminate against women, such as the male guardianship system, as recommended previously | 4 - General action | Supported |
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122.162 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Adopt all necessary measures to guarantee the free exercise of freedom of expression and press in the country, as well as to protect journalists from any act of intimidation or reprisal | 4 - General action | Supported |
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122.18 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and take immediate measures, in the interim, to eradicate the death penalty, especially prohibiting the execution of minors or adults who committed crimes when they were minors | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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148.243 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Increase efforts to combat all forms of discrimination against women, eradicating the practice of female genital mutilation, already prohibited by law, and ensuring that the law on sexual and gender-based violence is approved throughout the national territory | 4 - General action | Supported |
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148.126 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Abolish the death penalty, especially for persons under 18 years of age, and progressively reduce the number of crimes punishable by capital punishment, as previously recommended | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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148.72 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Adopt measures to combat violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, repealing the section of the Penal Code that criminalizes homosexuality with the death penalty, as previously recommended | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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78.33 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Adopt measures to protect the reproductive rights of women through the enactment of legislative reforms to fully decriminalize voluntary termination of pregnancy | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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76.66 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Enact legislation to clearly prohibit corporal punishment of children without exceptions in all settings, including in the home | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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76.59 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Adopt a broader definition of domestic violence in accordance with the definition given in the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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76.3 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Redouble its efforts to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and reaffirm its commitment to preventing torture | 4 - General action | Supported |
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132.25 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Provide sufficient human and financial resources to the national mechanism for the protection of human rights defenders | 4 - General action | Supported |
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132.24 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Include the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex population in the 2018–2024 National Development Plan, with a view to continuing developing governmental actions to guarantee the full protection of their rights | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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132.9 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Accept the competence of Committee on Enforced Disappearances to receive and consider individual and inter-State communications, pursuant to articles 31 and 32 of the Convention | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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115.133 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Adopt as soon as possible the consolidated Children’s Bill, addressing key issues such as children’s access to justice and the prohibition of corporal punishment in all spheres of society, promoting the adoption of non-violent disciplinary measures | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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115.43 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Explicitly prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and develop awareness campaigns and training programmes to raise awareness about the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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115.3 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Adhere to 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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112.1 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Consider acceding to and ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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111.37 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Promote the integration of migrants into Maltese society, reducing the time required for a person to reside in Malta before applying for citizenship, which is currently set at more than 18 years | 4 - General action | Supported |
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151.138 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Continue developing efforts in order to guarantee the freedoms and safety of human rights defenders | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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151.55 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Approve a broad anti-discrimination law that includes the protection of all rights for all people without discrimination | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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151.11 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Adopt measures to adhere to the different international instruments related to human rights, especially the international covenants and their optional protocols | 4 - General action | Noted |
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137.68 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Ensure that women and girls can exercise their sexual and reproductive rights | 4 - General action | Noted |
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137.10 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, while also establishing a de facto moratorium | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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135.108 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Redouble efforts to protect women and girls from violence and discrimination | 4 - General action | Supported |
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130.179 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 31 - November 2018 | Adopt specific measures to prevent and combat the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, the early marriage of girls and forced labour throughout the national territory, with special emphasis on the regions of the country where these phenomena prevail | 4 - General action | Supported |
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