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 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Ratify the main international human rights instruments, including ICCPR, ICESCR, ICERD, and CAT. Also sign and ratify OP-ICESCR, OPCAT, OP-CRC-AC, OP-CRC-SC, CED, CRPD and its Optional Protocol (OPCRPD) | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Step up efforts to achieve greater independence of the judiciary. In this regard, substantially increase the resources for the administration of justice, provide training and education on human rights for its staff, and adopt legislative measures to strengthen the independence of judicial action in accordance with international standards | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Step up its efforts to protect the rights of the child, especially those living in situations of poverty, victims of child prostitution, and children with disabilities. In this regard, conduct a comprehensive review of its national legislation to guarantee the full application of the principle of nondiscrimination and adopt a national strategy to remedy this situation as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2004 | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Extend a standing invitation to all special procedures | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Declare a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolition and commute death penalty sentences to jail sentences | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Repeal all provisions in its domestic legislation which criminalize sexual activity between consenting adults of the same sex | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Adequately sanction with severe penalties crimes of rape and sexual abuse, establish specialized courts in this area, set up support and counselling services for victims, and design a national awareness-raising programme to facilitate access to justice to women and children | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Extend an open and standing invitation to the special procedures | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Sign and ratify the two International Covenants, CAT, CRPD and their respective Optional Protocols, and CED, and ratify the two Optional Protocols to CRC and CEDAW and its Optional Protocol | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Step up its efforts to eradicate domestic violence and sexual abuse within the framework of comprehensive policies to combat gender violence and to protect children's rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | In order to promote an effective gender equality, develop policy, legislative and administrative measures to ensure a better representation of women in decision-making and managerial positions in all sectors of public administration and, so far as possible, in the private sector | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Adopt measures for the greater inclusion of the Kweyol community and other non-English speaking linguistic minorities into the social and political life of the country through specific education and training programmes | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Repeal any legal provision that criminalizes consensual relations between adults of the same sex and combat the discrimination against LGBT persons through awareness-raising and education campaigns to begin at school | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Develop a transparent and effective accountability mechanism directed towards the investigation of complaints of police abuse against suspects and detainees, and the prosecution and adequate punishment of those responsible | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Intensify efforts against gender violence through reforms that allow the prosecution of perpetrators without requiring that the victim lodge a complaint, guaranteeing sufficient resources for shelters for victims and offering free social assistance and legal advice to victims | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Declare a moratorium on the death penalty with the aim of its abolition, commute all death sentences to prison sentences, and sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Extend an open and permanent invitation to all Special Procedures | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Sign and ratify CAT | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Sign and ratify the Optional Protocols to ICCPR, ICESCR and CAT and 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 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Sign and ratify ICCPR and ICESCR, CRPD as well as its Optional Protocol, the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and the two Optional Protocols to CRC | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Adopt concrete measures to avoid discrimination and protect the rights of the Batwa community and other minorities, as well as request technical assistance from the United Nations to identify their basic social needs | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Ensure that NGOs involved in defending human rights can carry out their activities without hindrance | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Urgently reform legislation on the registration of political parties so as to favour the creation of a political sphere that guarantees pluralism for all political parties, further to articles 25 and 26 of ICCPR | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Respond effectively to the request for information by the Human Rights Committee in 2009 regarding the follow-up given to the recommendations related to forced disappearances, assassinations, summary and extrajudicial executions, and life sentences in isolation cells | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to ICESCR, ICCPR-OP 1, OP-CAT and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from the Enforced Disappearance (CED) | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Pursue its efforts to ensure gender equality and the participation of women in public institutions, including at the local level, and promote this in the private sector | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Extend an open and permanent invitation to special procedures | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Strengthen its efforts for the protection of the rights of the indigenous population. Create a specific national mechanism to address any complaint by the indigenous population in relation to the use of its traditional land, and ensuring the participation of indigenous groups and their representatives | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Designate a coordinator for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, establish indicators for compliance and supervision, ensure that the oversight mechanism has an adequate status to contribute and follow up on a national policy on disability, and ensure that disability is considered as a cross-cutting issue in its public policies | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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