Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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138.254 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ensure that poverty and disability are not used as justifications for removing children from parental care | 4 - General action | Supported |
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138.247 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Consider undertaking the necessary reforms to criminalize violence against women, in particular domestic and sexual violence | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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138.246 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Develop specific legislation to combat domestic violence, including by establishing complaints mechanisms and strengthening the role of civil society in laws, policies, programmes and services to prevent and protect against domestic violence | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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138.245 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Adopt a comprehensive law criminalizing all forms of violence against women, particularly domestic and sexual violence | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.242 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Adopt the necessary legal measures and reforms to prevent and combat all forms of discrimination, as well as violence against women, in particular domestic and sexual violence | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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138.235 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Develop programmes to improve the rate of school attendance among Roma children | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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138.227 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to strengthen essential health services, particularly for older persons and other vulnerable groups, and especially in the context of the COVID- 19 pandemic or other public health emergencies | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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138.220 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue with its effective protection of family rights, social security, the right to work, the right to education and the rights of children and of women | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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138.203 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Investigate and punish reports of torture and ill-treatment swiftly and comprehensively on the basis of the provisions of the Convention against Torture, including the total prohibition of torture | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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138.191 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ensure independent, transparent, impartial and credible investigations into human rights violations committed following the elections, including the disproportionate use of force against protesters | 4 - General action | Noted |
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138.184 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Consider simplifying the rules that regulate the registration of civil society organizations and political parties | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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138.176 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Respect the right of peaceful assembly, and release all individuals arbitrarily detained for participation in peaceful protests | 4 - General action | Noted |
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138.169 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Ensure freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly and a conducive environment for journalism, notably by decriminalizing defamation and amending the Media Act and the law on anti-extremism so that they do not disproportionately limit freedom of expression | 4 - General action | Noted |
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138.156 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Take immediate measures to allow journalists and other media workers to work without fear of detention or undue restriction, and improve access to information | 4 - General action | Noted |
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138.144 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Guarantee full respect for freedom of opinion and expression, including online, and for freedom of assembly and association, and harmonize national legislation in line with international standards in this area | 4 - General action | Supported |
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138.142 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Fulfil its obligations under international human rights law with regard to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and freedom of opinion and expression | 4 - General action | Supported |
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138.139 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Immediately release all political prisoners and those detained for participation in election-related protests, and demonstrate a commitment to its international human rights obligations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.127 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Release immediately and unconditionally all political prisoners who are detained illegally and arbitrarily | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.122 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to promote the fight against human trafficking and the protection of refugees | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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138.116 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to train law enforcement officials and other government agencies to identify victims of trafficking, and provide victims with assistance and protection in accordance with the law | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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138.115 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to contribute to the intensification of global efforts to combat human trafficking, through its initiatives and support for the Group of Friends United against Human Trafficking | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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138.114 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Immediately cease its brutal crackdown against the Belarusian people, including threats to use lethal force against peaceful protesters and employment of severe abuses against detainees, and hold those responsible accountable | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.103 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Take immediate measures to prevent all torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, investigate promptly and impartially all allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and ensure that the perpetrators are held accountable | 4 - General action | Supported |
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138.92 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.84 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Abolish the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.75 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Combat discrimination and violence on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and draft specific legislation for the training of law enforcement officers and other officials to avoid discriminatory acts against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons | 4 - General action | Noted |
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138.69 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Adopt comprehensive legislation against discrimination, including protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.68 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Adopt comprehensive legislation to prohibit all forms of discrimination, investigate statements inciting racial hatred and racial violence, and establish appropriate sanctions against discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.66 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Engage in a genuine dialogue facilitated by the OSCE Chairperson-in- Office with the voices of Belarusian civil society, including women leading the protests, to determine a democratic path forward in allowing the Belarusian people to determine their future | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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138.57 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Continue to implement national programmes and action plans aimed at the promotion and protection of human rights | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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