Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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111.43 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Amend or repeal section 18 (4) (c) of their Constitution in order to protect women and persons with disabilities from discrimination | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.42 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Affirm that the right to life applies from conception until natural death, and as such that the unborn child has the right to protection of his or her life at all points | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.41 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Amend or repeal section 18 (4) (c) of the Constitution of Lesotho, which allows for discrimination against women with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial and devolution of property on death | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.40 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Resist calls to further liberalize abortion, and instead implement laws aimed at protecting the right to life of the unborn | 4 - General action | Noted |
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111.39 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Amend legislative provisions that discriminate against women and girls in areas relating to marriage, inheritance and family | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.34 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Consider positively the establishment of a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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111.30 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Repeal provisions in the Penal Code that criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults, and amend relevant legislation to ensure discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is explicitly prohibited | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.29 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Decriminalize consensual same-sex relationships between adults, and introduce comprehensive anti-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.23 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Consider ratifying the outstanding core international human rights treaties and conventions, including the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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111.18 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Abolish 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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111.12 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Accelerate the process of accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 4 - General action | Noted |
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111.11 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Become a party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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111.8 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Work towards abolishing the death penalty through the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 4 - General action | Noted |
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111.3.3 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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110.163 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Continue to strengthen efforts to prevent and combat the abuse of children, including domestic and sexual exploitation and abuse | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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110.160 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Strengthen mechanisms to combat child labour by amending the legislative framework to ensure that all children under the age of 18 are protected from all forms of forced labour and hazardous employment conditions | 4 - General action | Supported |
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110.158 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Continue to evaluate and refine the policies and strategies that have been put in place in order to implement free, compulsory and inclusive education for children | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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110.157 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Allocate sufficient resources to ensure that institutions, such as the children’s court and the Child and Gender Protection Unit, effectively protect the rights of children | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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110.154 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Implement policies aimed at improving child health and strengthening measures to reduce child mortality, including in remote regions | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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110.153 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Take the concrete measures necessary to prevent and combat the abuse of children, including domestic violence and sexual exploitation and abuse | 4 - General action | Supported |
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110.147 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Increase the legal age of marriage to 18 years for both girls and boys, by amending conflicting legislation, such as the Marriage Act of 1974, which allows girls to marry at 16 years of age | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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110.146 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Implement policies aimed at improving child health and education | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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110.139 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Develop and implement public awareness campaigns against domestic violence and ensure that the draft Domestic Violence Bill is passed and implemented | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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110.134 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Deepen efforts and measures that aim to address gender-based violence | 4 - General action | Supported |
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110.133 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Strengthen efforts in addressing domestic violence and all forms of violence against women and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice and duly punished | 4 - General action | Supported |
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110.127 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Adopt effective legislative measures to combat gender-based violence | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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110.126 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Intensify efforts to combat gender-based violence, including through the adoption and effective implementation of the Domestic Violence Bill | 4 - General action | Supported |
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110.124 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Speed up the process of enacting the Domestic Violence Bill and support its immediate implementation | 4 - General action | Supported |
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110.104 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Strengthen efforts to ensure access to health services for people in rural areas | 4 - General action | Supported |
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110.103 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Advance efforts to safely get mothers and babies through pregnancy and childbirth, with special attention paid to improving health-care access for women from poor and/or rural backgrounds | 4 - General action | Supported |
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