Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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140.50 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Take urgent steps to eliminate commercial sexual exploitation of children by ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, activating the Inter-Agency Working Group on People Trafficking, and ensuring that the Inter-Agency Trafficking Task Force meets regularly and facilitates the implementation of the National Plan of Action to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons and Child Trafficking | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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140.48 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Consider taking temporary measures, including the introduction of a minimum quota of at least 30 per cent of women candidates on the electoral lists of political parties, and facilitate the selection and training of women candidates for public office, in particular at the decision-making level | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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140.47 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Strengthen temporary special measures so as to reduce the gender gap and systematically address the concerns and rights of women in the public and private spheres | 4 - General action | Noted |
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140.46 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Consider introducing a universal basic income in order to better combat poverty and reduce inequalities, and improve the existing social protection system | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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140.43 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Guarantee freedom of expression and opinion and freedom of the press, by ensuring respect for the rights of journalists and human rights defenders and reviewing the Media Industry Development Decree 2010, which punishes any journalistic publication against the general interest or public order, in order to avoid abusive interpretations | 4 - General action | Noted |
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140.40 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Review legislation that affects freedom of speech, particularly the Crimes Act, the Media Industry Development Decree and the Public Order (Amendment) Act, to bring them into compliance with Fiji’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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140.39 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Take the necessary measures in order to revise the law on the development of the media | 4 - General action | Noted |
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140.12 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Consider the withdrawal of its reservations to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, particularly relating to the definition of torture | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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140.10 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Ratify the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child signed by Fiji in 2005, and consider becoming a party to the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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140.6 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Step up its efforts for the prevention of torture, particularly by ratifying 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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140.3 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Ratify the Optional Protocol and Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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139.187 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Ensure that human rights defenders can freely carry out their legitimate activities | 4 - General action | Supported |
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139.186 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Take measures to implement the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders at the national level, in line with target 16.10 of the Sustainable Development Goals | 4 - General action | Supported |
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139.182 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Develop an action plan to ensure accessibility for children with disabilities to essential health-care services and educational institutions in rural areas and the outer islands | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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139.181 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Promote equal opportunities and non-discrimination for people living with a disability and those living with albinism, particularly in the areas of education, employment and social protection | 4 - General action | Supported |
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139.180 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Continue efforts to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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139.177 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Launch a public information campaign to overcome social stigma and encourage the competent authorities, teachers and parents to promote the right to education of children with disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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139.167 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Take appropriate measures to address the root causes of child labour, while strengthening the legal framework for its eradication, including in the informal and private sectors | 4 - General action | Supported |
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139.164 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Enforce the prohibition of child marriage, prohibit all forms of pressure on victims of rape to marry perpetrators and increase efforts to prosecute and punish perpetrators and accomplices in cases of child marriage | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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139.159 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Prevent women and girls from suffering discrimination, harassment and domestic and sexual violence, by allocating sufficient resources towards training for law enforcement and the judiciary in addressing cases related to violence against women and to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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139.158 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Strengthen and fully implement legislation punishing domestic violence, and ensure that traditional apologies are under no circumstances accepted as a mitigating factor | 4 - General action | Supported |
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139.157 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Continue the fight against domestic violence against women | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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139.156 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Continue efforts to combat domestic violence | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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139.153 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Strengthen and fully implement legislation punishing domestic violence | 4 - General action | Supported |
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139.148 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Strengthen the fight against violence against women by removing obstacles that prevent access to justice and the police, and to medical services | 4 - General action | Supported |
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139.142 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Strengthen measures to protect victims of violence against women and girls, including through full implementation of relevant legislation, awareness-raising campaigns and the establishment of shelters for survivors with integrated counselling services | 4 - General action | Supported |
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139.138 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Continue to promote its development plans to further enhance the advancement of women | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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139.127 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Continue its efforts to promote and provide equality education for all children | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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139.123 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Continue the efforts to promote the right to education | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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139.101 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Continue its efforts in ensuring social security programmes to strengthen the active participation of persons with disabilities in society | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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