Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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115.202 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Continue efforts to develop a comprehensive child protection system with specific budget allocation, human resources and adequate follow-up mechanisms to ensure the full and effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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115.187 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Make further efforts towards addressing disparities in the education of girls | 4 - General action | Supported |
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115.164 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Continue to strengthen national and subnational resource allocations to develop and maintain an enabling environment for young people, women and men, and those living in remote areas, to access quality sexual and reproductive health and family services | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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115.118 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Introduce a mechanism to monitor and regulate local officials, especially in rural areas, to ensure they conform with human rights standards and do not arbitrarily and discriminatorily target Christians and other religious minorities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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115.117 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Allow all religious communities to meet and conduct activities freely, regardless of whether they are incorporated or registered | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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115.116 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Review and amend Decree No. 315 to ensure that administrative procedures for religious groups are not arbitrary, vague and discriminatory, and to eliminate the wide latitude local officials have to discriminate against and persecute religious minorities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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115.115 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Facilitate a supportive environment to better enable civil society organizations to operate | 4 - General action | Supported |
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115.106 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Amend laws that restrict freedom of expression, assembly and association to comply with international human rights law | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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115.97 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Review and amend legislation and practices relating to freedom of expression and assembly to fully enable the function of non-governmental organizations and civil society | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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115.76 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Conduct independent, impartial and transparent investigations into all alleged cases of enforced disappearance, including that of Sombath Somphone, ensuring family members are regularly informed of any progress | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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115.74 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Undertake full, independent investigations into all unresolved cases of alleged enforced disappearances, including that of Sombath Somphone | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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115.62 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Consider taking further action towards the abolition of the death penalty | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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115.49 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Adopt a comprehensive, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive approach to climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, consistent with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, to address the economic, cultural and social impacts and challenges that climate change represents, for the full and effective enjoyment of human rights for all | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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115.4 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty with a view to ratifying 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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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Continue to work to address issues such as a lack of teachers, school facilities and the marked differences between the quality of educational institutions in urban and rural areas | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Fully enable civil society and NGO groups to conduct their activities | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Facilitate an environment for local and international civil society organizations to fulfil their role | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Re-examine recent legislation that limits dissemination of certain information via the Internet, including through social media | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Review its decree on Internet-based information control and management to ensure citizens' rights to information and expression are respected | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Implement the national action plan to combat corruption, including strengthening of laws and enforcement, and provide greater resources to independent anti-corruption bodies | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Conduct a thorough and credible investigation into all and any unresolved cases of disappearances of civil society workers in the Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Conduct an urgent and credible police investigation into the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, and communicate the findings, including to address any suspicions of government involvement in his abduction | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 21 - January 2015 | Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty with a view to ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Revoke laws that allow for the suppression of the rights to freedom of assembly and expression | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Implement measures, including through legislation, to protect all citizens from discrimination due to their religious beliefs - and prosecute those involved in the persecution of religious groups | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ensure equitable treatment of all groups in society and, as a first step, invite the Independent Expert on Minority Issues to undertake a country visit | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Continue efforts to curb trafficking, in cooperation with neighbouring countries, non-governmental organizations and the United Nations, including by developing safe channels of labour migration and by strengthening law enforcement, policing and awareness-raising activities | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Allow the international community meaningful and confidential access to Lao Hmong returnees from Thailand | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Allow privately owned media outlets to be established | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Issue travel and identification documents to all Lao Hmong returnees in a timely manner, and guarantee freedom of movement | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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