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 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider signing and ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider signing and ratifying ICESCR and ICCPR | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Seek the technical and financial assistance of United Nations partners and specialized agencies to ratify the human rights treaties to which it is not yet party | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider ratifying all core international human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party and align them to their national legal framework | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Seek the technical and financial assistance of United Nations partners and specialized agencies to improve its education system so as to reduce illiteracy and school drop-out rates, particularly of girls | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Intensify programs to combat poverty so as to improve the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, particularly with regard to food security | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Continue to implement and consolidate programmes and measures aimed at reducing poverty, in particular through its Poverty Reduction Strategy | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Continue organizing thematic meetings, such as the 2009 National Forum on Justice, and whenever appropriate involve civil society as well as other non-governmental stakeholders | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Pay attention to the promotion of the rights of the child, particularly children with disabilities, and strengthen efforts to combat violence against children | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | As recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, take measures to address the problem of violence against children, ensure a national system to receive, monitor and investigate complaints, and, when necessary, prosecute and punish perpetrators | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Undertake sustained efforts to increase institutional capacity and the broadest dissemination of human rights culture | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Adopt plans for the promotion and protection of the rights of vulnerable groups, particularly women and children | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Continue to develop and implement measures aimed at the promotion and protection of human rights of vulnerable groups, such as children, women, people with disabilities, and the elderly | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Establish a national human rights institution according to the Paris Principles | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider establishing an independent national human rights institution | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Work towards the establishment of a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Seek technical and financial assistance from United Nations partners and specialized agencies to fill in the gaps in its legislation so as to ensure better treatment for children with disabilities and those at a disadvantage | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider adopting laws and regulations in favour of children, abandoned minors, persons with disabilities and the elderly | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Bring national legislation in line with the provisions of the international instruments, and ensure its implementation in practice | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider, with the assistance of the relevant United Nations bodies, if needed, ratifying the core international human rights instruments to which Sao Tome and Principe is not a party, starting with ICCPR and ICESCR | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Continue to extend the range of fundamental international instruments to which Sao Tome is already a party | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider accession to the main regional and international human rights instruments | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Formulate and implement a national policy aimed at ensuring gender equality in the labour market | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Implement further policies to ensure gender equality throughout society and the promotion of the rights of women and children | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Envisage adhering to international human rights instruments by giving priority to ICESCR and ICCPR, and seek, if needed, technical assistance to this end | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider signing and ratifying ICESCR and ICCPR | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Continue implementing the recommendations resulting from the "Champions for Change" Conference on HIV/AIDS, organized by the Caribbean Community and the United Kingdom, by seeking the necessary technical assistance to this end from the international community | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Identify its needs in terms of technical and financial assistance to improve prison conditions and consequently seek assistance from relevant international institutions and programmes competent in this area | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 10 - January 2011 | Consider seeking technical assistance from the relevant United Nations agencies to meet its human rights obligations | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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