Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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80.125 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Continue efforts to combat all violence against children by repealing article 226 of the criminal code, which authorizes the administration of “reasonable punishment” | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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80.121 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Investigate, convict and impose stringent penalties against the offenders who exploit or facilitate the commercial sexual exploitation of children and hold accountable all persons responsible, including parents and guardians | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.119 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Criminalize the sex and labour trafficking of children within the country and specify definitions in the Criminal Code for light and hazardous work in order to more clearly define child labour abuses | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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80.118 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Take further measures to prevent child labour and sexual violence on children | 4 - General action | Supported |
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80.117 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Take concrete measures to encourage women’s political participation and increase the representation of women in parliament, noting that there are currently only three seats held by women and that none are part of the Cabinet | 4 - General action | Supported |
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80.114 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ensure the effective implementation of the Family Peace Act | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.113 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Strengthen domestic violence laws and improve the handling of domestic and sexual violence cases by allocating more resources to the Domestic Violence and Sexual Offence Unit of the Kiribati Police Service and the judiciary system | 4 - General action | Supported |
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80.112 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Carry out, in full, the Family Peace Act (2014) Implementation Plan in order to counter domestic violence and support survivors | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.110 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls, through the effective enforcement of legislation on gender-based violence, and achieve equality for women and girls | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.108 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Implement national media campaigns, training for State officials, and education programmes in all schools to eliminate gender stereotypes and negative social norms that are root causes of gender-based discrimination and violence | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.107 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Enact legislation to strengthen criminal procedures, police powers and evidence laws relating to all forms of violence against women and girls, and ensure that survivors have access to legal safeguards, including protection orders and civil orders | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.106 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Implement the Family Welfare Act 2013 and the National Approach to Eliminating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Action Plan to improve access to essential services for violence survivors, embed measures to change social norms, and facilitate redress for such crimes | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.105 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Continue to take all necessary measures to address sexual and gender-based violence, including domestic violence and harmful practices such as child, early and forced marriages, as well as to prevent all forms of discrimination against women and girls | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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80.104 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Enact legislation covering all forms of violence against women (physical, sexual, trafficking, sexual harassment, stalking, psychological and economic) | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.99 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Revise the Constitution of Kiribati by removing the provisions allowing discrimination against women | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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80.97 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ensure gender equality, inter alia, by reforming the Citizenship Act 1979 to ensure equal rights for Kiribati women to confer nationality to children and spouses on an equal basis to men | 4 - General action | Noted |
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80.93 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Eliminate laws that discriminate against women and girls, including the paternal transfer of citizenship to the exclusion of maternal transfer, and take steps to increase women’s economic empowerment by reducing economic barriers to women and enhancing protections in policies, laws, regulations and public and private practices to facilitate women’s participation in the economy | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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80.90 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Specifically outline measures to reduce family and gender violence, as well as maternal and child mortality, in national planning | 4 - General action | Supported |
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80.89 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Continue efforts to protect and empower women and children, specifically in the areas of gender and family violence, and maternal and child mortality | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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80.84 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ensure that appropriate sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes, including family planning programmes accessible to all, are integrated into the next National Development Plan for 2021–2025 | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.83.2 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Incorporate a comprehensive approach to sexual and reproductive health into the next National Development Plan for 2021–2025, including family planning programmes that are accessible to all, and allocate sufficient resources in the annual budget to ensure effective delivery | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.82 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ensure that appropriate sexual and reproductive programmes, including family planning, prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and of teenage pregnancies, are available to all, without discrimination, and that they are integrated in the next National Development Plan for 2021–2025 with the allocation of sufficient resources | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.81 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Include support for appropriate sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes and steps to develop comprehensive sexuality education programmes in the sexual and reproductive information and education efforts | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.80 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Work to improve access to sexual and reproductive services, information and education | 4 - General action | Supported |
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80.79 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Revise the Family Life Education curriculum to bring it into line with the United Nations technical guidelines regarding comprehensive sexuality education and ensure full integration of the curriculum across the school system | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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80.77 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Revise the Family Life Education curriculum to bring it into line with the updated United Nations technical guidelines on sexuality education and integrate it into all school curricula, including both in junior and senior high schools | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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80.76 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ensure sexual and reproductive rights and health by implementing sexual health programmes accessible for all and by developing sexual education in school curricula | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.74 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ensure comprehensive sexual education in the school curriculum in line with the United Nations international technical guidelines on sexuality education | 4 - General action | Supported |
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80.72 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is incorporated into the next National Development Plan for 2021–2025, consistent with United Nations Population Fund technical guidelines | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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80.59 | Jun 20, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 35 - January 2020 | Ensure the freedom of opinion and expression, including for journalists | 4 - General action | Supported |
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