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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140.49 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Raise to 18 years the age of criminal responsibility and combat all forms of violence against children, including child labour and sexual exploitation | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.44 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Bring legislation on freedom of expression, assembly and association into line with international human rights standards, in particular, by repealing the Media Industry Development Decree 2010 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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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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140.42 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Amend the Media Industry Development Decree, the Public Order (Amendment) Act and the sedition provisions of the Crimes Act, which restrict freedom of expression, the press and assembly | 5 - Specific 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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140.38 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Take measures to permit lawful labour, political and social protests, and to safeguard activists’ and human rights defenders’ rights to speak and peacefully assemble freely, without harassment, and unimpeded by inappropriately applied administrative impediments | 4 - General action | Supported |
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140.37 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Review decrees limiting freedom of expression and association, particularly the Media Industry Development Decree, the Essential National Industries (Employment) Decree and the Public Order (Amendment) Act | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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140.36 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Repeal all laws and policies that unlawfully restrict fundamental rights of freedom of expression, assembly and association, including sections of the Public Order (Amendment) Act, the Media Industry Development Decree, the Electoral Act 2014 and the Online Safety Act | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.35 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Adopt concrete measures to ensure that trade unions and human rights defenders are able to carry out their work, guaranteeing their freedom of expression, association and assembly and freedom of the press | 4 - General action | Supported |
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140.30 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Take specific measures, including strengthening the legal framework, to eliminate discrimination, hate speech and violence against lesbian, bisexual and transgender women, including by prosecuting and adequately punishing perpetrators, and adopt awareness-raising measures to address stigma within society | 4 - General action | Noted |
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140.29 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Develop a national strategy on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, in collaboration with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, to guide its work in eliminating multiple and intersecting forms of violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.28 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Legislate to address hate crimes against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.26 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Enact holistic anti-discrimination and equality legislation to comprehensively address the social discrimination faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.23 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Enact and implement a holistic anti-discrimination and equality law, which includes, inter alia, provisions to comprehensively address the multiple and intersecting forms of violence and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.22 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Join the Code of Conduct regarding Security Council action against genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes, as elaborated by the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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140.18 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Ratify and implement the ILO Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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140.16 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Withdraw all reservations to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.15 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Withdraw the reservations to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.14 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Withdraw all its reservations to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and intensify its efforts to prevent torture in all settings | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.13 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Withdraw its reservation to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.7 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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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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140.4 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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140.1 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Ratify the Kampala amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression, and review its national legislation in order to ensure full alignment with the Rome Statute | 5 - Specific 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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139.184 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Adopt and implement legislative and policy measures to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against persons with albinism, including in accessing and maintaining work, education, social benefits and adequate health services, which respond to their specific needs | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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139.165 | Nov 9, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Repeal the right “to administer reasonable punishment” in the Juveniles Act 1974 and prohibit all corporal punishment of children, including in the home | 5 - Specific 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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