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 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | A study will be conducted of a draft law on the welfare of persons with disabilities to guarantee these persons greater rights in respect of rehabilitation, training, employment, housing, health care, education, social welfare, etc. The State will do what it can to preserve the human dignity of these persons, integrate them into society and involve them in all areas of life as productive members of Kuwait society. | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Guinea takes this opportunity to reiterate its pledges to recognize, protect and promote human rights in order to better safeguard them within the country, and undertakes to continue to build on its frank and constructive dialogue at the international level, inter alia with the United Nations human rights bodies. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Efforts will be continued to find appropriate solutions for persons who are illegal residents and to grant Kuwaiti nationality to those entitled to it. | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Steps will be taken to create a children's court to settle family disputes. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Guyana is primarily committed to the implementation of the recently adopted Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. This statute has been carefully scrutinised and found to be in compliance with the Convention. Guyana will continue to actively consider ratifying the Convention. | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Guyana voluntarily commits to consider this [Ratify ILO Convention No. 169] and report in one year's time to the UNHRC and the ILO. | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | The State will establish a national body to deal with all human rights matters. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Guyana made a commitment, before the UPR, that once evidence and witnesses are available all those responsible for the crime wave of 2002-2008 would be brought to justice, whether they were part of the violent criminal gangs or those in the "Phantom Squad". | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | With regard to Recommendations 70.36 to 70.41, which related to the abolition of corporal punishment, the delegation stated that public opinion in Guyana was not in favour of the abolition of corporal punishment. The delegation indicated that Guyana has noted these recommendations and was voluntarily committed to consult and report on the results of the consultative process. In this regard, the delegation pointed out that consultations in Guyana were on-going on a draft Education Bill which included discussion on the issue of corporal punishment. Furthermore, Guyana has tabled amendments to the Training School Act and the Juvenile Offenders Act to remove corporal punishment from juvenile detention centres, which demonstrated Guyana's commitment to protecting children from all forms of abuse. These bills will be debated in October 2010 in the National Assembly. The delegation also emphasized that the Protection of Children Act 2009, the Domestic Violence Act 1997 and the Child Care Protection Agency offered a legislative and administrative framework to protect children from abuse. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Define and prohibit in Armenian legislation, in an explicit and comprehensive manner, discrimination against women and gender-based violence, and adopt social awareness measures | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Adopt measures to ensure access for minority groups, especially children, to education in their mother tongue | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Reinforce measures aimed at punishing and preventing the trafficking in persons and supporting victims | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Fully ensure freedom of religion for all, without discrimination | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Include in Armenia's legislation an explicit and comprehensive definition of discrimination against women, and improve legal provisions prohibiting discrimination against women | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Increase efforts to end discrimination against women and provide adequate access to health-care services for all women | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Continue its efforts to bring its penitentiaries and detention centres into compliance with international human rights standards | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Set up training programmes on human rights for police officers | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Introduce changes to laws on drugs, given the increase in drug use in the country | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ensure the right to work of persons with disabilities, and establish effective mechanisms and strong legislative regulations to protect their economic, social and cultural rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Establish effective mechanisms to address the problems faced by street children | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Continue its efforts to enact laws in the area of equality of opportunity and rights for men and women | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Continue its efforts to reduce maternal and infant mortality, saving mother and child | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ensure the effective implementation of the minimum employment age set out in the Labour Code and of provisions prohibiting heavy and hazardous work for children | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ensure the integration of human rights into all school curriculums, and train law enforcement officers in human rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Create an inter-ministerial mechanism to accord due attention to the recommendations of international mechanisms, including those emanating from the universal periodic review, with the participation of civil society | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Strengthen research on the occurrence of child trafficking and regional cooperation with countries to which Armenian children are trafficked | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Ensure the implementation of the judgment of the European Court on Human Rights that found the Government's denial of a license to A1 broadcasting company to be in violation of Armenia's human rights obligations | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Provide the Office of the Human Rights Defender with the human and financial resources necessary to complete its tasks as a national preventive mechanism, and strengthen the guarantees against the ill treatment of imprisoned persons so that all those in the police force will receive a strong message emphasizing that ill treatment is illegal | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 8 - May 2010 | Carry on its work to implement a national programme for sustainable development that would contribute to the further improvement of the human rights situation in the country | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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