Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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131.10 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as the three Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.111 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Intensify efforts, including by seeking technical assistance wherever required, to meet its human rights targets | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.110 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Continue to mobilize resources and seek the necessary support to enhance its capacity to fulfil its human rights obligations | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.109 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Seek the necessary technical, material and financial assistance in order to implement the recommendations it has endorsed | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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131.108 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Take measures to strengthen efforts to reduce infant and child mortality, including by focusing on preventative measures and treatment, improved nutrition and a structured vaccination process | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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131.107 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Make efforts to reverse the downward budgetary allocations to the education and health sectors in order to meet the African thresholds on health and education, respectively set in the Abuja and Dakar Declarations | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.106 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Make primary education free throughout the territory | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.105 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Strengthen public policies to address economic and social challenges, particularly in the area of health, such as access to drinking water | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.104 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Since Zambia has one of the highest birth rates in the world, develop and implement a comprehensive strategy on population and education policies, in line with and respecting economic, social and cultural rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.103 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Guarantee access to health and education services for migrant children, eliminating administrative obstacles in this area | 4 - General action | Noted |
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131.102 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Adopt and implement improvements to the legislation relating to children, in particular, increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally acceptable level, address the high rate of child labour, prohibit the forced marriage of children, and end violence and sexual exploitation, including abuse, neglect and ill-treatment | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.101 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Consider adopting additional measures to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.100 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Fully fund and implement the Anti-Gender-Based Violence Act, the Gender Equity and Equality Act and other legislation and policies to protect girls from child, early and forced marriage and other forms of abuse | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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131.99 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Comply strictly with the normative provisions regarding the minimum age for marriage, and prevent and investigate cases of forced marriage, prosecuting the perpetrators and ensuring assistance to victims | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.98 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Review and repeal the legislation that criminalizes consensual sexual behaviour between people of the same sex, and prohibit degrading practices imposed on people of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, such as forced anal examinations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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131.97 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | As recommended during the universal periodic review in 2012, respect the rights and fundamental freedoms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons through the repeal of all norms that criminalize and stigmatize them | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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131.96 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Decriminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adults and strengthen efforts to address inequality and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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131.95 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Repeal laws that criminalize same-sex conduct between adults and review all legislation, policies and programmes to foster equality and prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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131.94 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Decriminalize same-sex relationships between consenting adults | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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131.93 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Ensure country-wide implementation of the Marriage Act establishing the legal age for marriage as 21 years of age | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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131.92 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Set a minimum age for marriage under customary law, to be in line with the legal age of marriage determined by statutory law | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.91 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Set a minimum age for leaving school, which would provide incentives for addressing early marriage and child labour | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.90 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Modify its national and customary laws in order to prevent child, early and forced marriage | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.89 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Step up its efforts to bring an end to all forms of child labour | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.88 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Review the Employment of Young Persons and Children’s Act with a view to including in its domestic labour and family-based enterprises and improve its data collection mechanisms on violations of the Act | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.87 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Fully implement the Anti-Trafficking Act No. 11 of 2008 | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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131.86 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Strengthen the implementation of measures taken to fight against child labour and trafficking of children | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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131.85 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Continue efforts to consolidate the rights of the child, protect them from sexual exploitation and combat trafficking in children and child marriage | 4 - General action | Supported |
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131.84 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Take appropriate steps to prohibit and combat child labour and the worst forms of exploitation of children | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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131.83 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 28 - November 2017 | Fully implement the Anti-Human Trafficking Act No. 11 of 2008 and ensure effective investigations into the cases of sale, trafficking and abduction of children to protect them from commercial exploitation | 4 - General action | Supported |
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