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) | 3 - December 2008 | (1) Improving coverage in rural and remote areas.(2) Expanding protection programmes to cover third parties involved in criminal proceedings. (3) Setting up the data system and designing a means of making the State information systems on human rights violations interoperable. (4) Increasing technical investigative capacity. (5) Boosting confidence in the judiciary. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Luxembourg pledged to include gender dimensions in the review follow-up, such as in measures under chapter 9 on fundamental rights of the national plan of action for gender equality for 2009-2013, which was to be adopted after the election in 2009 | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | (1) Speeding up the process of establishing the truth. (2) Speeding up the identification of human remains so that they can be handed over to family members. (3) Inquiring into and investigating crimes committed by demobilized individuals against women and children (sexual violence and recruitment of children especially). (4) Promoting the National Reparation Programme. (5) Expanding the Victim and Witness Protection Programme. (6) Giving more publicity to victims' rights and taking steps which will include promoting the activities that the National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission has been carrying out. (7) Getting the regional property restitution committees into operation. (8) Completing the historical commemorative document which the Act has assigned the National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission to produce. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The Government is also looking forward to enhancing cooperation with the Human Rights Council and is committed to serving as a model for change in the region. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Luxembourg commits itself to carrying out these recommendations [Recommendation 7 - Take further steps to improve the rights of women and children, implement the recommendation made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in 2008 on drafting strategies and programmes to combat prostitution, continue its efforts to combat sexual exploitation of children and continue to take effective measures to protect children from violence, racism and pornography ] | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The Government firmly intended to conduct a broad-based discussion with all concerned State bodies and nongovernmental organizations, as well as with other civil society institutions and the media, to look at the recommendations emerging from the report on Uzbekistan and to develop and implement an appropriate national plan of action | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Moving forward, the Government is committed to studying the framework for accession to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The aim with these programmes is to reduce the poverty index to 28 per cent and the extreme poverty index to 8.8 per cent by 2015, as called for by the first of the eight Millennium Development Goals. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The Government is however committed to protecting all members of society from harassment, discrimination and violence regardless of sexual orientation | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | (1) To improve guarantees of the exercise of their rights. (2) To remain in communication with them. (3) To act on its commitments in the case of the tripartite agreement with ILO (4) To encourage investigations of crimes against these groups. (5) To foster a culture in which it is easier for human rights defenders, reporters and trade unionists to operate. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The subject of special protection for same-sex couples has appeared on the public agenda in Colombia, and has led to important developments in jurisprudence. The Constitutional Court has on various occasions upheld the right of same-sex couples to equality. It has recognized that a de facto marital union (and the ensuing property rights), access to the mandatory health scheme and access to a survivor's pension must be safeguarded for same-sex couples on the same terms as for heterosexual couples. Colombia now faces the challenge of continuing to advance in this area. | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | (1) To offer better care to victims. (2) To train and graduate 1,000 community outreach workers to deal with mines every year. (3) To train 10 new 40-member humanitarian demining teams. (4) To set up an emergency response team. (5) To adapt policy to new challenges.(6) To destroy the remaining 26 minefields by 1 March 2011. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Free health service: People have free access to health and medical services that are provided by government. For serious cases where treatment is not available, patients are referred to Fiji and New Zealand for treatment, funded by government. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The Government is also committed to a national media campaign to enhance public awareness about the crime of human trafficking, deter criminals and highlight the existence of help lines and shelters for victims. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Compulsory and free education: The Educational (Compulsory Education) Order 1984 stipulates in its section 3 (1) that a child who is of school age, being the period (a) commencing at the beginning of the school year during which he or she reaches the age of (seven) years, and (b) ending at the end of the school year during which he or she reaches the age of fifteen years. 39. Section 3 (1) (a) of the Compulsory Order 1984 had been amended and now reads "commencing at the beginning of the school year during which he or she reaches the age of six years." Education is therefore compulsory for all children aged 6 to 15 years old. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The State does, however, recognize that there are still challenges to meet. It has undertaken to expand national prison capacity by 24,331 places by building ten new prison complexes. It is also designing and introducing new means of restricting liberty such as electronic tagging as an alternative to a [prison] sentence, and the urban farming programme, which is intended to train inmates to provide enough food for themselves and their families when they are freed. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Luxembourg pledged to achieve the human rights voluntary goals enshrined in Council resolution 9/12 | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The universal periodic review was a dynamic process of consultation of independent institutions monitoring compliance of human rights in Luxembourg. This consultation process also involved civil society organizations engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights. It was a beneficial exercise for the country. Luxembourg pledged to continue this consultation on a regular basis in order to ensure an appropriate follow-up to the review report and outcome | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Colombia will continue to make efforts to protect the general public from these bands. It appeals for international support in combating the drug trafficking which supports their existence and ensuring that the logistics, money and individuals involved in the violence have nowhere to go. Particular attention will be paid to the pursuit of strategies to prevent recruitment and the effects of doing so on women and girls. | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Further addressing the remaining gaps between the various populations in Israeli society | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | On child psychiatry, Luxembourg had pledged to increase the number and quality of its infrastructures for the therapeutic treatment of children with behaviour or mental disturbances. These efforts would be continued to guarantee high-quality child psychiatry reflecting the latest developments in medicine | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | (1) Attained universal basic education. (2) Reduced illiteracy among 15- to 24-year-olds to 1 per cent. (3) Reached gross coverage levels of 100 per cent for basic education (preschool, primary and lower secondary) and 93 per cent for higher secondary (middle school) education. (4) Established an average of 10.6 years' schooling among the 15- to 24-year-old age group. (5) Reduced the repeat rate in basic and middle education to 2.3 per cent. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Commits itself [to honour] the conclusions reached, and will establish mechanisms to monitor the recommendations agreed on. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | It is committed to accession to the protocols of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | (1) To give full effect to the new Code in all areas. (2) To provide backing for the Social Protection System to safeguard boys' rights. (3) To bolster policies on comprehensive social and family protection so as to prevent Recruitment. (4) To bring child labour indices down to 5.1 per cent by 2015. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The State is committed to acceding to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | An inter-ministerial committee was established in 2002, the mandate of the committee was to facilitate treaty implementation, particularly reporting as required by the various international treaties. Due to capacity constraints both financial and human, this Committee has not delivered on its mandate effectively. The Government has recently made a commitment to strengthening the capacity of the committee and to this end is being assisted by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | (1) Effectively preventing displacement. (2) Making rights-enjoyment indicators consistent. (3) Consolidating the income-generation, re-housing and return programmes and the time forcibly displaced persons have access to them. (4) Reinforcing the differentiated approach. (5) Applying reparation policy to the displaced population. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | The State is also committed to organizing workshops, in cooperation with specialized international organizations, focusing on spreading human rights principles in line with the international conventions ratified by the State. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Commitment to raising the age for compulsory education to 18 years. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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