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 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Conduct a census of the population with disabilities so as to identify the types of disabilities involved, causes, potential levels of intervention including medical care and rehabilitation, education requirements, food and adequate housing appropriate to disabilities, technical aids and prosthesis, among others | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | In the context of the provisions of Barbados' Constitution in the area of the fight against discrimination, continue promoting legislative and public policy action to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities, especially in the areas of employment, education and the provision of State services | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue its efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country, in line with its National Strategic Plan for HIV Prevention and Control 2008-2013 | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Noting that HIV is one of the greatest maladies affecting the population in Barbados, and as this has a negative impact on the entire country, continue to strengthen capacities to combat the spread of HIV | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue addressing, as a priority, the effects of HIV/AIDS on women and children as a priority, in particular, the mother-to-child transmission | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue and further intensify the programs on combating HIV/AIDS | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue its efforts to eradicate poverty | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue moving forward with its fitting social policies in the area of economic, social and cultural rights so as to provide the best possible well-being for its population | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue its efforts to promote sustainable economic and social development and further strengthen the protection of rights of women and children | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue investments toward the achievement of economic, social and cultural rights | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Consider launching a holistic national plan to prevent and deal with economic recession impact and ensure job creation, public services and social welfare in favour of the people of Barbados without any discrimination | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Consider establishing a Wages Commission on Domestic Workers | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Consider instituting more programs to further facilitate access by domestic workers and migrants to basic social services and just conditions of work | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Adopt all necessary political and legislative measures to decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations between adults | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Amend the criminal code to decriminalize same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults and adopt legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Decriminalise consensual same-sex conduct between adults and take all necessary steps to protect LGBT community from all forms of discrimination | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Repeal all provisions that criminalize same-sex conduct | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Repeal all legislative provisions that discriminate against persons on the grounds of their sexual orientation, including in the Sexual Offences Act, within the next two years | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Repeal the provisions that criminalize consensual homosexual relations, notably those contained in the Sexual Offences Act and establish policies to combat discrimination, prejudice and violence based on sexual orientation or gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Repeal laws that criminalize consensual same sex adult sexual relations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Develop an appropriate mechanism to mandate the collection, disaggregation and standardisation of data such as social data, crime statistics and other criminal justice indicators | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Provide human rights education, including related to sexual orientation and gender identity, to all law enforcement officials | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Review and if necessary update existing human rights training for police and security forces with the assistance of independent nongovernmental organizations to foster more consistent application of international human rights standards, and ensure that cases of abuse or killings by police are processed in a more timely manner | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Investigate all complaints made against the Police Force, including alleged unprofessional conduct, beatings and assaults, and to introduce electronic recording of interviews | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Take measures to prevent and sanction police harassment and torture, including through human rights education and training modules | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue the fight against police violence, notably through the implementation of the 1994 Evidence Act that allows for the video surveillance of police custody | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Amend the 2011 Transnational Crime Bill to prohibit all forms of human trafficking by removing migration as a necessary element of human trafficking, prescribe penalties that are commensurate with those prescribed for other serious crimes, and publicly report any investigations, prosecutions, convictions, or sentences of trafficking offenders under this law, or other statute | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue to strengthen its efforts to fight against trafficking in persons and to ensure protection of its victims | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Step up their efforts in combating trafficking in persons | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue to request international assistance and advice on successful examples on ways to change traditional social attitudes that accept corporal punishment | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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