Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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120.19 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Repeal Decree No. 1247 and establish clear procedures in secondary legislation in order to implement the right to free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples, regarding legislative or administrative measures affecting their territories and livelihood, as contained in the Constitution of Ecuador and in the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.18.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Repeal the legal provision that designates the husband as the administrator of marital property | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.18.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Repeal the provision of the Civil Code that designates the husband as the administrator of marital property | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.17.3 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Reform the Comprehensive Criminal Code in relation to the legal extension of abortion and to decriminalize abortion in cases of rape, incest and severe fetal impairment | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.17.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Repeal laws criminalizing abortion in cases of rape, incest and severe fetal impairment and eliminate all punitive measures | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.17.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Advance in reforming the Criminal Code to decriminalize abortion | 4 - General action | Noted |
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120.16 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Take the necessary steps to ensure that all operations of intelligence agencies are monitored by an independent oversight mechanism | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.15.5 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Ensure civil society organizations are able to operate freely, including groups that may be critical of the Government, by amending or repealing Presidential Decrees Nos. 16 and 739 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.15.4 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Reform Presidential Decrees Nos. 16 and 739 and any draft law in this field to ensure the protection of human rights defenders and to ensure the independence and functioning of civil society organizations, notably by accepting the offer of technical assistance from the United Nations special rapporteurs to reform the current legislation | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.15.3 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Revise Presidential Decrees Nos. 16 and 739, the Criminal Code, as well as the Organic Act on Communication to bring them into line with international human rights norms | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.15.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Consider revising Executive Decree No. 739 on the regulation of social organizations and the Organic Act on Communication in the light of international commitments on human rights | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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120.15.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Eliminate all forms of discrimination and criminalization of civil society organizations, human rights defenders and the media, inter alia by repealing Executive Decrees Nos. 16, 739 and 691 and the Organic Act on Communication and by ending criminal proceedings against persons participating in social protests based on broadly worded offences contained in the Criminal Code, such as sabotage and terrorism | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.14.3 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Promote the exercise of freedom of expression without undue restrictions, by amending or repealing the 2013 Organic Act on Communication | 4 - General action | Noted |
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120.14.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Address concerns arising under the Organic Act on Communication (2013) which impose an increased level of self-censorship on media outlets | 4 - General action | Noted |
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120.14.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Review the Organic Act on Communication and relevant executive decrees so that media outlets, civil society organizations and trade unions can operate freely, cannot be arbitrarily sanctioned or disbanded and have access to effective remedy | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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120.13.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Adopt the necessary legislative measures to ensure the full enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in all its forms, through the elimination of excessive restrictions on its exercise | 4 - General action | Noted |
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120.13.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Guarantee freedom of expression and peaceful association and safeguard the activities of journalists and human rights defenders, also by amending relevant legislation in order to align it with best practices and international standards in the area of freedom of expression | 4 - General action | Noted |
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120.12 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Create and maintain in law and in practice a safe and enabling environment for civil society and human rights defenders, including by amending its laws to ensure compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and full independence of the judiciary in line with international standards | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.11 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Fully respect the right to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly by reviewing the laws, policies and programmes that regulate civil society and by amending or repealing any laws that allow the State to use force against peaceful demonstrators, arbitrarily detain protestors, restrict civil space and arbitrarily shut down the activities of civil society organizations. Such laws include articles 336, 339, 345, 346 of the Comprehensive Criminal Code as well as articles 22, 23, 24 of Presidential Decree No. 739 | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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120.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Review article 109.7 of the Organic Code of the Judiciary with a view towards guaranteeing judicial independence, including through the independent selection of judicial authorities | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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120.9 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Eliminate the catch-all clause “inexcusable error“ in article 109 of the Organic Code of the Judiciary and create a legal framework to ensure the full independence and impartiality of the judiciary in compliance with the Basic Principles on the Independence of Judiciary | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.8 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Remove or alter the broad definition and arbitrary application of “inexcusable error“ used by the Judicial Council to punish judges | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.7 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Consider the adaptation of its legislation, especially the figure of “inexcusable error“, in order to fully guarantee the independence of the judiciary | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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120.6 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Guarantee the independence of the judiciary by reforming article 109, number 7, of the Organic Code of the Judiciary in order to clearly delimit, in accordance with international law, the figure of “inexcusable error“, which is now insufficiently safeguarded against misuse for targeting judges | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.5 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Review and amend the relevant legislation and practice in order to strengthen the independence of justice, ensure merit-based appointment of judges and protect their work against political interference | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.4 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Develop and adopt a national action plan on business and human rights, including measures on access to remedy, paying special attention to the position of human rights defenders | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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120.3 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Take steps to recognize the Roma people as its own citizens and to protect them against racial discrimination | 4 - General action | Noted |
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120.2 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Implement a national strategy to improve the situation and social integration of the Roma population | 4 - General action | Noted |
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120.1 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | End the policy of providing two different types of identity documents for trans and cisgender people | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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119.4 | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 27 - May 2017 | Develop a national strategy to tackle modern slavery and contribute towards the realization of Sustainable Development Goal 8.7, and, as part of this, ratify the ILO Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, and build law enforcement capability to further facilitate the investigation, prosecution and conviction of human traffickers | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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