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 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Guarantee equal treatment and non discrimination of women also with regard to areas concerning personal status, particularly, adoption, marriage, divorce and inheritance according to international human rights standards | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Immediately cease the harassment and intimidation of independent media and to proceed to a reform of the legislation applicable to ensure full respect of freedom of expression | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Implement efficient policies and programmes to eliminate the phenomenon of excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, such as unlawful arrests and detentions, torture of detainees, enforced disappearances or extra-judicial executions to investigate allegations of torture and ill treatment and duly punish the perpetrators in accordance to international standards law enforcement officials should undergo a due human rights training | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | In line with the observations by the Human Rights Committee, address the issues of unlawful arrest and detention by the security agencies, and any allegations of torture and ill-treatment of persons in their custody | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Improve efforts to guarantee the freedom of the press, and take all necessary steps to protect everyone individually or in association with others against any violence, retaliation, adverse discrimination or pressure as a consequence of his or her legitimate exercise of freedom of expression according to international human rights standards | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Strengthen its laws to effectively combat FGM | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Take action to combat violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity and repeal all provisions criminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults ensure non-discrimination in access to adequate housing and remedies for forced evictions on the basis of sexual orientation | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Take all necessary steps to strengthen the freedom of expression | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Take all necessary social, educational and legal measures to eliminate the practise of FGM | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Take all necessary steps to ensure freedom of speech as guaranteed by international conventions to which the Gambia is a signatory | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Take all necessary steps to ensure the protection of human rights defenders, including journalists, against any violence, retaliation, or adverse discrimination as a consequence of their legitimate exercise of the rights according to the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Take firm measures to prevent and stop the recurrence of 'witch hunts' | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Take effective measures to make primary education free, enhance the quality of education, improve the literacy rate and increase enrolment in schools by abolishing or rationalizing tuition fees at all levels of the educational system as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Take further steps to address human rights abuses against women and children, especially domestic violence, forced and early marriages | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Withdraw legislation that criminalizes homosexuality between consenting adults and to prosecute violence directed against persons because of their sexual orientation | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the conventions to which it is not yet a party, in keeping with the recommendations accepted during the first cycle of the review | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Sign and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Comply with its existing international and regional human rights obligations | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and harmonize the convention with the national legislation | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Consider enacting a comprehensive law prohibiting the practice of female genital mutilation | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Consider the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | That the President of the Gambia will use his executive power by refraining from signing the Bill amending section 144a of the Criminal Code into law, and that the Government of the Gambia eliminates all existing legislation penalizing sexual orientation or gender identity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | That the President of the Gambia reject provisions in the proposed Criminal Code on aggravated homosexuality and absconding State officials | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Guarantee to LGBTI persons the full and equal enjoyment of their human rights, and protection from criminalization and stigmatization | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 20 - October 2014 | Consider drawing up legislation to raise the legal age of marriage to 18 years | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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128.1 | Oct 30, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 34 - November 2019 | Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation, including on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and repeal any discriminatory laws | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Consider the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 7 - February 2010 | Develop a specific normative framework to guarantee the freedom of opinion and expression, as well as the security of journalists, members of the opposition and civil society | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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