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) | 9 - November 2010 | Consider incorporating strategies for human rights education and training in its educational policies | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Strengthen its legal arsenal by acceding to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Consolidate poverty reduction programmes, as Panama is on track to meet Millennium Development Goal 1, related to extreme poverty | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Draw up an effective and appropriate policy framework and institutional mechanism to fight hunger, food insecurity and inequality in income distribution | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Investigate and prosecute all allegations of professional misconduct, and implement extensive human rights education and training programmes for law enforcement personnel to prevent this negative phenomenon | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Give priority to measures that could guarantee access to drinking water for all citizens, including those living in areas that are difficult to access | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Modify the low minimum age for marriage for girls and boys | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Address the root causes of child labour by drawing up a cash-foreducation programme or a similar programme that is aimed at reducing poverty and guaranteeing children's right to education, with a specific focus on rural areas and indigenous communities | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Extend a standing and permanent invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Guarantee a clearer separation between the State powers and, in particular, take steps to promote the independence of the judiciary, in the conviction that these measures could benefit the fight against corruption and crime | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Harmonize all national legislation and elaborate policies in accordance with the Yogyakarta principles | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Strengthen the ongoing efforts in promoting women's rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Enact comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation prohibiting discrimination on all grounds | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Continue working on its national policy on equal opportunities for women in order to enhance their participation and empowerment in public processes | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Consider reviewing its labour laws with a view to addressing the wage gap between women and men and the elusive opportunities for working women to occupy leadership and decision-making positions | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adopt legislation prohibiting acts of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, and adopt measures to promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and prevent their discrimination | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adopt the necessary judicial and administrative measures to ensure effectively the investigation and punishment of cases of discriminatory treatment by law enforcement officers, in particular against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Take steps to increase the participation of women in politics, including through the implementation of measures on affirmative action or quotas | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Continue initiatives aimed at promoting the participation of women, and continue literacy efforts, particularly for indigenous women | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Ensure the equal treatment and non-discrimination of all children, irrespective of their ethnicity, including equal opportunity to access education at the same level | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Increase efforts to protect the rights of indigenous people and persons of African descent, including by adopting and strengthening tailored programmes to reduce poverty and discrimination among these groups | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Intensify its efforts to deal with discrimination to ensure that indigenous peoples and people of African descent fully enjoy economic, social and cultural rights, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Ensure equal access to the enjoyment of rights such as education, health, political participation, access to justice and integration into the labour market for indigenous and Afro-descendant populations | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Take all necessary measures, including awareness-raising and education, as well as legislative measures, to eliminate discrimination against Afro-Panamanian people | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Explicitly prohibit all corporal punishment of children in all settings, including in the home, and repeal the power to "correct" in the Family Code and the Civil Code | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adopt public policies aimed at the full integration of persons of African descent that incorporate measures to prevent stigmatization, racial discrimination and xenophobia | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Take appropriate measures to end illegal child labour, not least concerning indigenous children | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Strengthen the fight against trafficking in human beings, in particular women, by implementing educational and awareness-raising campaigns and enhancing support measures available to victims | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Continue with the efforts to combat violence against women through increased institutional coordination permitting the effective punishment of crimes of violence against women and comprehensive assistance to women victims | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adopt measures to guarantee the independence of the judiciary | 4 - General action | Supported |
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