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 2 (2012 - 2016) | 13 - May 2012 | The Government also pledged its commitment to do all in its power to sign and ratify, before the end of 2012, all outstanding instruments in the area of international human rights and humanitarian law | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Voluntary Pledge | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 13 - May 2012 | The Government also has a commitment to allocate resources for the realisation of the MDGs by 2015. We pledge to work collaboratively and through international cooperation with all partners to this end. The next South African UPR report will, among others, be an encapsulation of progressive achievements in the intervening period | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Recommended the implementation of the South Africa Law Reform Commission's proposals on the Criminal Law Amendment Act 2007, with a view to supporting and prosecuting complaints in court and to providing comprehensive State-funded post sexual assault medical care and treatment services. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Sign and ratify the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Recommended that the mechanisms for supervising procedures be established or strengthened, including the procedure for recognition of the status of refugees and deportation of foreigners, with a view to ensuring the right to a hearing and thus close the door to possible abuses and complying with the principle of non-refoulement. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Commit not only to removing the defence of reasonable chastisement but also to criminalizing corporal punishment with the concomitant pledges towards raising awareness and providing the necessary resource to support parents in adopting positive and alternative forms of discipline. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Enact legislation which would, in line with article 1 of the Convention against Torture, prevent and eliminate torture and combat impunity. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture at the earliest opportunity. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Further intensify its efforts to decrease the HIV-AIDS prevalence in the context of its National Health Charter, with a special focus on teenagers. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Increase its efforts to provide mediation machinery to provide victims of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation more accessible and rapid remedies. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Make efforts on the sensitization in education to strengthen the prevention of these forms of discrimination. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Recommended follow-up to the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and to ensure that the rights of migrants are respected, particularly by law enforcement officials. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Recommended that concrete measures be taken to improve the handling by police of rape cases and to curb rates of violence, particularly against women and girls. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Take measures to address inequities in access to HIV-AIDS treatment and support, particularly in rural areas. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Take increased measures to protect and provide redress to women at risk of or subjected to gender-based violence. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | While commending South African authorities for the policies adopted in the field of public health and the measures taken to fight HIV-AIDS, recommended to South Africa to increase its measures to eliminate the discriminatory barriers to access health services for people living with HIV-AIDS. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Systematically and continuously integrate a gender perspective in the follow-up process to the UPR. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Follow up on the recommendation made by the Committee against torture to adopt all necessary measures to prevent, combat and punish violence against women and children. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Pay particular attention to continuing and disseminating the culture of human rights among young people as part of its educational and pedagogical programme. | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Continue its efforts to promote and facilitate school attendance, particularly among children from economically disadvantaged families. | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Maintain and intensify the efforts regarding the elimination of poverty and social inequality. | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Persevere in its efforts to promote the rights of education. | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Continue to promote and protect the right of all persons to equality without discrimination based on sexual orientation, at both the national and international levels. | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 1 - April 2008 | Make available to the Human Rights Council, as an example of sharing best practices, some of its initiatives relating to combating racism and xenophobia as well as promoting tolerance and coexistence among ethnic and religious minorities. | 1 - Minimal action | Noted |
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