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 | Continue to implement its national laws in accordance with the universally agreed human rights norms and principles | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Take immediate steps to ensure that CEDAW is given full legal effect in its domestic laws | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Take further action towards gender equality, including a legal provision on the minimum age for marriage | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Put in place effective measures to prevent discrimination, prosecution and punishment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Increase the age of minimum criminal responsibility to at least 12 years, as recommended by the CRC | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Review penal code provisions that discriminate against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, in order to ensure an end to hostility or violence against such groups | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Make primary education compulsory, in conformity with article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Repeal legislation criminalizing homosexuality and introduce policies aimed at ending discrimination against LGBT people | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Decriminalize homosexual activity | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Review domestic legislation with a view to decriminalizing homosexual relations and prohibiting all forms of discrimination, in compliance with Malawi's international commitments. Release immediately and unconditionally all persons currently deprived of their liberty only for this reason | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Decriminalize same-sex relations | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 9 - November 2010 | Adopt and implement measures to provide for independent media free from any intimidation and suppression, in accordance with its international obligations | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Strengthen its legal framework by considering signing and ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Strengthen provisions in the Constitution to promote good administrative practices in State institutions | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Ensure to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons the full enjoyment and equal conditions in terms of their human rights by repealing the rules that criminalize and stigmatize them | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Consider abolishing the death penalty, given that there has been no execution since 1992 and that death row cases are being reviewed | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Include sexual orientation and gender identity among the prohibited grounds of discrimination and repeal the provisions criminalizing homosexual relations between consenting adults | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Decriminalize homosexuality and revise sections 137A, 153, 154 and 156 of the Penal Code and revise the law on marriage, divorce and family relations in order to bring it in line with the international instruments ratified by Malawi | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Repeal all legal provisions criminalizing sexual activities between people of the same sex | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Modify the criminal code to decriminalize same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults and to criminalize all forms of sexual abuse of children, regardless of the sex of the child | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Adopt measures to effectively prevent the practice of female genital mutilation | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Abolish the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 22 - May 2015 | Repeal all legal provisions criminalising sexual activity between consenting adults and encourage the Malawi Human Rights Commission to include in its mandate the protection of the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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124.12 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Decriminalize consenting relations between persons of the same sex, prosecute the perpetrators of the growing attacks against persons belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, and guarantee that those persons do not face de jure or de facto discrimination | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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124.18 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Take measures against discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and fight impunity for violence based on gender identity and sexual orientation by revising national legislation in order to explicitly include gender identity and sexual orientation among the prohibited grounds of discrimination | 4 - General action | Noted |
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124.5 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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124.25 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Repeal all legal provisions criminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults, and mandate the Malawi Human Rights Commission to protect the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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124.32 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Retain the moratorium on the death penalty in all circumstances and work towards the complete abolition of death penalty | 2 - Continuing action | Noted |
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124.34 | Apr 23, 2021 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 36 - May 2020 | Consider abolition of the death penalty | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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