UPR Info

Follow up on recommendations that the special procedures about Bahrain.

The Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination pointed out that Bahraini law provides no definition of racial discrimination that includes the criteria set out in article 1 of the Convention. The Committee also asked for additional information on housing. The Kingdom of Bahrain will duly include in its next report to the Committee additional information on the follow-up to the Committee's concluding observations and recommendations.

Penitentiary rehabilitation: designing a model for social insertion and a model for an infrastructure compliant with human rights standards, building of seven new penitentiary centres based on the model of social insertion

The Ministry of Interior consistently states that it has no objection to peaceful demonstrations provided they are conducted lawfully and participants do not engage in criminal acts of rioting.

With the intention of strengthening the efficiency of the cooperation with the United Nations system and with the view of improving its national policies, Brazil reinforced its commitment to create new tools for the internal monitoring of human rights. This would include a national system of human rights indicators and the elaboration of annual reports on the situation of human rights, taking into account, among other aspects, a follow-up of the UPR exercise.

Ecuador will promote and disseminate human rights internally, harmonize their domestic legislation vis-à-vis international law, and many other areas.

Commitments undertaken to promote the collective rights of afro-Ecuadorian and indigenous peoples, dissemination through a broad process of the outcome of the conference on the elimination of racial discrimination to be held next year in Geneva, adoption of the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people with regard to free and equal access to services in the administration of justice

The delegation stated that Finland was committed to reaching the goal of 0.7 per cent ODA by 2015, as set by the United Nations, and 0.51 per cent ODA by 2010, as set by the European Union.

The State under review will involve civil society and national human rights institutions in consultation and socialization of the Universal Periodic Review procedure until its next Universal Periodic Review.

The Kingdom of Morocco takes this opportunity to reiterate its pledges to ensure greater recognition and protection of human rights, thereby enhancing the promotion of human rights within the country, and undertakes to continue and intensify its frank and constructive dialogue at the international level, inter alia with the United Nations human rights bodies.

To continue and find additional measures to answer the basic needs of the poor and other vulnerable sectors

To continue to develop a gender-responsive approach to issues on women and children, including in the judicial system and on violence against women and children

To continue to develop domestic legislation for further protection of the rights of the child

Poland will ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of death penalty

To consider the establishment without delay of an inter-ministerial mechanism that would meet regularly, notably in view to examine, in cooperation with the CNCDH, the follow-up to the recommendations made by human rights treaty bodies and competent national institutions

To organize a consultation to elaborate a national action plan to follow up on Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights and of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

To organize an annual meeting with civil society representatives in the field of human rights to prepare main international events

Ratify the open-door policy towards internati onal human rights monitoring mechanisms

Initiation, in 2007, of a review process in Mali within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) African Peer Review Mechanism

Implementation of the official languages policy and continuing encouragement of bilingualism, in particular in the security forces, police and within the public service.

Improve and upgrade detention facilities.

Sri Lanka will continue its active and constructive dialogue and cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to strengthen national mechanisms in all aspects.

Implement obligations under the Optional Protocol to CAT, ensuring the establishment of one or various independent national preventive mechanisms

Implement the National Human Rights Plan of Action, highlighting the importance of maintaining a dialogue as a tool towards the implementation of the national human rights agenda, as well as its commitment to strengthen the National Human Rights Council in this regard

Submit outstanding reports to treaty bodies and in this regard, the concrete timetable to submit the outstanding reports within the framework of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (December 2008), the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (December 2008), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (June 2009)

Improve the capacity of the police in carrying out investigations, with additional training in interrogation and prosecution.

Sri Lanka will also work with Member States and relevant United Nations bodies to assist the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to formulate proposals for treaty body reforms, with a view to making the treaty body system more effective and in line with present-day requirements of Member States.

Support the active participation of non-governmental organizations and other civil society representatives in the work of the Council

Sri Lanka will continue its efforts to strengthen its national mechanisms and procedures to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all its citizens through the adoption and implementation of the proposed National Plan of Action which will set targets to be achieved during the five years commencing 2009, facilitate a holistic approach to human rights protection and promotion and lead to greater cooperation between Government and civil society

Sri Lanka will continue its traditional role of consensus builder and participate actively in the work of the Human Rights Council to make the Council a strong, effective and efficient body - capable of promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all - and will continue to participate in the work of the Council in norm-setting in the field of human rights.