119.192
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the availability of effective services and access to justice for child victims of violence, abuse and exploitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.191
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pass legislation to define child abuse as a specific crime with appropriate criminal penalties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.188
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the code on child protection and implement provisions to protect children from child labour, sexual exploitation and abuse, and human trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.187
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate the adoption of the draft code of integrated child protection, including in it comprehensive measures to protect children against trafficking in persons, forced marriages, sexual abuse and the worst forms of child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures, including the strengthening of existing legislation, to prevent child, early and forced marriages in practice, and to bring national legislation into line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend articles 1602a and 1649 of the Criminal Code so as to abolish any exceptions to marriage before the age of 18
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all the appropriate measures to prevent all forms of violence against children, including child labour and exploitation, and child, early and forced marriages, by means of increasing the minimum age for labour and raising the minimum legal age for marriage to 18
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to prevent child marriage, in particular coordination between agencies, public education and awareness of girls and boys at risk
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Effectively implement gender equality laws and policies protecting women’s rights, including by engaging in outreach and education to change discriminatory and harmful traditional norms, stereotypes and practices, such as those concerning child, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation and physical, psychological and sexual violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.173
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that perpetrators of gender-based violence, including female genital mutilation, early or forced marriage and rape, are systematically brought to justice in fair trials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Impunity
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.171
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further action to enforce the ban on female genital mutilation and criminalize the participation of medical professionals in acts of female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.170
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Effectively implement the federal Law to Prevent, Fight and Supress Female Genital Mutilation, notably through awareness-raising and enforcement activities, in particular in high-prevalence areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.169
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance the implementation of the existing law prohibiting female genital mutilation, including by promoting awareness campaigns in all areas of the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.167
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to combat female genital mutilation by developing a clear capacity-building plan for service providers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.166
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take action to support activities to sensitize communities to the reasons for, and importance of, respecting the 2011 law against female genital mutilation, particularly in rural areas, and ensure cases are brought to trial
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Impunity
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.157
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures to prevent and combat all forms of gender- based violence, in particular female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.156
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures against social stigmatization of victims of sexual and gender-based violence and ensure the prosecution of perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake specific measures to increase the reporting of all forms of violence and abuse against women and girls, including through the development of education campaigns, enhanced training for police and the judiciary and the provision of survivor support services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the efforts to fight all forms of discrimination and violence against women, including by ensuring the effective implementation of existing laws on domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.152
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Set up mechanisms to investigate and punish all acts of violence against women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.151
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to promote men’s involvement in fighting gender inequality and to also promote free access of women to modern family planning methods
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.149
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Effectively implement the 2019 Gender Parity Act so that governance structures are more inclusive and gender-balanced
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.132
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure the gratuity of basic compulsory education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate an adequate budget to the education sector and take meaningful measures to increase school enrolment rates, particularly in rural areas and of girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Meet the financial resource allocation requirement stipulated in the Education Sector Plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide for the decentralization of sexual and reproductive services at the local level, including by extending the representative protection services by the Ministry of Health, Family and Social Cohesion in the regions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to prevent, investigate and prosecute cases of child trafficking, in particular those linked to forced begging and sex tourism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.87
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate, prosecute and convict those responsible for child trafficking and forced child labour, including forced begging and sex trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to vigorously investigate, prosecute and convict individuals responsible for or complicit in trafficking in persons, including child sex tourism within the Bijagós Islands
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
119.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance measures to counter trafficking in human beings and organized crime, and strengthen the relevant national law enforcement and institutions of justice and ensure they can work independently and free of political influence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Public security
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020