N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote effective follow-up to the recommendations issued by the international monitoring mechanisms to the country in the field of human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Encourage the legislature to adopt international instruments and other human rights initiatives
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the open-door policy towards internati onal human rights monitoring mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Renew the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights established in Guatemala, for th e period from September 2008 to September 2011, taking into account that its mandate ends in September of this year
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enter into other commitments considered necessary for the promotion, protection and enforcement of human rights in the country
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redesign the human rights institutional system of Guatemala
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with its policy agenda to strengthen the specialized justice system to protect women
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop policies and programmes to prevent armed violence in order to reduce violent deaths, with particular attention to Juvenile
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Public security
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a programme of protection for journalists
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with its permanent system to follow-up the recommendations, which were created by the Presidential Human Rights Commission, and includes the participation of the Civil Society and will permit to submit a mid-term report on the progress made to implement the received recommendations
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Guatemala reiterates its commitment to promoting and protecting human rights, as well as to implementing the recommendations made in the universal periodic review conducted by the United Nations Human Rights Council, so as to ensure the effective implementation of the human rights of all Guatemalans
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In terms of good practices, Guatemala has continued its open-door policy towards international human rights monitoring mechanisms and reaffirms its commitment to following up and implementing the recommendations it has received in the field of human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Guatemala recognizes that there are challenges and obstacles that need to be overcome for the recommendations made by the Human Rights Council in the framework of the universal periodic review to be fully implemented and therefore reiterates its commitment to continue taking action and measures to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights in Guatemala.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prohibit explicitly corporal punishment in the home and family
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement fully the new law on femicide and ensure that the physical security of women is protected by implementing CEDAW recommendations.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt further measures to end impunity for attacks against human rights defenders and against persons because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, including specific education and awareness raising programmes for law enforcement, judicial and other authorities, which focus, inter alia, on protection of enjoyment of human rights by persons of minority sexual orientation and gender identity.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Human rights education and training
- Impunity
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat impunity for attacks on human rights defenders, by effectively investigating allegations and by prosecuting those responsible and that Guatemala develop Government policy for the protection of human rights defenders, taking into account the views of civil society and also including the views delineated by the Presidential Commission on Human Rights in 2007.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Impunity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the number of police officers, in conjunction with capacity development of the Public Prosecutor's Office.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Public security
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to ensure the effective participation of indigenous peoples in the public and political life, including through implementation of the relevant recommendations of human rights treaty bodies and special procedures.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accept article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase coordination between the police and the Office of the Attorney General in investigation of violence against human rights defenders and develop a national policy for the protection of human rights defenders.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019