N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
It will liaise with the President of the Human Rights Council and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the possible organization of visits that might prove useful for the purposes of discussions and consultations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Solomon Islands further stated that it had recently sent an invitation to the OHCHR Regional Office for an in-country assessment for the purpose of establishing an office in Solomon Islands.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain will also explore the possibility of obtaining appropriate technical assistance to strengthen national implementation of the Convention [on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination].
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
It has asked the Human Rights Council for technical assistance to help it run human rights training courses and workshops for law enforcement personnel and members of the Prosecution Service and the judiciary.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Justice
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legal procedures have been instituted with a view to enacting a new law on private sector employment to replace the current legislation and to introduce a statutory minimum wage, which will be subject to regular review, and also to restructure the labour market in order to balance the freedom to change jobs with the protection of employers' interests.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Labour rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government provides compulsory and free primary schools. There needs to be a system of checks to ensure that all children are allowed to go to school. Legislation provides that parents can be taken to court and charged if proved that they purposely hold their children from school. Due to financial constraints, some families may prefer boys go to school whilst girls are 'educated' at home. This practice is fast becoming extinct and education statistics have shown higher number of girls obtaining scholarships in past years. Primary, Secondary, Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) and Tertiary Institutions are highly subsidized by Government through provision of Teacher salaries, free equipment and other teaching materials.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
It is the constitutional mandate of the Attorney-General's Office to provide legal advice and service to the Government. Also provided under the Constitution is the Government's recognition of the right of the people to legal services, and is obliged to take every step reasonable and necessary to provide said services. Consequently, for indigent people who cannot afford legal representation, free legal access is provided by the Public Defender's Office and the Micronesian Legal Services Office.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Education Act states that the Nitijela declares and recognizes the right of the people to education and the Government's obligation to take every step reasonable and necessary to provide this service as per the Constitution. The compulsory ages of school attendance is 4-18 years old. It is the Government's policy that the goal of its educational system is to foster self-reliance. In addition to free education, transportation and meals are also provided by the Government. 44. In renegotiating the Compact of Free Association with the United States, the RMI Government had maintained that one of its priority areas was education. Since the amended Compact came into effect, the Government has built approximately 200 newly constructed and repaired classrooms throughout the country utilizing Compact public infrastructure funding.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Under the Constitution, the Government recognizes the right of the people to health services, and its obligation to take every step reasonable and necessary to provide said services with the health care system including 2 hospitals in the urban centers and 58 health centers in the outer islands. The Government therefore provides free medical services to its people. Where these services cannot be provided, there are referral programs for patients to Honolulu, Philippines, and Taiwan. In renegotiating the Compact of Free Association with the United States, the RMI Government had maintained that one of its priority areas was health. From the Fiscal Year 2004 through 2009, one (1) new Health Center was constructed including five (5) maintenance projects for 46 outer island dispensaries using Compact public infrastructure funding. Planning already initiated for a new hospital in Majuro, and the hospital redevelopment project for the new hospital aims for ground breaking in early 2011.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to health
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finally, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania takes this opportunity to reiterate its commitment to the ideals and principles enshrined in the international legal instruments to which it is a party and its determination to contribute, as a member of the Human Rights Council, to efforts to promote and protect human rights internationally and in Arab and African countries.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Congo reiterates its commitment to cooperate with all United Nations bodies in general, and with those of the Human Rights Council in particular.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
136.1
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cooperate and meet its obligations in the area of human rights with the United Nations agencies, mechanisms and committees in order to facilitate their activities and the implementation of their programmes
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Issues
- Treaty Bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To share the Ecuadorian experience and provide interested countries with assistance relating to its programmes in the field of inclusion of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Share, with States that request it, the experiences of the National Human Rights System, the comprehensive monitoring system for international recommendations on human rights (SISREDH) and the monitoring mechanism of the universal periodic review, in the framework of international cooperation.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Although there are no cases of torture in the Kingdom, Bahrain's steadfast desire to enhance the professionalism of law enforcement personnel has prompted it to ask the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for assistance in developing and improving human rights curricula and training courses.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka has commenced work on drafting a constitutional charter on human rights that will strengthen the human rights protection framework in the country and bring Sri Lanka's constitutional human rights guarantees in line with its international obligations. The process includes engaging in consultations with civil society. The draft charter and the process of consultation will foster a national discourse on human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Free comprehensive health care for life and free education for the nation's children up to 14 years of age (a far-sighted policy dating back to 1875) points to a progressive domestic realisation of the rights set out in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) even though the Kingdom has not ratified this treaty. The development of these policies was accompanied by clear and attainable targets that have been monitored and evaluated on the way forward
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Tongan Government believes that social, economic and cultural rights are important. It is fully committed to a vigorous development of Tonga's economic, social and cultural goals. It has consistently pursued a progressive agenda on social, economic and cultural policy and can point to the practical strategies of SDP8 and increased funding for education and healthcare as evidence of its commitment
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government provides free access to health and medical services. To alleviate capacity constraints and improve services available, the government facilitates partnerships with both Taiwan and Australia for specialized medical teams to visit and provide specialized medical services. There is a team of Cuban doctors permanently based in Tarawa. The Government also continues to approve increased scholarship allocations for medical and nursing training overseas, mainly in Australia and Cuba.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to health
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To share with the public sector and with civil society the recommendations and voluntary commitments from the second universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
China is committed to carrying out exchanges and cooperation on human rights with all countries, and to promoting the resolution of human rights issues in a fair, objective and non-selective manner by the international community.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
123.5
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the promotion of a culture on human rights, as an indispensable base for a real reconciliation.
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Issues
- General
- Transitional justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada acknowledges that there are challenges and the Government of Canada commits to continuing to explore ways to enhance efforts to address poverty and housing issues, in collaboration with provinces and territories.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to housing
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
At the national level, Portugal also renews its pledge to continue to improve its national machinery and mechanisms to monitor implementation of international obligations, Treaty bodies' recommendations, and the outcome of this review. The strengthening of civil society participation and NGO interaction in these processes will also be actively pursued.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- International instruments
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continue to implement the National Human Rights Action Plan
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lastly, the delegation confirmed that the Democratic Republic of the Congo was committed to pursuing its efforts in cooperation with the entire international community
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Efforts will be continued to find appropriate solutions for persons who are illegal residents and to grant Kuwaiti nationality to those entitled to it.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Migrants
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana is primarily committed to the implementation of the recently adopted Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. This statute has been carefully scrutinised and found to be in compliance with the Convention. Guyana will continue to actively consider ratifying the Convention.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Croatia remains committed to continue to build effective and efficient asylum system, in particular through the strengthening of institutional framework, training of responsible officials as well as ameliorating conditions for the accommodation of asylum seekers awaiting the outcome of the process.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Jamaica recognizes that the voluntary goals elaborated in Human Rights Council Resolution 9/12 are in keeping with Jamaica's own human rights commitment and its obligations as a party to 7 of the 9 core international human rights instruments. In those instances where it is not a party, appropriate domestic legislation, grounded in the Constitution of Jamaica, is in place to effectively ensure the protection of the rights of each citizen. However, the Government will continue to review those instruments that it has not yet ratified.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
It further committed itself to continue the dialogue with States and civil society, and acknowledged the importance of the UPR in the promotion and protection of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the integration of human rights education in the remaining grades in schools.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Namibia shall continue to build the Namibian society in a spirit of harmony and national reconciliation.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Namibia shall continue to engage constructively in the deliberations of the Human Rights Council, its subsidiary bodies and mechanisms.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to conduct broad based consultations in the process of preparing human rights reports
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
An effective public policy for persons with disabilities that relies more on legislation and measures aimed at giving persons with disabilities, particularly children, access to health care and education, providing help to families of children with disabilities, mainstreaming children with disabilities in ordinary schools, and raising public awareness of the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A public policy for widows and orphans
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A public policy that considers children to be important to development at all levels
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A public policy that covers and takes account of indigenous peoples (Pygmies) at the institutional level
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation also reiterated Benin's commitment to the UPR as well as its commitment to continue its cooperation with all the mechanisms of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- UPR process
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
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A policy based on unstinting efforts to raise awareness of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A policy to combat trafficking in persons, based on prevention, prosecution and the international legal framework. In this connection, alongside the awareness-raising activities, the Government is paying particular attention to compliance with court judgements in cases of trafficking, the protection of victims and witnesses during legal proceedings, and the strengthening of partnerships with countries in the subregion through the exchange of information and mutual legal assistance
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Justice
- Trafficking
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen the system of response to gender-based violence so as to help eradicate it
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue the adoption of legislative and administrative measures to promote the social integration of children in conflict with the law, in particular the implementation of a crime policy that takes account of the best interests of the child, effective use of alternative measures to pretrial detention and the strengthening of a special juvenile jurisdiction
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In conclusion, the Islamic Republic of Iran wishes to reiterate its firm commitment to continue constructive cooperation with the United Nations human rights machineries, in particular with the Human Rights Council and the UPR mechanism.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation expressed the Government's commitment to continue its work towards further improvement of national legislation and practice in human rights, taking into account international standards and commitments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guinea acknowledges that there are serious difficulties in launching the national reconciliation process. However, consultations on how to proceed have begun nationwide. The Government is committed to pursuing its efforts to ensure that the process comes to a successful conclusion
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
136.3
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those that have a bearing on human rights
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Issues
- Right to development
123.3
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the peace negotiation process with the National Liberation Army
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Issues
- Transitional justice
145.4
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continue to take legislative and other steps to progressively realize the right to adequate housing as part of an adequate standard of living for its citizens
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Issues
- Right to housing
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continue to develop domestic legislation for further protection of the rights of the child
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to discharge its obligations to submit, under the international legal instruments to which it was a party, initial and periodic reports to the respective treaty-monitoring bodies and to implement the recommendations of those bodies
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to participate actively in follow-up to the proceedings of relevant conferences, including the forthcoming review of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to participate actively in meetings of the Economic and Social Council and its various commissions and in the General Assembly and Security Council.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain will continue its efforts to achieve comprehensive development, with the emphasis on the centrality of human rights in development and the importance of supporting a culture of human rights by all available means, including through education, the media, etc.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Right to development
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Poland will continue to participate in the World Programme for Human Rights Education, within the first stage of which education on human rights has been introduced into the core curricula of general education at primary and middle schools. Moreover, the Ministry of National Education has launched a number of other measures to promote education on human rights and the rights of child. Training to prepare activities for the advancement of human rights and combating discrimination in local communities has been carried out under numerous projects
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To maintain the momentum on addressing killings of activists and media professionals
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Liechtenstein will continue its efforts to address potential de facto discrimination of women, including with regard to inheritance
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Considering strengthening dialogue with the Council and its special procedures, and cooperation with all relevant United Nations special procedures and mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Liechtenstein will continue to pay particular attention to the promotion of ethnic and religious tolerance between the different communities in the country
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Liechtenstein will continue to pay particular attention to the promotion of genuine respect for diversity and knowledge of different cultures and traditions
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Liechtenstein will continue to pay particular attention to the promotion of women's participation at all levels and in all areas of public life, including through special measures
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana voluntarily commits to continue to actively consider those remaining international human rights instruments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Efforts will be continued to create legislation against human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants in line with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Trafficking
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Lao PDR will continue to disseminate information about human rights conventions to officials, civil servants, officers at the central and local levels and to the general public, including the youth and children.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Lao PDR will continue to exchange lessons and experiences with the international community in order to enhance cooperation and technical assistance to promote and protect human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The RMI Government is committed to maintaining this practice [involvement of civil society in UPR-related activities] during the follow-up process.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Nepal expresses its commitments to continue its holistic and comprehensive approach to the promotion and protection of human rights and to put in practice a rights-based approach to development of all sectors. Nepal remains committed to engage the civil society and stakeholders in the promotion and protection of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina undertakes to continue promoting the reforms needed to guarantee the full implementation of the right to information by making all information from the public and private sectors public and available to citizens in general
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina undertakes to continue working to strengthen the United Nations treaty bodies, focusing in particular on improving their accessibility for victims of human rights abuses and on expanding the channels of participation and the opportunities for interaction open to civil society organizations
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina undertakes to continue working to ensure the complementary nature of the work carried out by subregional, regional and international human rights protection mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation highlighted that there was the political will in Benin to ensure that human rights prevailed, and that the country was committed to continuing with the major reforms initiated in respect of the promotion and protection of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Having complied with its voluntary commitments and contributions, it will continue to fulfill its obligations with a steadfast commitment to the advancement of human rights of the international community.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
An educational and civic policy that will, by 2016, cover the integration and teaching of human rights in the Gabonese education system (primary, secondary and higher). With this in mind, in July 2005, Gabon adopted the Action Plan for 2005-2009 of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, which focuses on the national school system. Representatives of the Government and the National Human Rights Commission reaffirmed this commitment during the workshop on human rights education in Brazzaville on 11 and 12 June 2010, which was organized for countries in Central Africa by the African Union Commission.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Envisaged legislative and regulatory reforms with regard to prison reform to modernize custodial care in keeping with applicable international standards, will be continued
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation reiterated the commitment of the Government of Ghana to uphold human rights in the country. It also looks forward to continued cooperation with the Human Rights Council and all other human rights mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further to the resettlement of over 760,000 IDPs by 31 December 2012, efforts to resettle internally displaced persons including those residing with host families, who wish to return, and those in a situation of protracted displacement will be continued in consultation with the affected populations, so as to resolve the issue of internal displacement in a sustainable manner. Special focus will be paid to post-resettlement activity including provision of permanent shelters, sanitation and potable water
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Internally displaced persons
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government will continue initiatives directed at reconstruction and restoration of physical and social infrastructure in areas within and proximate to the former theatres of conflict
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continue efforts to sensitize actors to the need to respect women's rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continue to implement the national strategy aimed at encouraging women to stand for elective and appointive positions in the public sector
- Recommending State
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continue to implement the Ten-Year Justice Development Programme (PRODEJ) operating plan for 2010-2014
- Recommending State
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to pursue the issue of human rights and climate change at national and international levels
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to fully involve NGOs, CSOs and private sector in the follow up to this UPR and in promoting human rights at all levels
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continuing to pursue environmental education and sustainable development
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Right to development
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation expressed the authorities' commitment to continue to cooperate with the United Nations and to carry out effective work on behalf of human rights protection.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Malaysia reaffirms its commitment to continue cooperating with the Council's Special Procedures including by accepting official visits.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Malaysia is committed to maintain effective mechanisms to ensure an independent investigation of alleged misconduct by government officials, including law enforcement personnel.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Royal Government of Cambodia has made its firm commitment toward the continuation of implementation of its reform program in all sectors in a more in-depth manner, based on four principles - individual rights, liberal democracy and multi-party system and pluralism, clear-cut separation of power and the rule of law as enshrined in the Constitution.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
New Zealand is committed to maintaining ongoing partnerships with iwi, hapu and whanau Maori.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Slovakia will continue to play an active role in the field of the rights of the child at regional and universal level. As one of the initiators of the elaboration and adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure, we will encourage its broad ratification by Member States
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continuing to implement the project "Uruguay, united in putting an end to violence against women, children and adolescents" 2012-2014
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continuing to implement the Comprehensive Programme to Combat Gender-Based Violence
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue the establishment of a prison system with an institutional, centralized leadership, strengthening the National Rehabilitation Institute. Continue to improve the material conditions of detention and of administration of detention, with an emphasis on women and foreigners deprived of liberty
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue inclusive policies to improve education with a view to narrowing the gap between different socioeconomic levels
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Maintain the sustained growth of the education budget, linked to education policies and collective agreements
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Albania had extended a standing invitation to all the special procedures and two special rapporteurs had visited the country during the reporting period. The Government had pledged to continue working with special procedure mandate holders in implementing their recommendations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation stressed that, in the addendum, the Government committed to continue promoting a national discussion concerning the signature and ratification of international instruments, subject to the procedure established by the Constitution.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic reiterated the commitment of the Government to maintaining equality, justice and the rule of law.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lesotho will continue to reduce environmental degradation.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
123.1
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the adoption of measures required for the protection of human rights defenders in Colombia
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
123.2
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace between the National Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Issues
- Transitional justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With the return to constitutional normality, following the early presidential and parliamentary elections in 2014, the current Government strengthened its political will and its commitment to continuing its efforts to implement the universal periodic review and to mobilizing resources to promote sustainable development policies aimed at poverty eradication, reform of the justice system, consolidation of the rule of law and the promotion and protection of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Elections
- Justice
- Poverty
- Right to development
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Through modalities including the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and the Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance, Sri Lanka will continue to promote and protect human rights, coordinate humanitarian assistance and facilitate the work of local and international agencies providing such assistance.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue to work towards the economic development of the Eastern Province, which will uplift standards of living and the realization of social, economic and cultural rights, and also assist strengthening and smooth functioning of democratic institutions. Sri Lanka will also promote the dissemination and inculcation of best practices, good governance and political pluralism, as well as take measures for the rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-combatants, particularly children and young persons
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Justice
- Right to development
- Rights of the Child
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue to work towards the submission of its periodic reports to treaty bodies.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The subject of special protection for same-sex couples has appeared on the public agenda in Colombia, and has led to important developments in jurisprudence. The Constitutional Court has on various occasions upheld the right of same-sex couples to equality. It has recognized that a de facto marital union (and the ensuing property rights), access to the mandatory health scheme and access to a survivor's pension must be safeguarded for same-sex couples on the same terms as for heterosexual couples. Colombia now faces the challenge of continuing to advance in this area.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Liechtenstein will continue to pay particular attention to the equality of opportunity for women and men in the labour market, taking into account, inter alia, relevant developments in the framework of the European Economic Area
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Hence the formal commitment made by the Dominican Republic is to continue to put into effect each and every initiative designed to foster faithful, unrestricted compliance with all its national and international human rights commitments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Dominican Republic reiterated its commitment to continue cooperating with international organizations with the goal of strengthening its national institutions, and to comply with human rights requirements as set forth in the Declaration of Human Rights and all international human rights conventions.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana is voluntarily committing to continue consideration of this issue [abolition of the death penalty] over the next 2 years and to report its findings to the UNHRC.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Maldives rejects this [100.6] recommendation. Notwithstanding, the Maldives is committed to maintaining a moratorium on the death penalty as its recent vote at the UN General Assembly demonstrates.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Maldives takes note of this [100.56] recommendation. The Maldives is committed to maintaining a moratorium on the death penalty as its recent vote at the UN General Assembly demonstrates.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Greece pledges to continue to pursue policies and initiatives in all critical fields of human rights protection, in cooperation with national human rights institutions and civil society, taking into account the outcome of the UPR process, as well as the recommendations of relevant monitoring mechanisms, in order to ensure full, equal and effective realization of all human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- National Human Rights Institution
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to consider entering into the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
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
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina, as a federal State, undertakes to continue preparations for the establishment of a permanent body that will coordinate activities and foster dialogue to promote exchanges of information, experiences and good practices with and among the provinces in relation to the promotion and protection of human rights, as well as with the international mechanisms for the protection of universal, regional and subregional human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A public policy based on harnessing the work of NGOs
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A public policy based on collaboration between the State and civil society in the area of human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A public policy based on the State's strengthening of the legal framework for human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A policy that takes account of Gabon's treaty-related commitments and the effective application of its laws.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
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
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation reaffirmed the commitment of Ghana to uphold human rights in the country. To this end, the Government shall continue to consult with all stakeholders in the country to ensure that respect for the human rights in Ghana is further improved and advanced, and remains an inclusive process
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with the implementation of the recommendations of the OHCHR office in Colombia, according to their pertinence to the national reality.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to follow up the UPR in the framework of the National System for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to advance in the implementation of the national mechanism for visits to places of detention.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Cuban Government remains strongly committed to continuing to issue invitations to visit the country to the special mandate holders of the Human Rights Council established on a non-discriminatory basis
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government was committed to continuing to make every effort to ensure that human rights are deeply embedded in the social, political and cultural fabric of the society. In addition to the civil and political rights, it had established a foundation for economic, cultural and social rights, as indicated in its national report.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation reiterated the commitment of Cameroon to continue implementing the recommendations accepted in 2009 and those to be agreed upon at the end of the present review
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The MSAR government is committed to continuing to adopt the measures necessary to ensure the protection and implementation of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the residents of the Region.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
China is committed to keeping the channel open for people to express grievances and make complaints. It prohibits restriction of normal acts of petition in any forms, and would never allow suppression of petitioners or establishment of any forms of "black jails".
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Detention
- Freedom of opinion and expression
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Israel remains committed to the principle of accountability and will continue to conduct investigations regarding any alleged violation of domestic or international laws.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Malaysia remains committed to providing quality and affordable education to its people. The Government continues to allocate a significant portion of its annual budget to education and education-related activities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Malaysia underscores its commitment to continue ensuring the promotion and protection of all human rights in the country, taking into account the needs of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged segments as well as society's readiness particularly with regard to certain sensitive issues such as religion, race and rights of refugees or undocumented migrants, among others.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Migrants
- Minority rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
However, the Dominican Republic aware of the urgent need to eliminate the social inequalities that still exist, as in most underdeveloped nations, pledges to continue implementing and planning projects, both legislative and institutional, and to take affirmative action in favour of: children, adolescents, women, the elderly, the disabled, migrants, justice, workers, the elimination of poverty, health, education, intercultural integration, social and human development, and trafficking in persons.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue the implementation of the objectives of the National Strategy for Children and Adolescents
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
New Zealand is committed to continued action to address racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to develop a criminal responsibility system that respects the rights of children, with an emphasis on the promotion of educational measures and the gradual decrease in leisure activities
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Viet Nam will continue to develop the legal framework on the principle of focusing on human resource to better promote and protect the rights and fundamental freedoms of the people, making sure that national law is compliant with international law and norms.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Albania extended a standing invitation to all special procedure mandate holders and consequently, two Special Rapporteurs visited the country. The Government pledged that it would continue working with the special procedure mandate holders in order to implement their recommendations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement the social programmes of the Social Integration and Assistance Network to eliminate extreme poverty and reduce poverty to less than 10 per cent, and continue to reduce inequalities in income distribution
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to study and review human rights instruments. Bhutan has always been of the view that the government must first build the necessary social and political institutions and develop its human resources before it assumes any additional international treaty obligations. In the absence of strong institutions and qualified personnel, it remains seriously constrained in fulfilling the obligations as required in the international treaties/conventions. As its capacity is enhanced, Bhutan will consider ratifying relevant international human rights instruments
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
It also commits to maintain its timely reporting and cooperation with all human rights mechanisms, including the UPR. Improving the participation of civil society organisations in this process will remain a key priority.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In the context of its efforts to achieve social development, Qatar is committed to maintaining the family as a strong and cohesive unit and to providing the family with support, welfare and protection.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Committed to continuing its efforts to defend the principle of equality between men and women, women's access to education, the place of women in the world of work and the rights of women in the family.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government will continue to promote inclusive economic growth with the capacity to generate productive employment and reduce poverty.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
145.7
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continuing to improve services delivered to Indigenous Peoples — such as education, clean water, housing, and health services. We aim to achieve this through: the full implementation of Jordan’s Principle to ensure that First Nations children receive the same health and social services and supports as other Canadian children; the full implementation of all the orders of the Canadian Human Rights and the co-development transformation of the delivery of Indigenous child welfare.
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Right to education
- Right to water and sanitation
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina reaffirms its commitment to continue strengthening the protection of human rights at a universal and regional level, and also to preserve and strengthen the role of NGOs in the promotion and defence of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As a part of its commitment to guarantee civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights of its people, Sri Lanka will continue to align its development strategy within the larger framework of promoting local values and social protection for women, children, elderly and differently-abled people and other vulnerable groups in society and respect for human rights and good governance
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka will continue to take steps that seek to advance the empowerment of women and women's rights and gender equality at national level through the Ministry of Child Development and Women's Empowerment as well as other national mechanisms. Sri Lanka will, at the same time, support international processes that seek to advance women's rights and gender equality.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation reaffirmed the commitment of the Bahamas to continue to work with the human rights treaty bodies and the Council to ensure that there was constructive dialogue and to enhance the capacity of the Bahamas to carry out its reporting obligations under international human rights instruments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In fulfilling its treaty obligations, Liechtenstein will continue to pay particular attention to the situation of foreigners, taking into account the exceptionally high proportion of non-Liechtenstein nationals among the resident population and the workforce
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Migrants
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The universal periodic review was a dynamic process of consultation of independent institutions monitoring compliance of human rights in Luxembourg. This consultation process also involved civil society organizations engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights. It was a beneficial exercise for the country. Luxembourg pledged to continue this consultation on a regular basis in order to ensure an appropriate follow-up to the review report and outcome
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Liechtenstein will pursue its actions in the area of official development aid with a view to meeting its relevant voluntary commitment as soon as possible
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The MSAR [Macao Special Administrative Region] Government pledges to continue to promote human rights, with due regard to the young generations, in order to assure a multicultural and ethnic society based on harmony, anti-bias and tolerance education.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The MSAR [Macao Special Administrative Region] Government shall continue to dedicate great attention to the preservation and promotion of Macao's historic buildings and heritage, namely to the sites ("Historic Centre of Macao") included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The annual international arts events that are currently hosted in Macao will be improved. Studies will be made with a view to promote new museums and artistic and cultural events that have good potential for Macao's cultural development and economic diversification.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
New Zealand accepts in part the recommendations [33 and 34] to continue efforts to prevent discrimination in the criminal justice system and to commit itself to combating overrepresentation of specific groups.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bhutan is committed to continue participating actively in all UN human rights activities with the objective of drawing on international best practices that can be incorporated into relevant domestic policies and legislations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The government will continue to work with these non-governmental organisations so as to develop a constructive dialogue with them in advancing the country's socio-economic development.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- ESC rights - general
- Right to development
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Costa Rica will continue working to establish an inter-institutional human rights commission, which will, inter alia, publicize and follow up on the recommendations from treaty bodies and the Universal Periodic Review,
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continued humanitarian support for refugees from the Horn of Africa and provision of all humanitarian welfare requirements within the limits of available means
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With regard to recommendations on elaborating laws specifically protecting human rights defenders, the delegation reaffirmed its commitment to continue discussions to set up a specific legal framework for them.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continue Bolivia's efforts to extradite all persons charged with human rights violations and crimes against humanity.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With regard to Recommendations 70.23 to 70.35 all of which related to the abolition of the death penalty, the delegation emphasized that public opinion in Guyana strongly favoured the retention of the death penalty. Guyana noted these recommendations and voluntarily committed to continue to consider and consult on the abolition of the death penalty and to report to the Human Rights Council in two years. With this in mind, Guyana has tabled an amendment to the Criminal Law (Offences) Act which provides for varied sentences for different categories of murder including life imprisonment and lesser sentences of imprisonment, as well as access to parole. This bill will be debated in the National Assembly in October 2010.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana voluntarily commits to continue its consideration of the abolition of the death penalty and to report its findings to the UNHRC in 2 years.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The new leadership of Niger reaffirms its commitment to continued cooperation with the human rights treaty bodies and pledges to respect the obligations arising from the ratification of the various international human rights treaties to which Niger is a party. The authorities will cooperate with the Human Rights Council and implement all the recommendations of the universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its work on the promotion and protection of human rights and strengthening the environment within which civil society operates and will specifically consider amending its Law on National Associations (promulgated by Royal Decree 14/2000) whenever necessary.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to consider entering into the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote good governance
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to bring domestic legislation into line with international instruments
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To continue its efforts to implement a human rights information system with support from OHCHR
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Philippine Government commits itself to the continuing transformation of its security sector into one that is compliant with human rights, international humanitarian law (IHL), and the rule of law. Along this direction, the Government ensures that members of the security forces are continuously trained on human rights and IHL, specifically in their responsibility to protect human rights and the rights of human rights defenders. These responsibilities and obligations are embodied in the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Internal Peace and Security Plan, also known as Bayanihan (Cooperation).
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Human rights education and training
- International humanitarian law
- Justice
- Public security
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ecuador will continue to contribute to the international protection of human rights on the basis of its national experience and will continue working to further the Human Rights Council's mandate and to promote peace and development.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina undertakes to continue developing institutional mechanisms, with the participation of civil society, to comply with the decisions of regional and international human rights organizations, including by developing compliance charts that show the agencies in charge, the measures to be taken and the corresponding deadlines
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina reaffirms its commitment to continue working on bringing the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners into line with the norms of international human rights law
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Efforts will be made to further the recent achievements in clearing the backlog in reporting under the relevant human rights treaties to which Sri Lanka is a State Party, to ensure timely reporting and follow-up
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government has highly valued the participation and contribution of the representatives of the civil society in the early stages of the review process, namely in carrying out an objective assessment of the human rights situation before being reviewed and it has been committed to continue the established cooperation with the civil society during the follow-up process.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
After calling on all its partners to help Burundi with support of all kinds, the head of the delegation reaffirmed the Government's commitment to continuing its policy of strengthening the democratic process and the rule of law, expanding civil liberties and improving the protection of human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
It must be noted that, the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan is committed to cooperate with UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and other mechanisms on human rights on protection and promotion of human rights, which is a priority issue for the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada is committed to continuing to support policies and programs that advance the equality of the sexes under the law and promote women's and girls' rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Belize remained committed to fulfilling its international human rights treaty obligations and to ensuring that the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in its Constitution are guaranteed to every citizen. The Government would continue to work to strengthen its specialized human rights institutions, including the National Women's Commission, the National Committee for Families and Children, the National Council on Aging, and the National AIDS Commission, as well as the Office of the Ombudsman and legal aid office.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- International instruments
- National Human Rights Institution
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Chad is committed to continuing to sign or ratify international norms while at the same time ensuring that those it has already ratified may be incorporated into domestic law.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to investigate human rights violations, particularly enforced disappearances that occurred in the recent past, regardless of the time elapsed since the commencement of the crime. Ensure that all State officials, including judges and prosecutors, receive adequate, specific training on the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the obligations it imposes on States parties
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Human rights education and training
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to integrate technology into education through the Ceibal Centre
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation stated that it wished to restate the commitment of Equatorial Guinea to continue to cooperate with the different bodies of the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and all people with good will that help in making efforts to improve in human rights affairs in the country.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With regard to indigenous peoples issues, Costa Rica highlighted the commitment of the Presidency to continue with the processes of dialogue at the highest level, mainly with regard to conflicts relating to land tenure and the security of its inhabitants, as well as other important issues, such as education, health, housing and social security of the indigenous peoples of Costa Rica. The delegation also referred to the willingness of the new administration to elaborate a comprehensive strategy to address the situation of the territorial rights of the indigenous peoples of Costa Rica.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
El Salvador pledged to continue working in reducing inequalities and disparities, especially among vulnerable groups, for which the Government already had developed strategies promoting policies of inclusion and equal opportunities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continuation of efforts to ensure the extradition of persons accused of human rights violations and crimes against humanity.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
On the recommendations relating to the gender equality and the fight against violence against women, the delegation stated that the Government was committed to continue its social and institutional reforms so that women were protected against all forms of violence.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Regarding the legal services in the hinterland, Guyana had expanded those services and had committed to continue to work on that issue
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lesotho will continue to declare zero tolerance to corruption and take concrete steps to eliminate it such as further strengthening the DCEO and the Financial Intelligence Unit which will assist law enforcement agencies in the investigation of money laundering, corruption and fraud.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Corruption
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation of Bulgaria reiterated the commitment of the Government to continue the judicial reforms and strengthen the juvenile justice system in line with international standards. The delegation reported on ongoing measures to strengthen legislation on juvenile justice.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada commits to consider the future recommendations of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada commits to considering options for enhancing existing mechanisms and procedures related to the implementation of international human rights obligations. Canada welcomes the views of civil society and Aboriginal organizations in identifying practical means to fulfil this commitment.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Indigenous peoples
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The MSAR [Macao Special Administrative Region] Government shall strive to maintain a proper balance between the enjoyment of civil and political rights and social, economic and cultural rights, particular consideration being given to the rights of vulnerable groups, such as the disabled, the elderly, the children, the women and persons under custody.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With regard to the international human rights treaties: Consideration of withdrawal of its reservations to Article 5 of the CRC Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, consideration of accession to a number of ILO Conventions and the Convention against Torture, ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Yemeni Government is studying a European Union initiative to establish an independent national human rights institution that complies with the Paris Principles, and has begun work on establishing a committee composed of representatives of the Ministry of Human Rights and the Office of the Prime Minister to study the feasibility of establishing such an institution in the foreseeable future
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the reservations which the Republic of Iraq made when acceding to international human rights treaties
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as well as the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Enforced disappearances
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A study will be conducted of a draft law on the welfare of persons with disabilities to guarantee these persons greater rights in respect of rehabilitation, training, employment, housing, health care, education, social welfare, etc. The State will do what it can to preserve the human dignity of these persons, integrate them into society and involve them in all areas of life as productive members of Kuwait society.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana voluntarily commits to consider this [Ratify ILO Convention No. 169] and report in one year's time to the UNHRC and the ILO.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
will examine whether to ratify the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education following a study of possible legal implications
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Right to education
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
will consider ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Covenant on, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, after having completed a study of their legal implications
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Detention
- Enforced disappearances
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
will consider ratification of the ICRMW after having completed a study of its legal implications
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Evaluate the National Plan for Equal Rights and Opportunities between Men and Women with a view to the development and implementation of a national gender policy
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Examination of the idea of creating a national action plan to implement the outcome of the universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain will examine the possibility of issuing an annual or a periodic national report on the human rights situation on the ground.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain is currently examining the need for comprehensive national action plan on human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In order to strengthen implementation of its obligations under human rights treaties, Bahrain will explore the possibility of creating a working group made up of government ministries with competence for human rights to carry out coordination and follow-up activities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain studies and reviews the international human rights treaties to which it has yet to accede in order to assess the feasibility of acceding to them. It will seek international assistance and cooperation in order to strengthen individual and institutional capacities in this connection.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain will consider seriously the possibility of enacting a law on combating racial discrimination.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the feasibility of conducting a national consultative exercise on a national plan of action to follow up on the Vienna Conference on Human Rights and the Durban Conference on Racism
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of modifying declarations made by the Government regarding articles 13 and 14, paragraph 5, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of modifying the declarations made by the French Government on articles 13 and 14 (5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To consider without delay the possibility of establishing an interministerial mechanism to hold regular meetings on the preparation of reports on the human rights situation in France for submission to international bodies, and to examine, in conjunction with the Advisory Commission, modalities for follow-up on recommendations made by those bodies and by the competent national institutions, including the Commission
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Moving forward, the Government is committed to studying the framework for accession to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Liechtenstein will intensify its examination of the necessary implementation measures with a view to a possible accession to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Liechtenstein would intensify its examination of the necessary implementation measures with a view to a possible accession to that convention and its protocol [Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol]. The commitment was made against the background of Liechtenstein's general policy with regard to international treaties, which consists in adapting the relevant national legislation before ratification in order to allow for immediate implementation thereafter.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Lao PDR will consider signing the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment (CAT), ratifying the Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, acceding to human rights conventions and other conventions such as the International Labour Organizations (ILO) conventions, etc.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Standing invitation to special procedures: the Government was considering with interest the possibility of extending a standing invitation to the special procedures in the near future.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review a number of ILO-related human rights treaties with the view to signing them. These ILO conventions include: (a) Convention No. 87 on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (1948) (b) Convention No. 98 on the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining (1949)
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- International instruments
- Labour rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To review the rules and regulations of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary with a view to reducing the executive branch's influence over the judiciary
- Recommending State
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Albania was considering accepting the individual complaints procedure under all the human rights conventions to which it was a party.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of withdrawing or modifying reservations made by the Government to article 14, paragraph 2 (c) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
To examine the possibility of withdrawing or modifying the reservations entered by the Government regarding articles 14 (2) and 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain will explore the possibility of reviewing some of its existing reservations to the treaties to which it is a party. By way of example, Bahrain has already withdrawn its reservation to article 20 of the Convention against Torture.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Mali pledged to give thorough consideration to all requests for visits addressed by the special procedures
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Switzerland is considering the possibility of establishing a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending the Code of Pleadings and Criminal Procedures with a view to preventing criminal and civil prosecutions of third parties that could lead to curbs being placed on freedom of thought and creativity.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review some reservations which Egypt has entered to human rights treaties in order to explore the feasibility of withdrawing them.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the definition of torture in Egyptian law in order to ensure consistency with the Convention against Torture.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct a wide-ranging review of Egyptian human rights laws in order to bring them into line with Egypt's international commitments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In response to the concern CEDAW expressed in its 2001 report regarding the existence of punitive abortion laws that could lead to the practice of clandestine abortions endangering the health of women, the Principality wishes to stress the fact that, given the size of the country, this kind of practice does not occur. In light of our historical and institutional proclivity to protect the right to life in its various phases, as provided for in article 8 of the Constitution and defined in articles 107-109 of the Criminal Code (offences against human life), decriminalizing abortion would entail significant legislative amendments that require a parliamentary majority we cannot currently guarantee. We can, however, commit to examining such amendments in the medium term
- Recommending State
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to health
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Considering ratification of unratified human rights instruments subject to evaluations done by the government
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ireland was committed to reviewing family law and the law on domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Mali is ready to consider the recommendations made by the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions with a view to obtaining A status accreditation
- Recommending State
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As for the special procedures, we reaffirm our commitment and willingness to consider any request for a country visit by any United Nations rapporteur.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Panama reiterates its commitment to consulting with disabled persons' organizations and will strengthen the technical and administrative measures in place to ensure the full exercise of this right.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain is currently examining the idea of creating an inter-ministerial human rights mechanism to guarantee the implementation of the recommendations made by the international treaty bodies to which Bahrain reports.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain is currently examining the idea of drafting a national action plan on human rights education as soon as possible, in conjunction with relevant entities and organizations in Bahrain, and with expert input from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct a study on the feasibility of inviting officials of the special procedures system for consultations and discussions.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Furthermore, based on the model of Sweden, Romanian authorities are preparing a reflection process for the launch of a comprehensive National Plan of Action (NPA) for Human Rights, which will be reviewed annually. Within the framework of this process, which has also been discussed with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, a conference will be convened this year, at which the authorities and the main stakeholders from the civil society will discuss the guidelines for the Action Plan
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Switzerland is prepared to consider acceding to the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Colombia will continue to make efforts to protect the general public from these bands. It appeals for international support in combating the drug trafficking which supports their existence and ensuring that the logistics, money and individuals involved in the violence have nowhere to go. Particular attention will be paid to the pursuit of strategies to prevent recruitment and the effects of doing so on women and girls.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The government is currently studying and reviewing other human rights instruments. It has always been the view of the government to first build the necessary social and political institutions and develop the human resources of the country before it assumes any international treaty obligations. In the absence of strong institutions and adequately qualified personnel, the government is seriously constrained in fulfilling obligations as specified in many of the international treaties and conventions. As Bhutan's capacity is enhanced, it will in the near future look forward to ratifying the other international human rights instruments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lastly, the recommendations arising from our country's participation in the universal periodic review mechanism will be given proper attention by all responsible institutions and will be widely disseminated. They will be implemented as quickly and thoroughly as possible.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Poverty-reduction activities will take into account the fact that inequality has grown in recent years,80 and so the resources and benefits aimed at reducing poverty will be increased and better allocated, and coverage in the fields of education, housing, culture, social security, health, employment and other factors in development will be extended, especially for people living in poverty or extreme poverty.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Norway converts this recommendation [1] into a voluntary commitment, as follows: "Norway will consider the possibility of signing and ratifying the OP-CESCR after having completed a study of its legal implications. The study is expected to be completed within a year."
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Norway converts this recommendation [2] into a voluntary commitment, as follows: "Norway is currently in the process of considering ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. This matter is a high-priority task for the Government."
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Equatorial Guinea committed itself to study each and every recommendation carefully, with the will to implement them.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ethiopia pledged to consider the ratification of additional instruments to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Ethiopia was also committed to signing the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and was considering its ratification in due course.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Enforced disappearances
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the proposal by the National Council for Human Rights on the enactment of a unified law on the construction of places of worship.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 7 - February 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A study will be carried out on the international treaties and instruments to which Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As regards Recommendations 70.47 to 70.53, which refer to decriminalizing consensual same sex relations and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and trans-gender persons, the delegation recalled that Guyana did attempt to include "sexual orientation" in the anti-discrimination clause in the revised constitution but that this was defeated in 2003. Whilst Guyana did not discriminate against persons based on their sexual orientation, it did not deny that interpersonal prejudices existed, based on cultural and religious beliefs. The delegation indicated that Guyana noted these recommendations and voluntarily committed to hold consultations over the next two years and to reflect the outcome of this democratic process in its domestic laws. Recommendations 70.54 and 70.55 were also noted.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As regards Recommendation 70.19 which concerned the invitation to the Special Rapporteur on Torture, the delegation indicated that Guyana noted this recommendation and volunteered to consider it further and report to the Human Rights Council.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana is voluntarily committing to hold consultations on this issue [Repeal the laws that criminalize consensual sexual activities between people of the same sex, and protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual persons from discrimination and violence] over the next 2 years and based on the outcome of this democratic process, these will be reflected in Guyana's laws.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake a periodic review of its reservations to other international human rights treaties.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
will examine whether to ratify the ICRMW following a study of possible legal implications
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
will examine the possible implementation of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders, otherwise known as the "Bangkok Rules"
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Detention
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
will actively examine the possibility of establishing a National Human Rights Institution in keeping with the Paris Principles in connection with the National Action Plan on Human Rights that is being prepared
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Republic of Korea was proud that it had become a model case, as it had transformed from aid beneficiary to aid donor, and was committed to increasing its official development aid volumes. In 2010, the Framework Act on International Development Cooperation had been enacted and the Government intended to consider human rights principles in the planning and carrying out of development projects.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to development
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to give particular attention to empowerment of women, children and other vulnerable sections of the population
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada is committed to giving careful consideration to the recommendations made during its review and to engaging with civil society and Aboriginal organizations to inform Canada's response and follow-up to the accepted recommendations
- Recommending State
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In the coming years, the Government will focus on the policies to improve access by disadvantaged groups to social security and considers developing insurance for agriculture.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government was also ensuring that under the Five-Year Plan more emphasis was placed on gender issues and women's empowerment in all policies and national plans. The Government had also pledged to explore the adoption of a quota system for women's participation in the electoral process.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With regard to the accession to international human rights treaties and withdrawal of reservations of already ratified conventions, the delegation stated that the Government was committed to review the legislations governing citizens' rights in line with the Constitution, and that it is currently reviewing reservations to Articles 2 and 16 of CEDAW in line of the new Constitution and in conformity with the Islamic Sharia.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bulgaria confirms its commitment to consider ratifying the OP to the ICESCR7 and the ICPPED8 . Inter-departmental discussions are being held.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina commits itself to put into practice the mechanism contained in the Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture and to continue the implementation of the National Plan to Combat Discrimination in all its aspects, and also to promote the second stage of the National Plan of Human Rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bahrain affirms its willingness to cooperate with the Committee against Torture on the implementation of article 20 of the Convention.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Argentina will promote the adoption by the Human Rights Council of a declaration on the right to truth and memory.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In the area of application, dissemination and promotion of human rights: domestically, this includes strengthening the response and follow-up to the international commitments taken on by Ecuador, implementation of the evaluation process of the national plan of action, promoting the work of the National Commission for the Application of International Humanitarian Law and, the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Detention
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Additional measures to level educational opportunities will be introduced. Poland will spare no effort to enable preschool-age children to enjoy their rights, among others through the creation of amenable conditions for developing various forms of preschool education, particularly in rural areas. The planned strategy for the development of education in rural areas for 2007-2013 will be attuned to the Government Programme for the development of education in rural areas in the years 2008-2013. The strategic aim of the programme is to upgrade the quality and level of education in rural areas. Implementation of the measures facilitating access for children from rural areas and small towns to quality education will continue until 2013
- Recommending State
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sri Lanka, manifesting its commitment to promote people-oriented development, will work towards the alleviation of poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 through continued investment in social infrastructure, education, and health services in line with the vision of the Government of Sri Lanka for social and economic development.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
(1) Effectively preventing displacement. (2) Making rights-enjoyment indicators consistent. (3) Consolidating the income-generation, re-housing and return programmes and the time forcibly displaced persons have access to them. (4) Reinforcing the differentiated approach. (5) Applying reparation policy to the displaced population.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Internally displaced persons
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada accepts in part recommendation 45 [Integrate economic social and cultural rights in its poverty reduction strategies in a way that can benefit the most vulnerable groups in society, specially the Aborigines, afro-Canadians, migrants, persons with disabilities, youth, women with low incomes, and single mothers and adopt all necessary measures, including the full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to guarantee Aboriginals the full enjoyment of their rights including economic, social and cultural so that their standard of living was similar to that of the rest of the citizens in Canada] and commits to giving appropriate attention to vulnerable groups in policy development. The Government of Canada also commits to giving greater prominence to the Market Basket Measure as one of the tools used to measure low income.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada commits to enhancing information sharing with Canadians about its international human rights treaty-adherence process and the status of the review of treaties under consideration for possible signature/ratification.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada commits to identifying the causes of violence against Aboriginal women and developing appropriate responses in consultation with Aboriginal and civil society organizations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Indigenous peoples
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada commits to working on identifying gaps in available data in order to better assess and report on its international human rights obligations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada remained committed to working to strengthen this dynamic new mechanism as it developed and to improving the protection of human rights for all people across Canada.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- General
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada remains strongly committed to the rights of indigenous peoples. The rights of Aboriginal people in Canada are protected by the Canadian Constitution and other domestic laws, and Canada is committed to making progress on issues of particular concern to Aboriginal people in Canada.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Canada is committed to legislation to end a clear inequality, often adversely affecting Aboriginal women and children, to ensure that, in the event of a marriage or common law relationship break down, Aboriginal people on reserve are afforded the same rights and protections that all other Canadians currently enjoy.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Regarding counter-terrorism, Canada is committed to preventing and combating terrorism in a manner that fulfills its international obligations, including its human rights obligations.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights and terrorism
- International instruments
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Canada commits to enhancing mechanisms to promote awareness and understanding of international obligations within the federal public service.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The MSAR [Macao Special Administrative Region] Government commits to improve social rights. Cooperation with the civil society and NGOs will be enhanced.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The MSAR [Macao Special Administrative Region] Government is committed to fully protect personal freedom and human dignity, inter alia, by reinforcing preventive measures and suppressing the trafficking of human beings and the exploitation of women and children and protecting victims' rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In line with the commitment to a government more accountable to the citizens, the MSAR Government shall strengthen its accountability system for bureau directors, department heads and division chiefs in systemic and disciplinary terms.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cuba reiterated its commitment to cooperate with United Nations human rights machinery, especially the Council and its universal periodic review, and to continue working towards the promotion and protection of human rights through international cooperation and respectful dialogue.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- UPR process
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Federal Government is actively committed to the real achievement of equal rights for men and women and the removal of existing discrepancies.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Germany is committed to the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Development of policies to create rural employment opportunities, launching of projects, and encouragement of capacity-building and higher levels of training for women in local communities
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Paying due attention to preventing and combating trafficking in women and children, strengthening education and information on the elimination of discrimination against the victims of trafficking and job and income generation for them, finding solution to the issues of child labour, street children and violence against children, close cooperation with other countries, especially in the region, on combating trafficking in women and children and transnational crime,
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Narrowing the gender gap in education and illiteracy
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to education
- Women's rights
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Yemen is prepared to promote the principle of a broad partnership between the Government and civil society organizations in the area of human rights and to support their active involvement in the integrated development process
- Recommending State
- Session
- 5 - May 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Public policies will be promoted to ensure equity and better all-round participation by members of particularly vulnerable groups, including older persons, disabled persons, minors, women and members of ethnic minorities such as Afro-descendants and indigenous people. This includes better political representation, access to posts in institutions and the prohibition of any form of discrimination in the workplace or elsewhere
- Recommending State
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights