Criminalize all forms of violence against women, including domestic sexual violence

Adopt an open, merit-based process when selecting national candidates for United Nations treaty body elections

Increase budget allocations from the central Government to enable the establishment of ombudsman offices in all regions of the country

Adopt specific measures to increase the representation of women in decision-making bodies, including the Legislative Assembly

Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Abolish the provisions which authorize corporal punishment

Prohibit all persons, especially children, from receiving lashes as disciplinary sanctions or any other type of corporal punishment, regardless of the offence they committed

Modify national legislation to prohibit child, early and forced marriage and establish a clearly defined legal age of marriage and consent

Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Establish a mechanism for improving coordination and strengthening of various institutions dealing with discrimination against women, taking into consideration that Tonga still has not established an institution in compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights

Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment without further delay

Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and support the disaggregation of Sustainable Development Goals reporting data by disability

Accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Ratify the International Labour Organization Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) as part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to achieving target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals

Ratify the main human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, as well as the fundamental International Labour Organization conventions

Sign and accede to the core international human rights treaties to which Tonga is not yet party, namely, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Ratify core human rights treaties as well as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Introduce comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation to provide equal protection for all persons, including vulnerable groups like people with disabilities, and on all grounds, including sexual orientation and gender identity

Decriminalize consensual same-sex relations

Decriminalize consensual sexual relations between adult persons of the same sex

Repeal legislation that criminalizes same-sex sexual practices between consenting adults and increase efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination that target individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity

Adopt specialized laws that allow the creation of mechanisms to combat sexual and gender-based violence, as well as discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

Enact new legislation or amend existing laws with a view to decriminalizing same-sex relations between consenting adults

Introduce comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation to provide equal protection against discrimination for all persons and on all grounds, including sexual orientation or gender identity

Revise the Criminal Offences Act in order to decriminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex

Repeal the provisions of the Criminal Offences Act that criminalize same-sex sexual relations between consenting adults

Repeal the provisions of the Tongan Criminal Offences Act that criminalize lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex status and conduct

Abolish the death penalty

Formally abolish the death penalty, including by ratifying the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Second Optional Protocol, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty