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Consider the ratification of a number of core human rights conventions

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

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

Take further steps to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

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

Pursue efforts to bring the national legislation into line with Turkmenistan’s international human rights obligations

Continue close cooperation with OHCHR to enhance human rights capacity

Maintain its activities on harmonizing national legislation with international norms of ratified conventions (Türkiye);

Continue legal reforms aimed at promoting human rights

Continue practical steps aimed at the development of the institutional and human rights infrastructure to better implement its human rights obligations

Continue national efforts to strengthen the link between human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals through the National Human Rights Action Plan

Strengthen efforts towards achieving and fully implementing the National Human Rights Action Plan 2021–2025

Effectively implement the Action Plan on Gender Equality until 2025, the Human Rights Action Plan until 2025, the Action Plan for the Realization of Children’s Rights until 2028 and the Action Plan for the Elimination of Statelessness until 2024

Advance measures aimed at enacting anti-discrimination legislation

Further enhance efforts to combat and address cases of torture and enforced disappearances and to guarantee the human rights and fundamental freedoms of prisoners and detainees

Provide information on the whereabouts of possible disappeared persons in prison and release those whose sentences have expired

Provide information on all disappeared persons to their families and lawyers, including those whose sentences have expired

Continue actions aimed at the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Programme

Further strengthen legislative improvements in the judicial system

Continue its efforts to further develop its juvenile justice system and promote alternative measures to detention

Continue to implement measures to develop the national judicial system

Abolish arbitrary restrictions on and interference with the right to freedom of movement and ensure foreign and domestic travel for all who wish to travel

Guarantee the right to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly and refrain from intimidation, arbitrary restrictions and detention of civil society members and their relatives who peacefully exercise these rights

Fully apply constitutional provisions guaranteeing freedom of opinion, thought and expression, and guarantee a favourable framework for the activities of civil society organizations, the press and lawyers

Fully and comprehensively implement the constitutional provisions that form the bedrock of a true democracy, such as those guaranteeing freedom of opinion, expression and assembly, as well as freedom of religion and belief to its citizens

Guarantee the right to access information, in particular by ensuring unhindered access to the Internet for all

Adopt concrete measures to protect and respect the exercise of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly

Continue to strengthen the work of the National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons adopted in 2019

Ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights, in particular freedom of expression and freedom of movement

Continue cooperation with the International Labour Organization, accept the Organization’s visits and strengthen safeguards against the use of forced labour, including in the cotton sector