N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the following international instruments: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the second Optional Protocol thereto, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, implementing the national preventive mechanism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- Detention
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Justice
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol thereto, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocols thereto
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as fundamental documents in the area of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider early ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as recommended during the first cycle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- UPR process
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocols thereto
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Rome Statute, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Enforced disappearances
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Justice
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review its reservations to certain articles of the ICCPR and ICESCR with a view to withdrawing them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider lifting its reservations in respect of article 10, paragraphs 2 (b) and 3 of the ICCPR, in line with South Africa's previous recommendation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- UPR process
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working towards the adoption of the new civil registration law in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute and the Optional Protocols to ICCPR and the Optional Protocol to ICESCR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enforce the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights fully and accede to its Second Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue making efforts to promote civil, political, economic, social, environmental and cultural rights in all areas of society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Environment and human rights
- ESC rights - general
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Submit its outstanding reports to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty Bodies
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize without further delay the fifth report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the sixth report to the Human Rights Committee and the third report to the Committee against Torture, overdue since 2012
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty Bodies
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Attach greater importance to the promotion of civil and political rights, recognizing the indivisibility and interdependence of human rights, and grant freedom of speech and other civil liberties to its citizens
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts towards respecting the principle of interdependence of human rights, as laid down in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, by promoting and protecting economic and social rights on an equal footing with those of a civil and political nature. This may be achieved by ratifying international instruments on civil and political rights and by strengthening national legislation relating to the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to ICCPR, ICESCR and ICC Rome Statute by the next review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Justice
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and sign and ratify both Optional Protocols to the ICCPR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratification of core international human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, such as ICCPR, CAT and ICESCR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify core human rights treaties like ICCPR, ICESCR, and CAT and ensure that their provisions are respected in national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify ICERD, ICESCR, ICCPR, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify ICCPR, ICESCR, CERD and CAT and withdraw reservations to CEDAW
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Fecha de creación
- 26 de sep. de 2019