94.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the main international human rights treaties, particularly 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, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Disability rights
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
94.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
94.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and support the disaggregation of Sustainable Development Goals reporting data by disability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Right to development
94.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
94.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Right to development
- Rights of the Child
94.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the main human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, as well as the fundamental International Labour Organization conventions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
94.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Enforced disappearances
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Torture and other CID treatment
94.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify core human rights treaties as well as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
94.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
94.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual same-sex relations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
94.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
94.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact new legislation or amend existing laws with a view to decriminalizing same-sex relations between consenting adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
94.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
94.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation to provide equal protection against discrimination for all persons and on all grounds, including sexual orientation or gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
94.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the Criminal Offences Act in order to decriminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
94.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a broader legal aid system that offers free legal counsel to indigent defendants
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
94.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Carry out regulatory reforms so that women can decide to perform contraceptive medical interventions and any other practice related to their health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
94.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
94.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
114.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
115.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of death penalty, and take appropriate measures to abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
129.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and take the necessary measures to repeal the death penalty from its legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
127.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify those international instruments that Botswana had committed to ratifying during the second cycle of the universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- UPR process
118.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute establishing ICC
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
24.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Austria) (Japan) (Liechtenstein); Consider ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Côte d’Ivoire); Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Niger); Consider ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights respectively (Cyprus); Consider ratifying the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (El Salvador); Consider ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Chile); Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Mexico) (Nepal) (Paraguay) (Slovakia) (France) (Portugal) (Australia); Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as previously recommended (Poland); Ratify without delay the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Germany); Consider ratification of the International Covenants on Human Rights (Peru); Finalize the process of ratification of the main international covenants, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Spain); 2
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Labour rights
114.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Discrimination in Education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Right to education
105.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
114.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend a standing invitation to the special procedure mandate holders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
116.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and establish a national system that independently and regularly monitors and inspects all places of detention without prior notice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
126.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments