N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure every detainee has the right to regularly see visitors and has permanent access to legal counsel and effective complaint mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee all citizens of China, including its minority communities and religions, the exercise of religious freedom, freedom of belief and the freedom of worshipping in private
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accept different opinion if it is expressed by human rights defenders through peaceful demonstration
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights defenders
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Simplify requirements for official approval of religious practices in order to allow more individuals to exercise their freedom of religion and belief and to better respect the religious rights of minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct a review of its application of the 1984 safeguards, as adopted by ECOSOC 1984-50
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended that the national action plan on human rights reflect concrete steps towards the ratification of the ICCPR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that primary education attains the constitutionally guaranteed universal compulsory status
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended ensuring that any reformed prison or compulsory care system meets international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended removing restrictions on freedom of information and expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended taking urgent steps to abolish the various systems of arbitrary detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its cooperation with OHCHR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to change its legal practice in a way which is conducive to markedly reducing the number of the death sentences being imposed and persons executed
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended continued reform towards the eventual abolition of the death penalty, including greater transparency around its use
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended continuing and deepening judicial reform, including by adopting measures to address the institutional weakness and lack of independence of the judiciary
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Acknowledge publicly the work of human rights defenders and trade unionists as legitimate and refrain from making public statements that could be seen as delegitimizing these groups or linking them with illegal guerrilla groups.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Labour rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations of the OHCHR field office in Colombia as a means to contribute to the improvement of the human rights situation on the ground.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Invite the Special Rapporteur on the rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples to return to the country for a follow-up visit as soon as possible.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand access to education by offering free public primary education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully prosecute extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and forced displacements and take strong action to stop their occurrence.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Extrajudicial executions
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct public awareness campaigns against social prejudices and for upholding the principle of equality and non-discrimination regardless of sexual orientation and-or gender identity.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect the fundamental rights of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet, notably freedom of religion and movement
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended analysing the possibility of ratifying human rights instruments which are considered relevant in strengthening its promotion and protection, highlighting: ICCPR, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons Against Enforced Disappearances, and assess the possibility of accepting the competency of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances in accordance with the Convention, and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the Convention against Transnational Organised Crime
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider establishing a moratorium on death penalty.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review laws and practices in particular with regard to ensuring protection of the freedom of religion, movement, protection of the culture and language of national minorities, including Tibetans and Uyghurs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise its legislation and practice that violate the right to freedom of expression and release all persons held in this connection, e.g., Mr. Paljor Norbu and persons arrested in connection with Charter 08
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Freedom of opinion and expression
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider an early release of detainees who are of old age or in fragile health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review its approach towards religious groups and practitioners, including those not organized in the officially recognized churches
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider positively declaring a moratorium on the application of the death penalty with a view to abolishing it
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Give positive consideration to ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Disability rights
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Evaluate the possibility of establishing a legal description of discrimination taking into account international legal standards in this area
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and, as interim steps, reduce the number of crimes for which the death penalty can be imposed and publish figures on executions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate reports of harassment and detention of human rights defenders, including alleged mistreatment while in police custody, with a view to ending impunity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) as quickly as possible and with minimal reservations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respond positively to outstanding visit requests by special procedures and issue a standing invitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The new softened media regulations for foreign journalists be extended to Chinese journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended further reducing the applicability of the death penalty, in particular for non-violent crimes, and to provide statistics on the number of death sentences as well as on the SPC review procedure (how many cases are returned for retrial; in how many cases are defendants heard by the SPC)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended further strengthening cooperation through open invitations to Special Procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adhere to the OP-CAT
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adhere to the Rome Statute of the ICC
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt specific legislation on domestic violence.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish all forms of administrative detention, including Re-Education through Labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide those held on State-security charges with all fundamental legal safeguards, including access to counsel, public trial and sentencing, and eligibility for sentence reduction and parole
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Regularly publish detailed statistics on death penalty use
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respond positively to outstanding requests made by several United Nations Special Procedures, including the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, to visit China
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the system of reeducation through labour and black jails
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the strike hard campaign associated with numerous serious violations of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Public security
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate all cases of police brutality and torture, e.g., death of Mr. Pema Tsepak in Chambo in January this year
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommended that provisions of the law on the work of foreign journalists be extended to Chinese journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Thoroughly and timely implement standing invitations to special procedures.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Agree to the visit of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, requested in 2006 but not yet agreed upon.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement Presidential Directive 7 of 1999, and, in particular, give public recognition and support to human rights defenders, sanction those who make unsubstantiated allegations against human rights defenders, strengthen the protection programme and investigate and punish crimes against human rights defenders.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the Constitutional Court order of May 2008 in relation to gender-based violence and, in particular, provide human rights protection for women victims of forced displacement, increase measures to prevent sexual violence and take measures to ensure that those who use sexual violence are investigated and punished.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement urgently the recommendations of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of February 2008.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accept the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of the Child that Colombia seek technical assistance from, inter alia, OHCHR and UNICEF, in areas including juvenile justice, rehabilitation, repatriations, police training and social reintegration of demobilized child soldiers and child victims of landmines
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Treaty Bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Effectively investigate and prosecute crimes and violations against human rights defenders, and ensure that those responsible are punished.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Forcefully denounce at the highest level attacks against human rights defenders and give human rights defenders legitimacy and recognition through supportive statements.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prosecute the perpetrators of forced displacement independently of other possible crimes and human rights violations, instead of considering it an accessory fact or a simple consequence of armed conflict.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Internally displaced persons
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to protect human rights defenders and cooperate with human rights organizations in adopting a national plan of action for human rights and in the implementation of the recommendations resulting from the universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- UPR process