94.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Conclude the process of ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and reconsider all the potential reservations thereto
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
93.50
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to modify the national legislation to increase the legal minimum age for marriage, as well as to raise awareness of deeply rooted attitudes and stereotypes, in particular by investigating and sanctioning cases in which girls are forced to marry children with whom they have been seen or even with their rapists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
94.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
94.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
94.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider withdrawing its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women as well as setting up a national human rights commission, in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
94.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
94.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to ratify international instruments and to cooperate with human rights mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Treaty Bodies
94.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
94.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue taking necessary measures to establish a national human rights institution in line with the Paris Principles, including by increasing the capacity-building programmes for all stakeholders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
94.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accelerate efforts to establish a national human rights institution in compliance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
94.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
94.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to incorporate into legislation the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders, otherwise known as the “Bangkok Rules”
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Women's rights
94.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
94.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
In follow-up to the recommendation made in 2013, take urgent measures to repeal the norms and regulations that sanction and discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, as well as to investigate and sanction the perpetrators of acts of discrimination and violence towards those persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
94.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- 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
114.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accelerate efforts to re-establish State authority and the rule of law in all areas of the country, including the northern and central regions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Public security
114.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Improve its cooperation with special procedure mandate holders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures