N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Take measures to ensure that torture is defined and listed as a specific offence within Benin's criminal law.
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Strengthen the application of the domestic violence bill and the abolition of the Marital Power Act.
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Consider steps to abolish the death penalty in all circumstances.
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 3 - Considering action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Strengthen awareness-raising efforts in rural areas where some cultural traditions inhibit women's rights.
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Prioritize national consultations to establish transitional justice mechanisms to ensure that reconciliation and justice address allegations of the most serious crimes, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Involve civil society in the follow up to the UPR review
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Civil society
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 2 - May 2008
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Take further steps to address discrimination against women and vulnerable groups, including children.
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Take further measures to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation, and that the Equal Opportunities Act allow legal acknowledgement of homosexual couples and their human rights
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Noted
- Thèmes
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Clarify its position on the death penalty, and reaffirm its commitment to a de facto moratorium
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Noted
- Thèmes
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 1 - April 2008
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Continue to promote and protect the right of all persons to equality without discrimination based on sexual orientation, at both the national and international levels.
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 2 - Continuing action
- Réponse
- Noted
- Thèmes
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Inform the international community of the conditions of the G11 and other political, media and religious detainees and grant access to them by an international organization to ascertain their conditions, and make clear the charges against them and the legal process to which they will be subjected
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Noted
- Thèmes
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Bring those State agents who have committed human rights violations, particularly those named in the United Nations Commission of Inquiry report, to justice
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Human rights violations by state agents
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Unite behind a new constitution through a fair referendum, and fully implement the result
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aimed at abolishing the death penalty
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Noted
- Thèmes
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Prioritize enacting the draft Children's Protection and Welfare Bill, ensuring that Convention on the Rights of the Child provisions are fully incorporated into national legislation
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Prioritize enacting a Domestic Violence Bill
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Review penal code provisions that discriminate against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, in order to ensure an end to hostility or violence against such groups
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 3 - Considering action
- Réponse
- Noted
- Thèmes
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Take steps to tackle corruption in the judiciary and the police, including by increasing access to relevant training, increasing oversight of both organizations and taking action when inappropriate behaviour is discovered
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Corruption
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Conclude consultations on the composition of the National Commission for Human Rights, and make the Commission operational
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Take further steps to prevent mistreatment of prisoners including through greater compliance with the United Nations Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Extend a standing invitation to the United Nations human rights special procedures
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Ensure that allegations of harassment of journalists are investigated, that perpetrators are punished, and the independent media are free from unjustified restrictions
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Take steps to create an environment conducive to a free and independent media which allows freedom of expression
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Amend the draft Criminal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure to bring it into line with the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the abolition of the death penalty and adopt them as soon as possible and initiate an awareness campaign so that the public in Benin are aware of the impact of these changes
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Ratify the OP-CAT and work towards the establishment of a national preventive mechanism in line with the Optional Protocol
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty with the ultimate aim of abolishing the death penalty in all circumstances
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Noted
- Thèmes
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Improve emphasis and transparency in tackling gender-based violence by introducing specific measures to encourage more reporting by the public and increased investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sentences to deter those who commit gender-based violence
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 4 - General action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Ensure that the new Police and Criminal Evidence Bill fully addresses the practice of detention on the basis of "provisional information" by specifying that detention beyond a short time limit, defined in statute, is only possible once a suspect is formally charged
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Noted
- Thèmes
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Investigate all reports of extrajudicial killings in an independent and transparent manner and commit to bring to justice members of the security forces found to have been involved in such violations
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- État examiné
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommandation
Establish a human rights monitoring system, which allows access to detention centres in northern Nigerian, works with affected communities and promotes accountability for serious violations of human rights
- État Recommandant
- Catégorie d'Action
- 5 - Specific action
- Réponse
- Supported
- Thèmes
- Detention