UPR Info

Continue the path along national reconciliation.

Recommended an exchange of respective experiences at the international level on the issue of communication between Governments and civil societies.

Respect freedom of religion and belief, revise the text of the 2006 Ordinance, and suspend its application in the meantime.

Review the Charter in line with the recommendations of the Human Rights Committee to make sure that those who violated human rights be judged and prosecuted according to international standards, and to make sure that those who criticized the Government are not subjected to criminal prosecution

Cooperate with special procedures mandate holders.

Designate an Ombudsperson for children.

Better distribute food and other resources with a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Take measures for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

Address the issue of unduly protracted detentions and to promote the use of alternative measures to pretrial detention, in particular for pregnant women and young children.

Take steps to ensure that, both at federal and provincial level, there is no impunity for the crime of torture.

Take steps to adopt a legal framework to protect children from trafficking and to define trafficking as a criminal offence under domestic law.

Review domestic legislation to criminalize domestic violence.

Take further steps to address all kinds of discrimination against women, children, minorities and indigenous peoples.

Adopt a penal system that is in conformity with the Committee on the Rights of the Child recommendations, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules) and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines). to prohibit the sentencing to life imprisonment for persons under18 years of age in conformity with article 37 (a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Follow up on measures to combat trafficking of migrants, in particular migrant women.

Continue its efforts to improve the protection of victims and witnesses, and their families, as well as human rights defenders, particularly those testifying in human rights-related trials, and to ensure that adequate witness protection is implemented.

Continue efforts to improve the protection of victims and witnesses, and their families, as well as human rights defenders, particularly those testifying in human rights-related trials, and to ensure that adequate witness protection is implemented.

Acknowledge the harm done to the victims of sterilization, in particular Roma, and to bring perpetrators to Justice and provide reparations to the victims.

Take appropriate and effective measures to fight discrimination and violence against Roma and ensure their equal access to education, housing, health care and employment.

Consider the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto.

Promote the institutionalization of the agency for social inclusion of Roma communities.

Take all necessary measures to promote and strengthen the foundation of family and its values in society.

Encourage enhanced cooperation with human rights bodies and all relevant stakeholders in the pursuit of a society oriented towards the attainment of internationally recognized human rights goals.

Maintain disaggregated data on caste and related discrimination.

Receive as soon as possible the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture.

Consider signature and ratification of ILO Conventions No. 138 and 182

Fully integrate a gender perspective in the follow-up process to the UPR.

Expedite ratification of the Convention against Torture

Extend standing invitation to special procedures.

Strengthen human rights education, specifically in order to address effectively the phenomenon of gender-based and caste-based discrimination.