143.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the 2018 Associations Bill and ensure that NGO laws are in line with the right to freedom of expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
142.164
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the Public Benefits Organizations Act, ensuring any amendments to the Act promote a transparent framework for NGOs to operate freely, and the Access to Information Act, to increase transparency and accessibility of public information
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
142.163
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to be open to civil society and protect human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
142.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the Public Benefits Organizations Act swiftly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
142.160
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Create a safe and enabling environment in which human rights defenders and civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, including through the full operationalization of the Public Benefits Organizations Act (2013)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
142.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the recommendations of the 2017 European Union Election Observation Mission, especially to strengthen the independence of the media and journalists and to provide protection for civil society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that laws regulating non-governmental organizations are in conformity with the rights to freedom of expression and association by repealing restrictions on the access of such organizations to foreign funding
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Operationalize the Public Benefits Organizations Act of 2013 as a law facilitating an independent and unhindered work of civil society, and refrain from enacting restrictive requirements with stifling effect on the country's non-governmental organizations, their functioning and funding
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that laws enacted to regulate non-governmental organizations will not undermine their independence or unduly restrict their activities in the defence of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment in which human rights defenders and civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 22/6 and 27/31
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that non-governmental organizations and human rights defenders can freely conduct their activities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal or amend any laws that may constrain or limit a vibrant civil society, in line with international human rights obligations and the Constitution of Kenya
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the 2013 Public Benefits Organizations Act, and ensure that any amendments to the Act are undertaken in consultation with civil society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review all new legislation to ensure consistency with International Human Rights Law and the Constitution, consulting broadly to build a national consensus and protect the role of an active civil society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement full the 2013 Public Benefits Organizations Act, and safeguard rights and space for civil society, in line with the Kenyan Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake credible and effective investigations as a matter of priority regarding the Mungiki killings, the Mount Elgon operation and the murders of two civil society activists in addition to the post-election violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Elections
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Engage in a participatory and inclusive process with civil society in the implementation of universal periodic review recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
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