106.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a law to criminalize sexual exploitation and child prostitution and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.151
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to combat discrimination, ill-treatment and exploitation of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.149
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider extending the deadline for registering children at birth
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.148
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact stricter laws regarding corporal punishment and child abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.147
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Register all births, provide all children with birth certificates and investigate and address all instances of neglect and abuse of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sensitize populations on the need to register births
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to better fight against child labour, and violence against children and women, including early marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the children’s code to bring it into conformity with international law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.142
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the Penal Code and all other legislation affecting children, in order to make sure that it meets the standards of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.140
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure that all children are registered at birth
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.136
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Grant the national committee on the rights of the child sufficient resources to enable it to play its role fully
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- National Human Rights Institution
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.134
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make the national commission for the rights of the child operational in order to better protect and defend children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.131
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinforce cooperation with the United Nations for the protection of the rights of the child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact laws explicitly prohibiting prostitution and the sexual exploitation of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinforce relevant measures to address the high prevalence of child abuse and domestic violence and ensure all perpetrators are prosecuted and punished
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.117
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to combat domestic and gender-based violence and child abuse and further strengthen the legislative and institutional framework for this purpose
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.115
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that equal opportunities are given to women and girls in Sao Tome and Principe to address gender disparities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the progress made in promoting the rights of women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.100
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure access for all, girls and boys, to quality education on an equal footing, in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal 4
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.96
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement policies aimed at supporting education for all and accelerating the integration into professional life of young people who have dropped out of school, in particular girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts made to tackle HIV and ensure that infected people, especially women and children, have access to adequate health care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify actions to combat early pregnancy and moral abandonment of children, and elaborate a programme with a view to ensuring the protection of children affected by this problem
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise awareness about combating human trafficking, exploitation of children and child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue the process of aligning domestic legislation with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which the country has already ratified
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Draft laws criminalizing sexual exploitation and ratify the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (Honduras) / Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (Botswana) (Burkina Faso) (Germany) (India) (Montenegro) (Namibia) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) / Accede to the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Elaborate and implement a strategy and national action plan for the protection of the rights of children, and ensure, in particular, to counter effectively the risk of child trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fight against stigmatization of child victims of exploitation and sexual abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Comprehensively address harmful cultural practices, and increase the age of marriage to 18, in conformity with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019