106.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Identify and protect children from sexual exploitation, reduce instances of child labour by increasing labour inspections and expand protections to the informal sector
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate all forms of child labour as set out under the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention,1999 (No. 182) through the implementation of the national action plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.141
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take concrete measures to eliminate child labour and to ensure a universal family benefit programme for children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.137
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop policies and legislation for the protection of the rights of the child, including the implementation of the national action plan on child labour, and the explicit prohibition of all corporal punishment of children in all settings as well as repeal all provisions defending its use
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.132
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the Labour Code to fully harmonize it with international laws, and enforce the prohibition of child labour in the informal, agricultural and domestic sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Support efforts by the Prime Minister’s office to reduce levels of domestic violence, investigate, prosecute and convict criminals who commit rape or gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the material and human resources of the centre for counselling on domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen awareness-raising regarding domestic violence against women and children as a crime, and ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted and that victims are protected and provided with compensation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the capacities of the domestic violence counselling centres and the reception and support structures for victims of domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee access for women and girls to sexual health and reproductive rights and comprehensive sexuality education, and combat domestic violence effectively
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Educate the public, law enforcement officials and the judiciary about the rights of women, especially in cases of rape and domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal government regulations that prohibit pregnant teenagers from attending high school to ensure women’s and girls’ right to education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the commitment made at the Nairobi Summit marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the outcome document of the International Conference on Population and Development to respond to the needs of young people and reduce the early pregnancy rate from 15 to 10 per cent by 2023 through the intensification of comprehensive sexuality education in all secondary schools and the provision of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health in all health centres and posts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.87
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full and equal access to modern methods of contraception and to family planning services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect women and children from human trafficking for the purposes of sexual and labour exploitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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, and adopt measures to protect all children from violence and abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the three Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- 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
Conduct campaigns to promote awareness among the population in general of the need to treat the elderly with dignity, and simultaneously, to eradicate practices and beliefs associated with witchcraft rituals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Elaborate an inclusive strategy for the protection of children, particularly concerning all forms of violence, abuse, and access to education without discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take specific measures to combat harmful practices in law and in practice, bearing in mind the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to actively promote the explicit abolition of corporal punishment against children in its domestic legislation, aiming at its full and complete prohibition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop programmes and policies for the prevention, recovery and social integration of child victims of trafficking and exploitation in accordance with the outcome documents adopted at the 1996, 2001 and 2008 World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children, held in Stockholm, Yokohama and Rio de Janeiro, respectively
- 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
Repeal the parental right "to punish" children in family law and define what constitutes ill-treatment in line with the State's international obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to ensure respect for the rights of the child including developing a comprehensive national strategy to prevent and combat all forms of violence against children including domestic violence, sexual trafficking and exploitation of the children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General 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
Review its legislation to adopt a comprehensive strategy aimed at elimination of discrimination in all its forms and in respect of all the vulnerable groups, especially poor and disabled children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Poverty
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In order to sustain the increased rate of birth registration, take necessary measures to ensure all children an immediate registration, followed by the issuance of a birth certificate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Register all children immediately after birth and ensure that birth registration legislation is in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its 2013 Concluding Observations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact without delay legislation for the protection of children, such as prohibition of corporal punishment under any circumstances, and to swiftly work towards the ratification of the human rights instruments to which São Tomé and Príncipe has earlier committed itself, namely the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention against Torture, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that laws prohibiting children from participating in hazardous occupations or activities are precise and enforced
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop programmes and policies of prevention, recovery, and social reintegration of child victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019