106.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review its environmental policies, legislation and regulations and mainstream a human rights-based approach to climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
144.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Appoint a focal point for the responsibility to protect – a senior level government official – responsible for the promotion of mass atrocity prevention and cooperation in that regard at the national, regional and international levels
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
144.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and implement international human rights treaties and the protocols thereto, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- UPR process
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
99.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and 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
86.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve national data collection by completing a census by 2022 and ensure that disaggregated data support national programming and decision- making in the areas of climate change, domestic violence, gender-based violence, universal health coverage, universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and empowerment of young people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
146.253
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider adopting a comprehensive strategy to improve the overall condition of indigenous peoples in close consultation with indigenous organizations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.229
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully incorporate the Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic legislation and develop a national action plan for children to comprehensively protect children’s rights, including by bringing the child justice system fully into line with the Convention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- National action plan
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
106.102
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review, update and strengthen access to family planning commodities, information and services, including by updating the reproductive health policy, which expired in 2018
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2021
140.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination or equality act and put in place public awareness-raising campaigns, which will address the issue of discrimination and stigmatization against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
140.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
101.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Speed up the efforts to ratify other core human rights treaties, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jul 4, 2020
80.83.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Incorporate a comprehensive approach to sexual and reproductive health into the next National Development Plan for 2021–2025, including family planning programmes that are accessible to all, and allocate sufficient resources in the annual budget to ensure effective delivery
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
80.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the Family Life Education curriculum to bring it into line with the updated United Nations technical guidelines on sexuality education and integrate it into all school curricula, including both in junior and senior high schools
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
91.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt laws that explicitly prohibit polygamy and enable the registration of all customary marriages
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
90.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure protection orders, legal remedies and assistance for women victims of domestic violence and prosecute and punish perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
93.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a mechanism for improving coordination and strengthening of various institutions dealing with discrimination against women, taking into consideration that Tonga still has not established an institution in compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prioritize the enactment of legislation to reduce child poverty and advance child well-being, aligned with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Treaty of Waitangi
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a national strategy to combat abuse and violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to reduce violence against women and girls and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all provisions criminalizing same-sex relations between consenting adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to eliminate patriarchal attitudes and stereotypes that discriminate against women, including through a comprehensive public awareness programme
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact further measures in order to address gender based-violence and achieve gender equality, including by increasing participation of women in decision-making
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize all same-sex relations between consenting adults by repealing all relevant provisions of the Criminal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Launch a comprehensive awareness-raising campaign to educate and change societal attitude, particularly those that place women in a lower status than men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and implement the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and implement other international human rights treaties and their protocols, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize sexual activities between consenting adults of the same sex, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End all forms of corporal punishment of children in all settings, including in the home and in schools, by enforcing its prohibition, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all legislation incompatible with the principle of equality and non-discrimination, including provisions of customary law, as recommended by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019