N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sweden emphasizes its commitment to uphold and respect the principle of non-refoulement, in accordance with international conventions and agreements, for persons under Swedish jurisdiction.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Swedish state's commitment to promote the Sami people%u2019s opportunities to preserve and develop their own cultural and community life was also strengthened.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation reiterated the commitment of Spain to present a mid-term report to strengthen the follow-up of the recommendations supported or partially supported.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Italy was committed to combating racism and working for successful interaction among cultures, traditions and beliefs. At the national level, the country would continue to make all efforts to ensure that the global challenges posed by racism were met in the most appropriate ways.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Despite the fact that Italy had not ratified the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW), the Italian legislative framework already guaranteed the rights of regular and irregular migrants. Moreover, Italy was committed to promoting a debate at the European level on that topic.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Italian Government was also committed to gender equality and to preventing and eliminating discrimination based directly or indirectly on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, age or gender identity.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Responding to the advance questions regarding anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, the delegation noted that the Government was strongly committed to countering all forms of religious discrimination and social prejudices.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The stigmatization of certain ethnic or social groups remained a matter of serious concern for the central Government and local authorities and the country was strongly committed to eradicating racist and xenophobic attitudes within society.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Italy worked closely with the UN system and its Treaty Bodies to actively respond to their recommendations. It regularly submitted periodic reports and is committed to submit by 2014 the reports concerning the implementation of ICCPR and CAT.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Italy is firmly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and to fully cooperate with international mechanisms such as the UPR aimed at monitoring national progress in this field.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
It also commits to maintain its timely reporting and cooperation with all human rights mechanisms, including the UPR. Improving the participation of civil society organisations in this process will remain a key priority.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Portugal is committed to fully fulfilling its national obligations in the field of human rights and to further improving its national mechanisms to monitor progress in this field.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Portuguese Government is strongly committed to ensuring that all children who live in the Portuguese territory enjoy the right to quality education.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Government is steadfastly committed to eliminate all socially or culturally constructed barriers for persons with disabilities through the Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act 2000.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation indicated the Government's commitment to the promotion of sexual and reproductive health. That included the protection of the right of women to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, the timing and number of children, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation stated that the new Government was fully committed to the protection of the rights of LGBTI persons.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Through the ratification of this Convention, [Convention on the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse] Malta pledged to enhance its efforts in combating sexual violence against children
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Luxembourg undertakes to submit an interim report in 2015 on the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations of the universal periodic review to the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
France will submit a midterm report in 2015 on the implementation of the recommendations made during the universal periodic review in January 2013
- Recommending State
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The UK is committed to updating the Working Group on progress through a midterm report in 2014. As well as updating the Working Group on progress on the recommendation the UK accepted at its 2012 review it will also provide updates on its position against those recommendations the UK didn't accept. This is part of a commitment to NHRIs and NGOs to keep all recommendations under review and recognition that the main objective of the UPR - of continual improvement of human rights
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- National Human Rights Institution
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
We are fully committed to the UPR process and the important role it plays in improving human rights across the world. We will engage civil society organisations in deciding which recommendations to accept, therefore ensuring a strategy for implementation which has buy in and is deliverable against the backdrop of reduced resources in both the statutory and voluntary sectors
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation reassured Finland's commitment to full and effective implementation of the 1951 Geneva Convention related to the status of refugees and to respecting the principle of non-refoulement.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finland is committed to present a voluntary interim report on the progress made in implementing the UPR recommendations to the Human Rights Council in 2014.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finland is committed to more effective and systematic monitoring of the implementation of human rights. As part of this commitment, the newly established Network for fundamental and human rights, composed of contact persons representing all Ministries, will monitor the implementation of the National Human Rights Action Plan and prepare the Government Report on Human Rights Policy. The Network will analyse the situation of fundamental and human rights in Finland, including the implementation of Finland's human rights obligations and commitments, and the associated periodic reporting. The Network will also review UPR recommendations, Finland has several good practices in the sphere of cooperation with civil society and other stakeholders on human rights. The Network will provide an opportunity for further development of these partnership models.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Civil society
- International instruments
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finland renewed its commitment, presented during the first universal periodic review of Finland, regarding the development assistance objective, as further elaborated in the national report for the second universal periodic review.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to development
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ireland has chosen to prepare and submit a voluntary interim report on Ireland's progress in implementing its commitments
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ireland was committed to reviewing family law and the law on domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ireland was also committed to ratification of the Aarhus Convention
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legislation was before Parliament to outlaw the practice of female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legislation was being prepared to enable ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019