134.232
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen protection measures and provisions of basic services for migrants, particularly for migrant children, and to consider ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.229
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Stop implementing policies and measures that infringe upon the rights of migrants
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.216
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary steps to complete the process of ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.211
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Change its legislation to allow political campaigning in mother tongue as prescribed in the OSCE report dated 2017
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Elections
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.210
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take necessary steps to make sure that local governments refrain from replacing the names of Turkish geographical places with Bulgarian ones, as was recently done by the Stara Zagora Municipal Council by replacing 838 Turkish geographical place names
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Other
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.209
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that individuals encounter no obstacles on the use and recognition of their names
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.197
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prosecute the individuals who committed crimes against minorities under the communist regime, and ensure that justice is served in the protracted case of the Belene concentration camp, as most of the victims are very old
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.193
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the protection system for vulnerable groups, including racial and religious minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.182
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending the Family Code and removing the exceptions that allow marriage under the age of 18
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen the legislative framework and its implementation on violence against women and domestic violence, ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and amend the national legislation to correspond to international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to eliminate gender-based violence, including by ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) and increasing support to NGO-run crisis centres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.156
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention), as doing so would reinforce the State’s ability to combat gender-based violence and domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) and strengthen its efforts to combat domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate measures to combat discrimination and violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put an end to political pressure on the media and combat violence against journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite the judicial process regarding the restitution of the waqf properties confiscated by the State in the totalitarian regime period
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Justice
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further continue structural reforms on constitutional and legislative levels, in order to solidify achieved progress in respect of the reform of the Supreme Judicial Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that its policies, legislation, regulations and enforcement measures effectively serve to prevent and address the heightened risk of business involvement in abuses in conflict situations, which include situations of armed occupation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- International humanitarian law
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to eliminate discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity, actual or perceived, in compliance with its human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to tackle hate crime, hate speech and discriminatory conduct targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons through amending the Criminal Code to explicitly include hate crime on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pass and implement laws that recognize same-sex partnerships and define the rights and obligations of cohabiting couples in same-sex unions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen activities and laws aimed at the elimination of discrimination in society, other intolerances and hate speech against minorities and other groups, including those based on sexual orientation, gender identity or sex characteristics
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Minority rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat discrimination and hate speech that target people owing to their ethnic or religious background or their sexual orientation and gender identity, and translate these provisions into the penal code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct adequate investigations and prosecutions into incidents of hate speech with due regard to motives by requiring courts to regularly report, record and make public cases where hate speech or hate crimes have or have not been considered in court proceedings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Violent extremism and human rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the investigation, prosecution and punishment of offences related to racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, including the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, against minority groups such as Roma, Muslims, Jews, people of African descent, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and members of sexual minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Discrimination
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend relevant legislation and the Criminal Code to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity as hate motives and grounds of discrimination, and ensure that such hate crimes are effectively investigated and prosecuted
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Violent extremism and human rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legislate or amend the current Family Code in order to include civil partnership available to both different-sex and same-sex couples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Criminal Code to widen the scope of the definition of hate crimes and speech to include sexual orientation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Violent extremism and human rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen legislation that exists in the area of anti-discrimination and explicitly mention gender identity as grounds for discrimination, and include in the Criminal Code specific crimes related to hate and incitement to hate based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sexual characteristics
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
134.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, inter alia by including sexual orientation and gender identity as grounds for hate crimes, recognize civil partnerships of same- sex couples and ban non-consensual surgeries on intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021