N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Turkey reiterated its commitment to provide a mid-term report in two years time.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- 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
Sweden committed to closely consult civil society and other stakeholders in the follow up of the review, and reiterated its continuous engagement with the Human Rights Council. Sweden expressed that it intended to maintain a high level of ambition regarding the implementation of human rights issues on a national level, and that the UPR process would continue to constitute a vital part of that work.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation concluded reiterating the Government's commitment to cooperate with international human rights bodies and announced that as a further sign of commitment it would carefully follow-up on the UPR recommendations and report periodically to the Council.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lesotho reiterated its commitment to accelerate sustainable economic growth, continue to work on the establishment of the National Human Rights Commission, improve access to justice for all, intensify and continue efforts in the fight against corruption and strive to achieve the objectives of Vision 2020 and the Millennium Development Goals.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Corruption
- National Human Rights Institution
- Right to development
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Lao PDR will endeavour to incorporate provisions of the conventions to which it is a party into domestic legislation, and to enhance the implementation of those conventions in the country in a more effective way.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Lao PDR will cooperate and support the work of the UN human rights mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council, fulfill the reporting obligations under human rights treaties, cooperate with the Special Procedures by extending invitation to Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues to visit the country as appropriate
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Lao PDR will continue to exchange lessons and experiences with the international community in order to enhance cooperation and technical assistance to promote and protect human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Lao PDR will continue to disseminate information about human rights conventions to officials, civil servants, officers at the central and local levels and to the general public, including the youth and children.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Lao PDR will consider signing the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment (CAT), ratifying the Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, acceding to human rights conventions and other conventions such as the International Labour Organizations (ILO) conventions, etc.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Kyrgyzstan expressed its readiness to accept 127 recommendations as its voluntary commitments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- 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
The State will establish a national body to deal with all human rights matters.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legal procedures have been instituted with a view to enacting a new law on private sector employment to replace the current legislation and to introduce a statutory minimum wage, which will be subject to regular review, and also to restructure the labour market in order to balance the freedom to change jobs with the protection of employers' interests.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Efforts will be made, in conjunction with the legislature and the executive authority, to create special legislation to harmonize the domestic laws on children's rights in keeping with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the two Optional Protocols thereto and the other conventions which deal with the subject of children.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Steps will be taken to create a children's court to settle family disputes.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Efforts will be continued to find appropriate solutions for persons who are illegal residents and to grant Kuwaiti nationality to those entitled to it.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Efforts will be continued to create legislation against human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants in line with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A study will be conducted of a draft law on the welfare of persons with disabilities to guarantee these persons greater rights in respect of rehabilitation, training, employment, housing, health care, education, social welfare, etc. The State will do what it can to preserve the human dignity of these persons, integrate them into society and involve them in all areas of life as productive members of Kuwait society.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
A study will be carried out on the international treaties and instruments to which Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government provides free access to health and medical services. To alleviate capacity constraints and improve services available, the government facilitates partnerships with both Taiwan and Australia for specialized medical teams to visit and provide specialized medical services. There is a team of Cuban doctors permanently based in Tarawa. The Government also continues to approve increased scholarship allocations for medical and nursing training overseas, mainly in Australia and Cuba.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government provides compulsory and free primary schools. There needs to be a system of checks to ensure that all children are allowed to go to school. Legislation provides that parents can be taken to court and charged if proved that they purposely hold their children from school. Due to financial constraints, some families may prefer boys go to school whilst girls are 'educated' at home. This practice is fast becoming extinct and education statistics have shown higher number of girls obtaining scholarships in past years. Primary, Secondary, Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) and Tertiary Institutions are highly subsidized by Government through provision of Teacher salaries, free equipment and other teaching materials.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With regard to Recommendations 70.36 to 70.41, which related to the abolition of corporal punishment, the delegation stated that public opinion in Guyana was not in favour of the abolition of corporal punishment. The delegation indicated that Guyana has noted these recommendations and was voluntarily committed to consult and report on the results of the consultative process. In this regard, the delegation pointed out that consultations in Guyana were on-going on a draft Education Bill which included discussion on the issue of corporal punishment. Furthermore, Guyana has tabled amendments to the Training School Act and the Juvenile Offenders Act to remove corporal punishment from juvenile detention centres, which demonstrated Guyana's commitment to protecting children from all forms of abuse. These bills will be debated in October 2010 in the National Assembly. The delegation also emphasized that the Protection of Children Act 2009, the Domestic Violence Act 1997 and the Child Care Protection Agency offered a legislative and administrative framework to protect children from abuse.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation stated that Guyana re-affirmed its commitment to holding consultations with civil society, the four Human Rights Commissions, various levels of government and state agencies, and the National Assembly on the follow-up to the UPR process. It also reported its initiatives to strengthen the government-NGO partnership to reduce and prevent domestic and sexual violence.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Civil society
- Rights of the Child
- UPR process
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana made a commitment, before the UPR, that once evidence and witnesses are available all those responsible for the crime wave of 2002-2008 would be brought to justice, whether they were part of the violent criminal gangs or those in the "Phantom Squad".
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana is voluntarily committing to hold consultations on this issue [Repeal the laws that criminalize consensual sexual activities between people of the same sex, and protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual persons from discrimination and violence] over the next 2 years and based on the outcome of this democratic process, these will be reflected in Guyana's laws.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana is primarily committed to the implementation of the recently adopted Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. This statute has been carefully scrutinised and found to be in compliance with the Convention. Guyana will continue to actively consider ratifying the Convention.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As regards Recommendations 70.47 to 70.53, which refer to decriminalizing consensual same sex relations and discrimination against gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and trans-gender persons, the delegation recalled that Guyana did attempt to include "sexual orientation" in the anti-discrimination clause in the revised constitution but that this was defeated in 2003. Whilst Guyana did not discriminate against persons based on their sexual orientation, it did not deny that interpersonal prejudices existed, based on cultural and religious beliefs. The delegation indicated that Guyana noted these recommendations and voluntarily committed to hold consultations over the next two years and to reflect the outcome of this democratic process in its domestic laws. Recommendations 70.54 and 70.55 were also noted.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
With regard to Recommendations 70.23 to 70.35 all of which related to the abolition of the death penalty, the delegation emphasized that public opinion in Guyana strongly favoured the retention of the death penalty. Guyana noted these recommendations and voluntarily committed to continue to consider and consult on the abolition of the death penalty and to report to the Human Rights Council in two years. With this in mind, Guyana has tabled an amendment to the Criminal Law (Offences) Act which provides for varied sentences for different categories of murder including life imprisonment and lesser sentences of imprisonment, as well as access to parole. This bill will be debated in the National Assembly in October 2010.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana supported Recommendation 70.43 on increasing the age of criminality and volunteered to report the outcomes of the on-going consultations in relation to the new draft Juvenile Justice Bill.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana voluntarily commits to continue to actively consider those remaining international human rights instruments.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana voluntarily commits to continue its consideration of the abolition of the death penalty and to report its findings to the UNHRC in 2 years.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019