UPR Info

Ensure equality in the transmission of nationality between men and women

Take further measures to fulfil its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) to protect women from sexual violence in internally displaced persons’ camps and ensure that allegations of misconduct are investigated and brought to justice, and, in this context, establish an oversight mechanism for security forces that meets with international human rights standards

Ensure the protection of women and children from all forms of abuse and exploitation in internally displaced persons’ camps

Ensure that the rights of all migrant workers and members of their family are respected and guaranteed by a legislative framework

Maintain the positive dynamics of granting internally displaced persons equal political participation

Involve persons with disabilities in the preparation of the draft national law on disability and in the establishment of the national commission for persons with disabilities

Take measures by which women and girls with disabilities facing physical and economic barriers in various fields gain, with no restrictions, access to health care, education and employment

Continue working on implementing the rights of persons with disabilities

Step up efforts to implement the National Disability Bill

Continue efforts to ensure greater effectiveness in protecting children against trafficking, sexual exploitation and military recruitment

Continue efforts to provide qualitative and accessible education and health care for all children

Intensify efforts to protect and promote the rights of children against all forms of violence and discrimination, in particular by preventing and combating child, early and forced marriages

Continue efforts to promote the rights of children and combat child marriage in accordance with the national strategy 2017–2021 to end child marriage

Intensify actions to end child marriage and ensure that the Child Rights Act is applied at the national level

Unify the age of marriage in all states in order to eradicate child, early and forced marriage, both in law and in practice

Continue with the legal, administrative and policy measures to completely eradicate early and child marriages

Double its efforts to ensure that the 2003 law fixing the minimum age of marriage at 18 years is extended and effective in the 36 states

Continue efforts to eradicate forced and early marriages of children, which have a negative impact in terms of economy and health for those concerned

Accelerate its measures to eradicate violence against children

Ensure that the law on the rights of the child is adopted and applied in the states that have not yet done so

Implement further measures to end the practice of recruitment and the use of children in military operations

Continue to develop concrete programmes in accordance with the relevant international instruments, to put an end to traditional and religious practices that contradict the development and well-being of children, especially girls

Intensify efforts to facilitate women’s economic empowerment, particularly in rural areas

Give continuity to programmes to ensure the economic empowerment of women, such as the initiatives of the Business Development Fund for Women, with an emphasis on rural areas

Engage in awareness-raising on the criminal nature of female genital mutilation and its negative impact on women

Strengthen the efforts to alleviate harmful traditional practices affecting the human rights of women and children

Strengthen implementation of the laws to abolish female genital mutilation

Step up efforts in raising awareness among religious and traditional leaders, and the population in general, of the criminal nature of female genital mutilation and other traditional practices

Step up action to prevent violence and discrimination against women

Ensure effective protection from violence against women