UPR Info

Guarantee that Eritreans are able to return to Eritrea in safety, with dignity and without fear of being penalized for having left Eritrea

Review its migration policy in order to guarantee that Eritreans living abroad have the right to return to their country in safety, with dignity and without being penalized

Enhance access to education for children with disabilities by providing special needs education in more public schools, including those in the rural areas

Adopt an approach to disabilities based on human rights

Continue efforts to combat marriage of minors

Continue efforts to protect children’s rights and set up appropriate strategies to combat child labour

Support programmes aimed at ensuring the rights of children in the context of education and health care, especially orphans and children belonging to vulnerable groups

Strengthen legislation aimed at protecting children from all forms of abuse and violence

Approve and apply laws, national policies or national action plans to address all forms of violence against children

Continue efforts to eliminate all forms of discrimination against all children both in law and in practice

Adopt and apply laws, policies or plans of action at national level to combat all forms of violence against children

Strengthen the National Union of Eritrean Women by granting executive powers and allocating sufficient resources

Continue efforts to combat violence against women and domestic violence

Intensify capacity-building programmes and awareness-raising campaigns at the community level on the elimination of all forms of violence against women and children

Take further measures to prevent violence against women

Effectively criminalize all forms of violence against women, including marital rape

Intensify efforts to ensure full respect for the fundamental rights of women and girls

Formalize legislative action to criminalize violence against women and children, especially in the domestic sphere, in educational institutions and in the context of national service, and make prevention efforts at the national level

Further enhance the protection of the rights of women, children and other vulnerable groups, and continue to promote medical and health services, and education

Ensure that nomadic communities’ access to educational institutions and quality education is guaranteed and respected

Continue its inclusive education programmes and policies, and take further measures to create support programmes for girls to be able to pursue higher-level education

Further strengthen its efforts to provide full access to education for all children, particularly for girls in rural areas

Combat the root causes of low school enrolment rates, as well as guaranteeing free access to education

Consider adopting policies to address the causes of the low rates of enrolment in schools and completion of study, and make elementary education free and compulsory

Address the root causes of low rates of enrolment of children and young girls in schools and the problem of school completion

Address the low rate of enrolment of girls in primary and secondary education

Develop a strategy to combat low school enrolment and academic success rates

Increase and strengthen access to education at all levels in rural and underdeveloped areas, particularly for girls and young women

Redouble efforts and commitment in ensuring access to education for all its citizens

Continue efforts to have inclusive and compulsory education