100.197
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a regulatory and public policy framework on asylum, including the adoption of procedures in accordance with international standards for the determination of the status of refugee
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.194
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend to a new period the application of the National Strategic Plan on persons with disabilities and complete the national survey of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- National action plan
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.190
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance the protection of persons with disabilities by bringing the Mental Health Ordinance of 1933 into line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.189
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Harmonize national legislation on mental health in accordance with international law, in particular the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.186
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the protection of the rights of Amerindian peoples through the revision of the Amerindian Act and other relevant laws to align them with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prohibit corporal punishment of children both in private and public life in accordance with article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.176
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake initiatives to combat child marriages, including through improving economic and social conditions that buttress their proliferation, and undertake a robust public education campaign to reduce the number of minors married with judicial authorization annually
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.167
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct further steps towards the prevention of gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.166
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive approach to climate change adaption and mitigation policies, consistent with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Environment and human rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand essential services for victims of gender-based violence, including the establishment of additional shelters and crisis centres to protect victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.157
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make the necessary legislative amendments to implement its 2008 National Policy on Domestic Violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the human, technical and financial resources allocated to the National Domestic Violence Oversight Committee and the National Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Violence so as to effectively coordinate the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act (1996) and the Sexual Offences Act (2010)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.150
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Achieve the internationally agreed development goals on gender equality, empowerment of women, equal pay and equality in the labour market, and strengthen educational opportunities and vocational training for women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- SDGs
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.135
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enforce a zero-tolerance policy on sexual abuse and harassment at schools
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.131
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement existing laws on sexual and reproductive health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.126
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide adequate financial and human resources to government programmes, such as the Men’s Affairs Bureau, and to non-governmental organizations working on suicide prevention in rural areas, while tackling the root causes, such as mental health and alcohol abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to health
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.123
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide accessible sexual and reproductive health services in line with existing laws, including through education and awareness programmes to address the root causes of adolescent pregnancy and new infections of HIV and sexually transmitted infections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address regional disparities in access to health-care services and ensure that all health units in hinterland regions and rural areas have trained and qualified health professionals, as well as essential medicines
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish laws and policies to ensure that the sovereign wealth fund benefits the entire population, particularly the poor, with a view to reducing inequalities in wealth and fighting corruption
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
- Poverty
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate adequate resources for programmes ensuring the full enjoyment of the rights of women, children, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and indigenous peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.106
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide social protection to those who cannot afford to contribute to the national insurance scheme, through social assistance programmes funded by the State, and consider establishing an unemployment benefit scheme
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.99
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 and prevent child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Build the capacity of the judiciary, law enforcement personnel, border police and social workers regarding gender-sensitive protocols to identify and support victims of human trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a standard operating procedures mechanism to ensure a harmonized approach is taken by all stakeholders in the identification and protection of victims of trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement national campaigns to educate and raise awareness regarding the risks and criminal nature of human trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Immediately implement reforms to strengthen electoral procedures and enhance the independence of electoral authorities in order to ensure that the March 2020 elections are free, fair, transparent and credible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty with a view to its full abolition for all crimes and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty with a view to ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.79.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Include the prohibition of the death penalty in the Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020