105.20.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
105.32.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
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
- May 18, 2020
105.141
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to modify all legislation that denies or restricts the right of national women to transmit their nationality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.134
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Apply a human rights-based approach to its immigration policy and abstain from criminalizing irregular migration
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.132
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop alternatives to detention for asylum seekers and refugees, as well as ensure that any restriction on their freedom of movement is applied under circumstances in which it is necessary, reasonable and proportionate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Detention
- Freedom of movement
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish legislation to regulate the care of migrants and asylum seekers, in accordance with international human rights standards on the matter
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.125
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review its national legislation in order to apply alternative measures to the deprivation of freedom in managing migration
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.121
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Advance the promise of drafting a law on inclusion in education for persons with disabilities based on rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Modify the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity) Act in order to incorporate an integrating and rights-based approach to the education of persons with disabilities, recognizing their right to education and encouraging their inclusion in the ordinary education system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prohibit explicitly, in any environment, corporal punishment of children and carry out awareness-raising campaigns on this topic
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement effective measures to apply the existing legislation to protect children from abuse and neglect
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider harmonizing the minimum age for leaving school and the minimum age for employment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat violence and discrimination against women and girls, including, among other actions, through the implementation of the action plan to address gender-based violence and the evaluation of results
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to promote the rights and equality of women, specifically addressing the Bahamas Nationality Act, which discriminates on the grounds of gender
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to strengthen gender equality and eradicate discriminatory practices on gender
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue measures to guarantee equality between men and women, in accordance with international obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen maternal health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase access to quality health-care services, particularly in rural zones
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue advancing in the fight against poverty, through the application of its correct social policies in favour of the welfare of its people, particularly the most vulnerable sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to adopt legislation concerning freedom of information, in accordance with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take urgent measures to investigate and sanction all those involved in the sale and trafficking of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide adequate and regular financing to service providers and organizations that prevent and combat human trafficking, in order to provide comprehensive assistance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a national action plan based on a human rights approach and focused on victims to combat trafficking in persons, based on a baseline study documenting the scope and trends of human trafficking at the national level
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, protect the victims and guarantee their access to medical, social, legal and rehabilitation services, as well as to logistic support
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Carry out a broad awareness campaign, disseminating different alternatives to the death penalty, with the aim of moving towards its abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty 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
- Mar 3, 2020
105.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working for the full abolition of the death penalty as a measure aimed at the recognition of the protection of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate any legal provision that justifies discrimination for any personal issue, including issues of sexual orientation or gender identity, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- UPR process
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make an open and permanent invitation to all the special procedures of the Council for further progress in human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working to implement and report on the conventions and treaties to which the Bahamas is already a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020