N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take promptly effective measures to safeguard the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and end indefinite mandatory detention of asylum seekers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to address cross border issues, including by strengthening the work of Indonesia - PNG Joint Border Committee, based on mutual respect
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review legal provisions relating to the detention of migrants and asylum seekers with a view to guaranteeing the protection and promotion of their human rights, and the strict compliance with applicable international norms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Detention
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Dedicate more resources to ensuring access to basic facilities to indigenous peoples including clean water, healthcare and education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Right to water and sanitation
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the accepted recommendations from the first universal periodic review of increasing the oversight of extracting and logging industries as well as related enterprises and businesses, with a view to mitigating the adverse human rights effects on affected populations and reducing its negative impact in the environment establishing more rigorous and transparent measures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Environment and human rights
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take into account, in the implementation of Vision 2050 and other development plans, the improvement, conservation and protection of the environment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Right to development
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take more effective measures to guarantee that large-scale projects respect environmental standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate measures to prevent land grabbing and illegal logging and ensure that future actions are based on a respect for fundamental human rights and environmental protection
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Right to land
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the state policy that affects indigenous lands, known as the "Plan of Agricultural and Industrial Leases" regarding non-indigenous companies, reinforcing the work of the Commission of Inquiry that has found irregularities in many of the leases investigated
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to guarantee full respect of human rights to indigenous peoples, in particular through the establishment of mechanisms for their prior and informed consent on issues that affect them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further strengthen the national endeavours in promoting and protecting the rights of persons with disabilities in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take practical steps to implement fully the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at both the federal and state levels to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy equal rights and opportunities in Papua New Guinea, including by creating a database to guide policy planning and provision of services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to achieve its goals of universal education, gender empowerment and free education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement effective measures to reduce the discrimination against women, including access to health, education, social welfare, justice and administrative services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to improve literacy rates among its population, focusing on women and girls, notably in the rural area
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to improve access to healthcare and raise awareness of reproductive health for women, children, youth, as well as migrants and asylum seekers in order to decrease maternal, child and infant mortality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Effectively implement as soon as possible the promising and necessary law on mental health of 2015
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide access to basic services such as health, education and justice to populations living in remote areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make a concerted effort to treat higher percentage of persons living with HIV, building on its existing success and with appropriate assistance from international and regional partners
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the scaled up efforts in all parts of the country to address and contain HIV/AIDS which has been one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve health care and reduce infant and young child mortality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve access to drinking water and sanitation in rural areas and urban settlements as well as in key areas such as schools in order to bring about the realization of the right to drinking water and the right to sanitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to water and sanitation
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Train public servants in the human rights responsibilities and obligations of Governing structures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to provide human rights training to law enforcement officials and ensure accountability of those who commit human rights violations and criminal offenses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the Supreme Court's decision without undue delay and in accordance with the primacy of the human rights of those detained, as guaranteed under the Constitution of Papua New Guinea
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully investigate all complaints of violence perpetrated or facilitated by the security forces, and ensure that suspects are brought before the Courts in a timely manner
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As part of ongoing justice reform, elaborate use of force provisions that include accountability for private security firms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Public security
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to investigate all reports of gender-based violence, including accusations of sorcery, that perpetrators are brought to justice in fair trials, and that victims receive reparation and are given access to healthcare and other relevant services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the Family Protection Act is implemented, including by establishing clear policies requiring authorities in all regions to investigate fully cases of family violence and violent attacks against persons alleged to be sorcerers, and by ensuring that perpetrators are brought to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement fully the Family Protection Act from 2013, to ensure that police and prosecutors treat gender-based violence, including within the family, as criminal matters, and to adopt a comprehensive national action plan to combat sexual and gender-based violence, including raising general awareness through education and training, develop official and credible statistics, and ensuring access to justice for victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019