140.1.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
140.1.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
125.2.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
125.2.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
125.2.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
125.2.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
121.204
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to harmonize its juvenile justice system with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, especially with regard to the minimum age of criminal responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.203
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility for children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.202
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully harmonize the juvenile justice system with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant norms by raising without delay the minimum age of criminal responsibility of 7 years to an internationally acceptable level, and eliminating whipping and flogging as penalties applicable to children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.197
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the age of criminal responsibility from 7 years of age and raise the minimum age of marriage for all children to 18 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.196
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake law reforms and eliminate all cruel violations of the rights of the child, such as capital punishment, amputation and public flogging
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.195
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct legal reforms so that the minimum age for marriage is 18 years for both men and women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.193
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive strategy that includes awareness-raising activities aimed at eradicating gender stereotypes and discrimination against all marginalized groups, such as girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.190
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review the sharia code with a view to repealing provisions negatively affecting children, and develop institutional capacity for the effective implementation of child-related laws
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cease the practice of female genital mutilation, locally referred to as female circumcision
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact laws that sanction gender violence, in particular domestic violence, marital rape and female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.173
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow women to enjoy equal rights by conferring citizenship to their children and spouses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Deepen the measures aimed at effectively guaranteeing the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, particularly of boys and girls, promoting tolerance and understanding between boys and girls from all communities, including religious and non-religious groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and other cruel, inhuman or degrading forms of punishment, such as whipping and lashings, particularly against minors, and raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility, which is currently 7 years of age
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and commute all existing death sentences, and explicitly prohibit the application of the death penalty against children, corporal punishment and life imprisonment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review and rescind any laws that contravene the obligations of Brunei Darussalam under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or religion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Freedom of religion and belief
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review, revise and repeal provisions of the Penal Code to bring it into conformity with international human rights standards and in particular the Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
121.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift its reservations to article 2 (g) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and its reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
95.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a legal framework that recognizes at least same-sex civil unions adopt measures so that gender recognition is based on a self- identification process and is free from abusive requirements, and prohibit medical intervention on intersex minors when there is no strict medical necessity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
134.221
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate the process of raising the age of criminal responsibility in children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
134.212
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote gender equality and eliminate discrimination against women and girls, including by withdrawing its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and by complying with its obligations under the Convention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
134.207
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review legislation on nationality to ensure that nationality can be transmitted to children through both maternal and paternal lines without distinction
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
134.192
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the law to allow children of Qatari women married to foreign spouses to receive Qatari citizenship if they so choose
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
134.187
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reform laws that discriminate against women and girls, to ensure that all legislation and policies, including family law, laws regulating sexual and reproductive health, laws relating to the authority of guardians over women and laws relating to inheritance and nationality, conform to international human rights law and standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
134.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the protection of women and children from all forms of violence through the adoption of adequate legislative measures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020