113.160
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee and protect freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association by adjusting laws restricting these freedoms to international standards, by preventing attacks targeting journalists, human rights defenders and peaceful political actors and by combating the impunity of the perpetrators of these acts, in line with target 16.10 of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Impunity
- Right to development
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
148.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify the prevention of attacks and defamation against human rights defenders in collaboration with civil society and ensure that such violations, when they occur, are promptly, independently and effectively investigated
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Nov 1, 2021
116.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize as quickly as possible the draft act on the protection of human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2021
148.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift restrictions hindering civil society organizations and their activities and guarantee their independence, in particular by repealing Presidential Decree No. 286 and all similar decrees
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2021
133.161
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal or amend all legislation and any decree restricting and criminalizing the work of human rights defenders in order to guarantee, inter alia, the rights to freedom of expression, of peaceful assembly and of association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
104.99
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finance and carry out an effective policy for preventing violence and acts of intimidation against the media, human rights defenders and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex population, taking into account a gender perspective
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
139.186
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to implement the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders at the national level, in line with target 16.10 of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- SDGs
- Date added
- Nov 9, 2020
121.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the protection and security of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and of human rights defenders committed to their cause
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
101.102
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all individuals, including human rights defenders and journalists, may exercise their right to freedom of expression and access to information
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
147.159
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that anyone, including human rights defenders and journalists, can exercise their right to freedom of expression, including online, without fear of reprisal
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
140.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that everyone, including human rights defenders and journalists, can exercise their right to freedom of expression, including online, without fear of reprisals, in compliance with international law and standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
38.202
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee fully freedom of speech, the rights of peaceful assembly and association as well as the safety of journalists, and review cases of persons convicted for having freely expressed their opinion, including human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
141.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee that the application of the anti-terrorism law and the cybercrime law is not an obstacle to the legitimate activities of citizens, human rights defenders and the media
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights and terrorism
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
114.77
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the safety of journalists and writers so that they can work freely, express critical opinions and cover topics that the Government might deem sensitive, without fear of reprisals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
122.161
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association for everyone, guarantee the safety of journalists and review the judgments of those convicted for freely expressing their opinion, including human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
125.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure effective access, without restrictions, to international and regional human rights mechanisms to the whole country, including to victims and human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all threats and attacks reported against journalists, media professionals and, more broadly, civil society representatives such as non-governmental organizations, are investigated promptly, thoroughly, impartially and independently, in order to foster conditions conducive to the exercise of freedom of expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
118.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Invite the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders for a visit as soon as possible and without preconditions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
123.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact legislation to ensure full and adequate protection for human rights defenders so that they can exercise their activities in a democratic space free of restrictions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
28.176
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put an end to the practice of “residential surveillance at a designated location”, specifically with regard to human rights defenders and lawyers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
125.237
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Apply the antiterrorism law in accordance with international human rights norms so that it does not target the peaceful claims of indigenous peoples and of human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights and terrorism
- Human rights defenders
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
137.157
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift the measures limiting or preventing the legitimate work of members of civil society and journalists, in particular by amending the new laws governing the press, foreign non-governmental organizations and non- profit organizations in Burundi with a view to ensuring their compliance with international human rights norms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
111.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement effective protection measures and undertake an immediate and systematic investigation into abuses committed against human rights defenders, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
120.15.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reform Presidential Decrees Nos. 16 and 739 and any draft law in this field to ensure the protection of human rights defenders and to ensure the independence and functioning of civil society organizations, notably by accepting the offer of technical assistance from the United Nations special rapporteurs to reform the current legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee and respect the right to freedom of expression, association and assembly putting an end to arbitrary detentions and arrests and any act of harassment against political actors and civil society, including human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Detention
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the protection of the human rights of journalists and human rights defenders and guarantee that perpetrators of violations against human rights defenders be brought to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 24 - January 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to guarantee the human rights of human rights defenders and to promote and protect the space of the civil society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the full enjoyment of the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, including those of human rights activists, journalists and users of social networks, so that they no longer have to fear being arrested, detained, harassed or intimidated
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Detention
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the new law (on the protection of human rights defenders, journalist, social communicators and justice officials) through an open consultation and participation process with civil society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
That the implementation of the new law on the protection of human rights defenders, journalists, social communicators and justice officials is allocated sufficient resources and without it being necessary to resort to civil society contributions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019