45.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prevent misuse of provisions concerning public order, public health and public morals to ensure freedom of assembly and association for all citizens, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.126
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all provisions that restrict judicial and prosecutorial independence, including those that allow the executive to appoint a large number of members to the Council of Judges and Prosecutors, as well as to the Constitutional Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
45.100
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend article 7 (2) of the Anti-Terrorism Law to ensure that only incitement to violence is prohibited. Align counter-terrorism laws with international human rights standards. End excessive prosecution of human rights defenders, journalists and civil society representatives under the pretext of fighting terrorism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights and terrorism
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
156.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to overcome the obstacles that prevent the effective prosecution of hate speech and strengthen efforts to properly enforce the legislation prohibiting agitation against racial, religious and ethnic minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Violent extremism and human rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
156.23.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- 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
- Jun 20, 2020
150.260
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reform the asylum act in order to establish accelerated and effective procedures, recruit new administrative personnel, establish sector-specific training of staff and renew technical systems
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
150.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the implementation of articles 36.6 and 37.4 of the public security act, as well as the implementation of Royal Decree-Law 14/2019 do not counteract the right to civil protest
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Public security
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
111.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement legal reforms to protect the human rights of all persons irrespective of their sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
111.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, fully implement the Child Protection and Welfare Act, and ensure effective law enforcement
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
111.3.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
110.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen mechanisms to investigate cases of forced labour, in particular the Child and Gender Protection Unit, and increase efforts to ensure the lawful prosecution of perpetrators of trafficking, exploitation and abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
110.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to prevent further acts of torture and other forms of police violence, and to bring the perpetrators of such crimes to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
115.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the adoption and enforcement of laws, including the land law of 2019, and implementation of policies in land management and use, are consultative, transparent and fully compliant with international human rights law and standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to land
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
115.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the arbitrary arrest of individuals for exercising their right to freedom of opinion and expression, including those who peacefully criticize the Government, speak out about negative impacts of infrastructure or investment projects or expose instances of corruption
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Corruption
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
115.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conclude the process of ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance quickly, and investigate all cases of enforced disappearance, including the case of Sombath Somphone, and of Laotians abroad, and bring perpetrators to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Human rights defenders
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
140.191
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the Criminal Code provisions on bride kidnapping and the Law prohibiting child marriage of 2016 and ensure that those breaching those laws are held accountable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
140.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all measures necessary to ensure access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation throughout the country, particularly for marginalized groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to water and sanitation
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
140.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that investigations into allegations of torture and other ill- treatment are carried out by an independent body and that preliminary investigations into such complaints are carried out and completed without delay
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
140.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation, with the definitions of all forms of discrimination in accordance with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.298
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate the legislative process to resolve the Bidoon issue, by granting Kuwaiti citizenship to Bidoon people, ensuring non-discriminatory access to social services, and guaranteeing that they can exercise their rights to freedom of movement, peaceful assembly, opinion and expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of movement
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.152
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend and repeal all laws and policies restricting freedom of opinion and expression, and protect human rights defenders, journalists and bloggers from persecution and harassment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.118.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinstate the moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its complete abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
157.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the provisions set out in articles 153 and 197 of the Criminal Code and create effective and independent complaint mechanisms for reporting sexual and 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
80.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the effective implementation of the Family Peace Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
80.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure gender equality, inter alia, by reforming the Citizenship Act 1979 to ensure equal rights for Kiribati women to confer nationality to children and spouses on an equal basis to men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
80.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the freedom of opinion and expression, including for journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
80.38.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize homosexuality and consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
80.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the independence of the National Human Rights Task Force so that it complies with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
80.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
80.10.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020