131.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate appropriate resources to the judicial system and complete trials in reasonable time frames, impartially and free from political interference
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
131.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt policies and measures to return to normal democratic practices, strengthen the rule of law, and allow State institutions to operate impartially and free from political interference
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
131.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and enshrine gender equality, including by accelerating regulatory measures to criminalize all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and harassment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
119.117
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee freedom of expression and assembly by removing legislative provisions that limit free speech and public demonstrations, and ensure a safe and enabling environment for civil society, human rights defenders and journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
119.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual same-sex relations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
119.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take legislative measures to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence, including by ensuring the penalty for marital rape is addressed with appropriate gravity, in line with other forms of rape
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
119.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate the use of torture and excessive force by security and law enforcement officials, including by aligning the legal definition of torture with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
127.203
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to ensure Roma people are accorded equal rights, including protection from violence and discrimination, and access to government services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
127.174
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review sexual and gender-based violence-related legislation and policy to ensure availability and accessibility of legal aid for victims and survivors and that perpetrators are held to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
127.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Execute impartial and effective investigations of crimes related to torture and ill-treatment and improve conditions in prisons and detention facilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
127.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, including by addressing the barriers to their full participation in daily life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
130.164
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Build upon the institutional framework stablished under Law No. 4604/2019 to drive substantive gender equality and the elimination of gender- based violence
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
130.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps to end discrimination against minority groups, including the Roma population, and meaningfully integrate Roma children within the education system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
130.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen efforts to ensure that all crimes committed with a discriminatory motive are fully and effectively investigated
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
106.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal government regulations that prohibit pregnant teenagers from attending high school to ensure women’s and girls’ right to education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strictly enforce anti-corruption laws, including through the investigation and prosecution of persons who commit such offences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
106.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pass anti-discrimination legislation to explicitly extend protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or sex characteristics
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
104.125
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the health and family life education programme, especially to include components on healthy and respectful relationships, human rights, gender equality, non-discrimination, violence and gender-based violence, in line with United Nations technical guidelines, and train competent facilitators or service providers to deliver the programme
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
104.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the pace of legal reform and improve the efficiency of the judicial system, by promoting legal literacy, combating low prosecution rates, increasing services to process evidence, especially for sex offenses, and increasing social protections and rehabilitation and psychoemotional support services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
104.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- 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
- Nov 3, 2021
104.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all provisions of law criminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults and take legislative and other measures to protect victims of violence perpetrated based on their sexual orientation or gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
150.289
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact a unified personal status law, amend the nationality law to afford women the same rights as men, and adopt a comprehensive legal framework to prevent and respond to gender-based violence and harassment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 1, 2021
150.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Uphold the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, including by ending detention of people for expressing views critical of the government and ensuring security forces exercise restraint in response to protests
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Nov 1, 2021
150.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Comply with domestic and international anti-torture obligations, including by increasing oversight and investigative capabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Nov 1, 2021
150.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal article 534 of the Penal Code and enact legislation to protect the rights of lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Nov 1, 2021
150.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and formally abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Nov 1, 2021
136.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance freedom of expression by amending the 2018 Penal Code to repeal the offence of spreading false information or harmful propaganda with intent to cause hostile international opinion against the Rwandan Government and insults or defamation against the President
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
136.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase transparency in the legal system and commission independent investigations into allegations of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, deaths in custody and unlawful detentions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
135.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Recommit to Rwanda’s previous declaration under article 24 (6) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights to allow individuals and NGOs to bring cases directly to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
135.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take action to eliminate all cases of enforced disappearances and ensure that all cases of enforced disappearance are thoroughly and impartially investigated and perpetrators are brought to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Impunity
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021