125.197
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the High Court’s decision by developing and implementing a comprehensive sexuality education policy for young people, to reduce the rates of unplanned and adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
125.138
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders, civil society organizations and journalists and ensure that they can exist and operate freely and independently
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
125.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct prompt, impartial and effective investigations into excessive use of force by security forces and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice in fair trials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
109.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full implementation of legislation ending discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation and conduct independent investigations into all acts of discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
109.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, so as to bring the legislation into conformity with the de facto situation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
147.98
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal or amend national legislation that restricts civil society like human rights defenders and journalists from exercising their rights and fundamental freedoms without fear of scrutiny and reprisal, including the three relevant acts, so that it complies with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
147.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the legal protection of individuals belonging to the most vulnerable groups, among which are sexual minorities and women, and ensure the prevention and investigation of all forms of violence, including domestic and sexual violence and female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
107.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual conduct by repealing sections 67, 68 and 71 of the Crimes Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
106.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt and enforce measures to ensure equal participation, representation and remuneration of women in political processes at all levels, from local to national
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
81.133
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Counter gender-based violence, including through the creation of an institution for victims of gender-based violence and sexual abuse, and by strengthening training for law enforcement personnel on gender-based violence and sexual abuse reporting
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
81.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual same-sex conduct, by abolishing section 148 of the Criminal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
144.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate all acts of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, domestic violence and sorcery-related violence, and prosecute perpetrators, with a view to ensuring full accountability for victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
144.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), as recommended during the previous universal periodic review cycle
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- UPR process
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
88.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal sections 12 and 15 of the Sexual Offences Act of 1995, which criminalize sexual relations between consenting individuals of the same sex, and which are contradictory to the commitment of non-discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
88.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an official moratorium on executions and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, so as to bring national legislation into conformity with the de facto moratorium
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
104.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt effective comprehensive sexuality education programmes for young people, in line with United Nations technical guidelines on comprehensive sexuality education, to raise awareness about sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
104.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce legal and practical measures to eliminate discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, including by repealing the current legislation, passing appropriate anti-discrimination legislation and raising public awareness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
130.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the criminal law provisions regarding rape to include a specific provision on marital rape
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
130.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize same-sex consensual relations in all provisions of legislation, especially sections 56 and 57 of the Offences against the Person Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
99.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect and uphold the right to free and independent media in Nauru, including by removing prohibitively high foreign journalist visa fees to enable foreign journalists to visit the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
99.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement effective measures against domestic violence, including strengthening domestic violence laws and improving the handling of domestic violence cases by investing in training for local and national authorities to assist victims of domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2021
135.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Become a party to and implement the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance to ensure compliance with international standards, in line with our previous two recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- UPR process
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the implementing order for the introduction of community service as provided in Law No. 68/2018 and the swift implementation of other alternatives to detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.286
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Incorporate the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into domestic law, establish an independent body to oversee its implementation in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and include the Declaration in the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal laws criminalizing public interest reporting and strengthen journalist warrant obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
124.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal sections 137A, 153, 154 and 156 of the Penal Code and develop comprehensive legislation that prohibits any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2021
122.178
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate adequate funding for the implementation of the National Strategy on Ending Child Marriage and to invest in girls’ education as an important intervention to prevent child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Apr 23, 2021
133.222
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate adequate resources for the effective implementation of the Gender Equality Act, to improve gender-sensitivity in the judicial system and to increase the number of female judges in order to provide better justice services to victims of gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
133.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adapt articles 9 and 19 of the Constitution so that it protects the right to freedom of religion or belief in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
108.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all provisions that criminalize same-sex relations between consenting adults by 2025
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021