N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Replying to the advance questions and recommendations made regarding enforcement of the practice of flogging and of the death penalty, Maldives wished to ensure all partners that it remained committed to strengthening the legislative and judicial framework involved in cases of flogging, informed them that the Government remained dedicated to further strengthening those systems and processes and looked forward to any kind of support from partners. Similarly, with regard to the enforcement of the death penalty, Maldives stated that such punishment would not be resorted to unless it was endorsed by all court tiers and was in line with all regulations and procedures
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Justice
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Maldives notes the challenges and limitations faced, as a small island developing state and in fulfilling its reporting obligations under international conventions, due to lack of expertise, human resources, among other issues. However, with the limited human resources the Maldives is committed in submitting its initial report under the CAT.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government also reiterates its unwavering commitment to provide the necessary space and freedom for the independent institutions in the Maldives to function freely and responsibly
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Maldives is committed to eliminate the menace of human trafficking in the Maldives. The Maldives ratified its first legislations criminalizing trafficking in persons in 2013. The Government is working closely with international partners such as the International Organisation for Migration to implement policies and measures as well as in providing adequate trainings and awareness campaigns on the issue of trafficking. It is with this commitment that the Parliament accelerated in passing the Protocol to prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children from Parliament in April this year. The Government is hopeful to complete the process of acceding to the Protocol in due course.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International instruments
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As per the Constitution of the Maldives, everyone has the right to education without discrimination of any kind. The Maldives offers free education up to higher secondary level, and free local and international exams to all children, adopting a policy of "No Child Left Behind". This policy includes catering for children with special education needs, and teaching civic education, life skills and human rights, with a view to building a productive, respectful, and responsible future generation. The Government is committed to accelerate the ratification process of UNESCO convention against discrimination in Education. As the Constitution and regulations stand, no discrimination exists. Government is taking efforts to make education more accessible to vulnerable groups in society, like persons with disabilities, children of poor families
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Poverty
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Maldives is committed to improving the domestic legislative framework to safeguard the rights of vulnerable groups in the society. Ensuring the protection of the rights of the children is a key priority of the Maldives, and the new Child Rights Bill in the legislative agenda of the Government, would comply with the Maldives international obligations under CRC. However, ratification of the additional protocols burdens the work of the State. The Government however, reiterates its commitment to promoting the rights of children, and would focus on establishing such procedures.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Maldives signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance in 2007, and is committed to bring the domestic legislations in line with the conventions before finalizing the ratification process of CPPED.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government is committed to end the exploitation of workers in the Maldives. This commitment was further demonstrated by the ratification of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act in 2013
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government is committed to ensuring that access to medical services is ensured, through the availability of General Practitioner Services throughout Maldives. In this regard, work is underway to develop an electronic GP registration and Patient Record Archiving System, which would facilitate in-patient identification, birth and death registration, as well as substantiate access to healthcare and universal health coverage. Birth registration has been made possible, for everyone across the country since 1960s.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
While the HRCM continues to face criticism regarding its role in the institutional framework, primarily due to lack of awareness about the mandate and activities of the Commission, the Government is committed to working constructively with the HRCM, even in cases where both parties may not agree.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Notwithstanding these achievements, the Government recognises the enormous challenges that the country face, and remains committed in advancing the rights and welfare of the people, with a particular focus on reducing inequality, empowering youth, and furthering socio-economic progress. The Maldives is highly prone to the unique posed by its small size, geographic dispersion, and climate change. These challenges remain significant hindrances in the country's progress towards full consolidation of democracy, a progress that is often punctuated by structural deficiencies, lack of capacity, and technical expertise
- Recommending State
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to development
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Regarding the legal services in the hinterland, Guyana had expanded those services and had committed to continue to work on that issue
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guyana had voluntarily committed to hold consultations on 28 of the 55 recommendations. Those included recommendations on the abolition of the death penalty, on the abolition of corporal punishment, on the decriminalization of consensual same-sex adult sexual relations and on discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons, and on the age of criminality.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Although Guyana did not accept Recommendations 70.44, 70.45 and 70.46, it re-affirmed its commitment to investigate any and all allegations of extra-judicial killings through a transparent process and report on efforts made.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Furthermore, in regard to special procedures, the Government stressed that The Gambia was committed to cooperate with the procedures and mandates and would treat with utmost urgency any request for invitations by them.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of The Gambia is committed to reducing poverty and has formulated a number of policies and strategies for this cause such as Vision 2020, The Development Strategy and Investment Programme for 2012 to 2015, called the Programme for Accelerated Growth and Employment (PAGE), which is the successor to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme II (PRSP II).
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Gambia is committed to creating a conducive environment for the media to operate freely and to ensure a free flow of information as provided for in the Constitution.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation stated that Brunei intended to withdraw its reservations to Article 20, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) relating to the protection of a child without a family, and Article 21 (a) on adoption, and that it was working towards ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OP-CRC-AC).
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The delegation reaffirmed Brunei Darussalam's commitment to its international obligations and indicated that Brunei Darussalam would be ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the near future.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The process of institutionalizing the National Consultative Forum on Human Rights is on-going. Government is committed to using the platform as a vehicle to promote dialogue in the field of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Nigeria is committed to ensuring that respect for all persons irrespective of race, class, disability or gender is guaranteed
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Minority rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Malaysia is committed to maintain effective mechanisms to ensure an independent investigation of alleged misconduct by government officials, including law enforcement personnel.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Malaysia reaffirms its commitment to continue cooperating with the Council's Special Procedures including by accepting official visits.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Malaysia remains committed to enhance worker protection including through: (a) enhancing maternity protection, (b) mandatory requirement for payment of wages into bank accounts, (c) increasing minimum retirement age to 60 years, and (d) implementation of bilateral arrangements with labour source countries.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Malaysia reiterated its commitment not to reintroduce broad powers of preventive detention and refuted the allegation that the POCA amendments marked the return of the repealed Internal Security Act 1960.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In responding to the comments and questions, the Government reaffirmed its commitment to pursuing a legal transformation agenda, including through removal of legislative and other possible impediments to the enjoyment of the full range of human rights.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government of Malaysia underscores its commitment to continue ensuring the promotion and protection of all human rights in the country, taking into account the needs of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged segments as well as society's readiness particularly with regard to certain sensitive issues such as religion, race and rights of refugees or undocumented migrants, among others.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government reaffirms its commitment to ensure that EAIC will be able to fulfil its statutory function and duties and continues to be allocated the necessary financial and manpower resources in order for it to discharge its mandate effectively and efficiently.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government remains committed to not only recognising the important role of women in the country but also towards ensuring their rights continue to be promoted and protected.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Malaysia remains committed to providing quality and affordable education to its people. The Government continues to allocate a significant portion of its annual budget to education and education-related activities.
- Recommending State
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Issues
- Right to education
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019