104.1.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Complete the ongoing national procedures to ratify core human rights conventions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
104.8.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- 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, and abolish the death penalty in domestic law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
104.27.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national mechanism for implementing, reporting and follow- up
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
104.27.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national mechanism for reporting and follow-up
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
104.140
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue consolidating its achievements in promoting the rights and welfare of migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.139
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Approve domestic legislation on asylum, creating a national procedure for the determination of refugee status
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.138
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Carry out legislative reforms that guarantee the right to education of children with disabilities, guaranteeing an inclusive education that comprises safe physical access to educational facilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.136
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure that accessibility for persons with disabilities is taken into account in the reconstruction or renovation of buildings and public and private infrastructure
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.133
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue promoting progress in its legislative and institutional framework for the promotion and protection of the rights of the Kalinago indigenous peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.122
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promulgate legislative changes to address sexual offences against children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legalize the voluntary termination of pregnancy in cases of rape, incest and fetal malformation and when the mother’s health is at risk
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to eliminate the wage gap between men and women in all sectors and to increase the representation of women in both the public and the private sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the draft national gender policy 2018–2028
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue consolidating the achievements made in the promotion of women’s rights, through the national policy and the plan of action on gender equality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.103
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Include active measures in the national gender policy project 2018– 2028, in order to combat sexism and hyper-masculinity, as follow-up to all the accepted universal periodic review recommendations on gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.96
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prioritize conducting a study on the prevalence of gender violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote the protection of women and girls against gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee by law the right to education of children with special needs and apply an inclusive approach to incorporate them in the general education system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinforce its positive actions to improve access to and quality services of health and education in the country for a better standard of living of its population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make continued efforts to ensure adequate health care is accessible to all segments of Dominican society
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening its successful social programmes in the fight against poverty, exclusion and social inequality, with an emphasis on employment, education, health and food, particularly in the most vulnerable areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Criminalize child pornography and trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to reduce poverty and inequality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to address the effects of climate change, with the mobilization of further assistance from the international community
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a human rights-based approach in the implementation of the Climate Resilience Act 2018 and the action plan of the Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue designing actions to ensure the welfare of its population, in particular children, women, the elderly and persons with disabilities, in its plans to address natural disasters and emergency situations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Environment and human rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to build a “Climate Resilient Nation” that has at the centre the mitigation of climate change for the enjoyment of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote a legal framework that protects persons from all forms of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and review the Sexual Offences Act 1998, which criminalizes consensual same- sex relations between adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put in place additional programmes for the rights of older persons, persons with disabilities and the Kalinago population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
104.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen specific legislation to combat discrimination based on disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity or social status
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020