115.2.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- 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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
115.172
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Support the inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools, as far as possible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.167
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue developing actions to promote the rights of persons with disabilities and their participation in the country’s development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to development
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.166
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to remedy the economic disadvantages and cultural, structural and informal disadvantages of Mauritian Creoles by implementing policies conducive to their economic development, with their full participation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.165
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide further opportunities for simultaneous training and access to information in Mauritian Creole/Kreol Morisien
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
- National Human Rights Institution
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.163
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to ensure adequate and effective protection against all forms of discrimination against different ethnic groups and minorities, through awareness-raising and education programmes aimed at highlighting the contribution of each ethnic group
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen laws and policies aimed at protecting children’s rights, particularly those aimed at prohibiting, preventing and responding to the sale and sexual exploitation of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure compliance with the minimum age for marriage, established at 18 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.133
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt as soon as possible the consolidated Children’s Bill, addressing key issues such as children’s access to justice and the prohibition of corporal punishment in all spheres of society, promoting the adoption of non-violent disciplinary measures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.131
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize and adopt the Children’s Bill agreed to during the second review cycle and take measures to further strengthen legal mechanisms for the protection of the rights of child victims and child offenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen access to justice for victims of gender-based and domestic violence, investigate all allegations of sexual violence, bring perpetrators to justice and provide training to law enforcement and the judiciary on how to properly interact with possible victims when their claims are brought forth and on how to manage cases accordingly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Hold accountable those responsible for acts of violence against women, including those responsible for domestic violence and sexual and gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand measures being taken to address attitudes and stereotypes that lead to discrimination and violence against women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand activities aimed at educating and empowering women and girls on gender-based violence and the recourses available to them, for instance through awareness campaigns and support services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.99
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue consolidating the school feeding programme and the fight against school absenteeism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to guarantee access to free health care for its population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.93
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue working to improve health-care and education services to ensure a better standard of living for its population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to empower people living in poverty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen efforts to combat child trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive action plan to prevent, combat and prosecute all forms of trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure fair and equitable representation of different population groups in public and political affairs in the context of the new electoral system, with their full participation, with a view to removing obstacles linked to the political representation of certain groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enforce laws penalizing officials for corruption, decreasing instances of impunity for abuses by officials and security forces and reinforcing a climate of accountability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to ensure accountability for abuses perpetrated by police, security forces and other officials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to address social exclusion of older persons and discrimination against minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the criminalization of 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
- Mar 3, 2020
115.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal section 250 of the Criminal Code Act with a view to decriminalizing same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Modify section 282 of the Criminal Code by inserting a direct indication that hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity will be an aggravating circumstance and punishable by law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to establish in its national legislation a comprehensive legal framework for adequate and effective protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Explicitly prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and develop awareness campaigns and training programmes to raise awareness about the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
115.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt comprehensive legislation to prevent and combat discrimination against all marginalized groups on any grounds, including gender and sexual orientation, which includes positive actions for their advancement
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020