141.66.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
108.8.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
137.2.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 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
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
137.8.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
137.1.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
141.66.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a national human rights institution, in line with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
108.1.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
137.1.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
accede to the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
96.135
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue effective measures to ensure that children with disabilities have access to special health care, including early detection and intervention programmes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.134
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue legislative action to implement its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.132
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to explore creative and practical applications of technology to support persons with disabilities and to better integrate them into society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.131
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to seek parliamentary approval for the Persons with Disabilities Bill and take concrete steps towards its implementation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to address issues raised by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2017 with regard to the corporal punishment of children and continue its efforts to educate the population on the negative impact of such punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make statutory provision for the draft mandatory reporting protocol on child abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve the representation of women in decision-making positions in the Parliament, Government and diplomatic service
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to address gender inequality as it relates to the conference on nationality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand its programmes aimed at eliminating the stereotypical portrayal of gender in society and the workplace in order to reduce gender inequalities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.98
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Advance the finalization of the national policy on gender
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.96
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Elaborate a clear, appropriate policy and/or measures for pregnant schoolgirls that allows them to remain in formal education, sit exams and then return to school after giving birth, including through the use of approaches, such as separate classes, that are aimed at breaking the cycles of poverty, teenage pregnancy and domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen the institutions that promote local culture, incorporating human rights training and awareness based on an approach that sees human rights as complementary to Barbadian culture and nationalism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue and, if possible, intensify programmes aimed at expanding the participation of women in more varied fields of employment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend national legislation to ensure equality in nationality law, facilitating the acquisition, changing and retention of nationality and allowing mothers to transfer their nationality to their offspring regardless of whether or not they are adopted
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a national policy on trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Move forward with the enactment and implementation of the Juvenile Justice Bill
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work towards reducing the reported incidences of abuse of force by the Police Force, through ongoing training and improved internal investigation techniques
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts aimed at finalizing the various pending human rights- related legislation, including the draft national gender policy, the Offences Against the Person (Amendment) Bill and the draft Juvenile Justice Bill
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to establish a national human rights institution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt an open, merit-based selection process when selecting national candidates for United Nations treaty body elections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
96.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Direct adequate resources to support agencies responsible for the prevention of and response to violence against women and children, and accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
105.138
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts aimed at addressing the discriminatory provisions in nationality laws
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020