158.18.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
158.19.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
158.27.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
158.15.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
158.11.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
158.49.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a National Human Rights Institution in compliance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
158.18.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 8, 2020
157.1.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue progress towards ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
158.13.2
- 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
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
158.14.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary steps to consider ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
158.34.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider establishing an entity with the mandate of coordinating all activities related to the implementation of human rights treaties to which it is a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
158.34.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite the establishment of an organ with its terms of reference to coordinate all activities related to the full implementation of its ratified human rights treaties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
158.35.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider issuing a standing invitation to the special procedures mechanism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
158.39.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revoke section 213 of the Penal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
158.39.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults by amending sections 213 and 214 of the Penal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
158.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Give favourable consideration to the return of Nepali-Bhutanese refugees from Nepal, particularly those with urgent humanitarian needs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
158.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that children of Nepalese origin are aware of their rights under the law, and that these rights are explained in an accessible manner, including in schools and in official documents
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
158.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure respect for the rights of individuals belonging to religious communities and ensure their inclusion by facilitating the registration of minority religious groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
158.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a new national action plan for combating trafficking in persons, which includes the ratification of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
158.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enable greater inclusion and participation of women, children, persons with disabilities, and indigenous and other marginalized communities in devising holistic strategies towards managing climate change and its impact on livelihoods
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Environment and human rights
- Indigenous peoples
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
158.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent national human rights institution with a wide-ranging mandate and in line with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
158.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement legislative reforms to decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual conduct
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
158.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary steps to consider ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
157.148
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to address the issue of youth unemployment, including through the creation of productive and gainful employment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to development
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
157.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue expanding rural access to quality education and enhancing the job prospects of its youth, including through technical and vocational education training as envisaged in the Bhutan Education Blueprint
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Right to education
- Youth rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
157.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to improve the living conditions of the elderly and persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
157.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promulgate desired laws with a view to addressing the needs of the aged
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
157.135
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up measures to ensure that children are not exploited in any form, and that the rights of the child are protected and promoted
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
157.131
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eradicate child and early forced marriage by providing incentives to girls and their families to remain in school and by addressing rural poverty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
157.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue ongoing measures for addressing the gender gap in the areas of leadership and decision-making
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020