139.231
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Children’s Act with the aim of prohibiting virginity tests on children, irrespective of their age
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.224
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Harmonize the South African legislation to ensure that the minimum age for marriage is established at 18 years for both boys and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.223
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the age of marriage to 18 years for both boys and girls and harmonize legislation to this effect
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.222
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child through the harmonization of its national laws to ensure that the minimum age for marriage is established at 18 years for both girls and boys and remove barriers to birth registration
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.206
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, especially on violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.197
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reduce violence against women through awareness and mobilization campaigns to change social norms, significantly strengthen legal accountability in cases of violence against women and improve national strategic planning to mobilize resources and improve coordination in combating violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.193
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite the enactment of the proposed Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.188
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prioritize implementing the right to an inclusive basic education for all children with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prioritize the retention of girls in schools and accord to them the opportunity and the environment to progress at a par with their male colleagues
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to adequately resource its provincial schools building programme so that more children, particularly those from poor rural communities, can have access to schools that are safe and adequately equipped
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve the quality of basic education through programmes to ensure that teachers have adequate content knowledge and appropriate training, as well as by prioritizing the most disadvantaged schools in infrastructure and other improvement programmes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to broaden the scope for access to and quality of public education, as well as ensuring equal opportunities and leaving no one behind, from primary through secondary to tertiary level
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.163
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to eliminate the disparity in health-care provision between rural and urban areas and to improve the quality of health services across the country, including through the adoption of effective legislation and amendments on the national health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.161
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to ensure access to quality health care to all South Africans in line with efforts to achieve universal health-care coverage by 2030
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.159
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue taking measures aimed at eliminating historical injustices and inequalities in all sectors, especially in the health and education sectors, in order to improve the living standards of all its people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Build on the progress made to provide adequate housing through such programmes as the integrated human settlements grant and the urban settlements development grant
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to housing
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite the necessary consultative and legislative processes for the establishment of mandatory retirement benefits for all working persons who retire due to old age or disability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.135
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to implement the country’s national development plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.132
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to implement measures aimed at the economic transformation of the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider formulating a national plan of action on trafficking, with a particular focus on data on trafficking in children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to combat trafficking of persons through the effective implementation of the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the ongoing efforts to combat human trafficking and strengthen measures to protect victims of trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Thoroughly investigate and prosecute reported incidents of abductions and killings of persons with albinism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance the prevention, investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against individuals belonging to vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.87
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up measures aimed at addressing the systematic attacks on immigrants
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to prevent and eradicate all manifestations of discrimination, xenophobia and violence against foreign nationals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prevent racial discrimination and other forms of expression with xenophobic overtones against foreigners
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to combat discrimination, xenophobia and racism against non-citizens
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Work to hold perpetrators of xenophobic violence to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
139.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate action to punish people motivated by racial discrimination and xenophobia
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019