134.264
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Permit Omani women to pass their nationality to their children and spouses on an equal basis with men
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.263
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review current legislation and reform as necessary all discriminatory provisions, including regarding rights in marriage, divorce and inheritance, and the right of women to confer their nationality on their children and spouses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.261
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, including article 9 (2), granting women equal rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children, and article 16, granting women equal rights in matters relating to marriage and family relations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.258
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consolidate fundamentally, through an appropriate legal regime, the evolution that the situation of women in Omani society has undergone, through a new framework for the protection of their autonomy in the field of family law and the transmission of nationality, as well as continuing to advance the equality of women in all areas of society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.253
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reconsider its reservations regarding the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as well as the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.248
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue improving the protection of labour rights, in particular regarding foreign and domestic workers, by ratifying and implementing the International Labour Organization Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.244
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the kafalah system to reduce the risk of migrant workers being subject to labour exploitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.243
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Replace the kafalah system in order to improve conditions for migrant workers and reform existing labour laws to include domestic workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.240
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement further reforms to the kafalah system to protect the rights of foreign workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.239
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact reforms to end the kafalah employment sponsorship system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.238
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide labour law protection for domestic workers and strengthen anti-trafficking legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.232
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take all necessary measures to ensure the protection of the rights of workers, in particular migrant and domestic workers, by ratifying and implementing the International Labour Organization Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), and facilitating the right to lodge criminal complaints with the authorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.200
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Penal Code to legalize abortion in cases of rape, incest or severe fetal malformations and decriminalize it in all other situations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.195
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement further reforms that improve women’s economic empowerment and workforce participation, as well as reforms that eliminate discrimination against women in matters of family law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.188
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal articles 225 and 226 of the Penal Code and immediately release women and girls convicted of zina
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.186
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation to explicitly criminalize domestic violence and intimate partner violence, including marital rape
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation by increasing public awareness of the harmful consequences of its practice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.178
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote and protect the rights of women and girls, in particular by effectively prohibiting domestic violence and eliminating female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.174
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence, including by facilitating access for women to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.172
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that reports of gender-based violence, including domestic violence, are duly investigated and prosecuted, perpetrators are adequately punished and victims have access to appropriate redress, including compensation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.170
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Criminalize all forms of violence against women, in particular domestic violence, and ensure the prosecution of perpetrators of crimes committed in the name of so-called “honour”
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.164
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Remove all discriminatory provisions against women in legislation relating to marriage and divorce, child custody and inheritance rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Broaden the scope of labour legislation to include domestic workers and criminalize forced labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the labour law to extend protections such as a minimum wage and maximum working hours to domestic workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.125
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to ensure that the labour rights of all workers are protected by laws, including domestic migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to protect freedom of association, assembly and expression and remove any impediments to the work of political opposition parties, human rights defenders and independent civil society organizations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take immediate measures so that human rights defenders and all civil society stakeholders may carry out their activities without being subject to threats or acts of harassment by law enforcement authorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.106
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend criminal defamation provisions in the Penal Code as well as the Cybercrime Law and the Civil Societies Law to increase respect for fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, on- and offline
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
134.102
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the new law on the media and the new law on civil society associations are drafted and implemented in accordance with international standards on the rights to freedom of opinion and expression, of peaceful assembly and of association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021