UPR Info

Ensure respect for the rights of indigenous children or children living in rural or remote areas, adopt the necessary measures to ensure respect for the rights of girls, boys and adolescents living in the streets or in situations of vulnerability

Give a yearly briefing to the Human Rights Council on the follow-up to the recommendations of this universal periodic review session as a voluntary measure

Continue consultations with civil society in the follow-up to the review

Take all measures for the purpose of post-disaster reconstruction and adaptation to climate change, with a human-rights-based approach, and carry out consultations with the concerned local communities, giving special attention to women, children and persons with disabilities in this process

Continue to develop and implement its adaptation strategies with assistance from the international community

Seek the assistance and necessary expertise of United Nations specialized agencies in building and strengthening institutions to rehabilitate those engaged in drug-related crimes

Seek the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the international community in the key areas listed in the report for which capacity-building is required

Give further consideration to enacting legislation and formulating national action plans with concrete goals: to prevent the economic exploitation of and hazardous work by children, and to combat drug abuse, human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of women and children

Continue its legislative, institutional and socio-economic reforms to provide an effective framework to address gender mainstreaming, violence against women, religious intolerance, particularly with regard to citizenship, freedom of speech, and human trafficking, and focus on the very key question of achieving the targets of the Millennium Development Goals, which will comprehensively address the key question of human rights

Continue to apply strategies and development plans at the socioeconomic level throughout the country

Continue to allocate resources for effective poverty reduction measures

Continue its efforts to implement its development programmes

Cooperate with other countries that have large communities of migrant workers to find a solution in accordance with international human rights standards

Elaborate a strategy for creating more openness and tolerance in the general public for migrants and their rights

Intensify efforts in improving access to education for students from - low-income families

Continue to apply programmes and measures to guarantee the enjoyment of the right to education and the right to health

Continue the policy of free education for all children, through cooperation and assistance from the international community

Further develop and enhance education

Take swift and efficient action to mitigate the adverse effects of the rising cost of housing in Male through various measures, such as social benefits or microfinance schemes, in order to enhance the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing

Put in place specific programmes to improve the employment situation, in particular for young people

Draft and enact legislation prohibiting and punishing all forms of trafficking in persons, including the forced labour of migrants. Promulgate laws imposing stricter punishments for violations, and hold employers who violate laws accountable and establish a national minimum wage

Increase steps to improve the participation of women in the labour market and in leadership and governance positions in the public and private sectors

Continue to effectively implement pro-poor growth and employment creation strategies

Implement legislation, as required under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to end discrimination against women and harassment in the workplace

Create an environment of freedom of the media, and encourage media to project positive images of women and of the equal status and responsibilities of women and men in the private and public spheres

Decriminalize apostasy

Make the necessary amendments to legislation in order to ensure that communities of all faiths and religions have an equal place in a democratic society

Examine the possibility of decriminalizing apostasy and blasphemy

Enact legislation to ensure that all persons may freely exercise their religion in public and build places of worship

Enact legislation that also allows non-Muslims to acquire Maldivian citizenship