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113.59

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Brunei Darussalam
Recommendation

Enhance efforts to promote understanding of the Sharia Penal Code through awareness programmes and other relevant activities

Recommending State
  • Iran
Action Category
4 - General action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Human rights education and training
  • Justice
Date added
Mar 3, 2020
Recommendation to review
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113.51

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Brunei Darussalam
Recommendation

Strengthen the text and enforcement of legislation that protects internationally recognized labour rights for all workers, particularly those rights relating to forced labour and freedom of association

Recommending State
  • United States
Action Category
4 - General action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
  • Labour rights
Date added
Mar 3, 2020
Recommendation to review
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113.22

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Brunei Darussalam
Recommendation

Review the reservation to CRC and CEDAW

Recommending State
  • Sweden
Action Category
3 - Considering action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • International instruments
  • Rights of the Child
  • Women's rights
Date added
Mar 3, 2020
Recommendation to review
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113.13

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Brunei Darussalam
Recommendation

Ratify ICCPR, ICESCR and its Second Optional Protocol, and CAT

Recommending State
  • Djibouti
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • CP rights - general
  • ESC rights - general
  • International instruments
  • Torture and other CID treatment
Date added
Mar 3, 2020
Recommendation to review
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113.5

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Brunei Darussalam
Recommendation

Ratify ICCPR and ICESCR

Recommending State
  • Algeria
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • ESC rights - general
  • International instruments
Date added
Mar 3, 2020
Recommendation to review
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Portugal
Recommendation

Condemn racist and xenophobic speech by politicians and promote tolerance and diversity

Recommending State
  • Kyrgyzstan
Action Category
4 - General action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Racial discrimination
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Release all prisoners of conscience, including the poet Mohammed Al-Ajami, and respect the rights of all individuals to freedom of expression

Recommending State
  • United States
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Detention
  • Freedom of opinion and expression
  • Freedom of religion and belief
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Initiate a public debate with a view to abolishing the death penalty de jure, after more than 10 years of de facto moratorium on executions

Recommending State
  • France
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Death penalty
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Abolish the death penalty

Recommending State
  • Portugal
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Death penalty
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Commute all death sentences, declare a moratorium on executions and move towards abolition of the death penalty

Recommending State
  • Norway
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Death penalty
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Consider the possibility of adopting a de jure moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty

Recommending State
  • Italy
Action Category
3 - Considering action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Death penalty
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Establish a formal moratorium on the use of the death penalty with a view to ratifying the second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Recommending State
  • Australia
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Death penalty
  • International instruments
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Examine the possibility of introducing a formal moratorium on the death penalty

Recommending State
  • Switzerland
Action Category
3 - Considering action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Death penalty
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Maintain its commitment to dedicating 0.7 per cent of gross national income to overseas development assistance in order to support economic and social rights in poor countries

Recommending State
  • Sierra Leone
Action Category
2 - Continuing action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Right to development
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Hold regular meetings of agreed institutional mechanisms to address issues pertaining to migrant workers and ensure dialogue under such arrangements

Recommending State
  • India
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Adopt legal provisions that guarantee migrant workers the right to join trade unions

Recommending State
  • Spain
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Noted
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Reform labour laws to ensure that domestic workers are legally protected and improve the enforcement of those laws, in order to ensure that the rights of foreign workers in Qatar are guaranteed

Recommending State
  • United Kingdom
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Develop a specific strategy to ensure that domestic workers can file complaints in cases of violence and abuse, without fear of reprisal or harassment

Recommending State
  • Belgium
Action Category
4 - General action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Ensure that the draft law on domestic workers, which it is hoped will be adopted very soon, is in line with ILO Convention No. 189

Recommending State
  • Uruguay
Action Category
4 - General action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • International instruments
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Abolish the laws on sponsorship and include domestic workers in laws that protect workers

Recommending State
  • Spain
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Take further urgent steps to address the concerns raised during the session about the recruitment and treatment of foreign workers

Recommending State
  • Ghana
Action Category
4 - General action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
View

N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Improve the legal protection of migrant workers, apply the provisions of the labour laws that prohibit the retention of passports of migrant workers, strengthen institutional controls for the protection of migrant workers, and remove or amend the requirement for foreign nationals to obtain their sponsor's consent in order to obtain exit visas

Recommending State
  • Switzerland
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
View

N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Remove the requirement in the law on sponsorship for foreign nationals to obtain the permission of their current employer before moving jobs or leaving the country, and ensure that the rights of migrant workers are protected

Recommending State
  • Australia
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Abolish the exit visa system for foreign workers

Recommending State
  • Ireland
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Abolish the exit visa system for foreign workers

Recommending State
  • Brazil
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
View

N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Reform the sponsorship system, removing the requirement for foreign workers to obtain permission before leaving Qatar or moving jobs

Recommending State
  • United Kingdom
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
View

N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Abolish or reform the restrictive law on sponsorship, which drives potential labour exploitation and human trafficking, strengthen enforcement of the labour law, continue to increase awareness of human rights of migrant workers, and expand legal protections

Recommending State
  • United States
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Human rights education and training
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
  • Trafficking
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Establish a timetable for reform of the system of sponsorship-based employment

Recommending State
  • Brazil
Action Category
5 - Specific action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Review the kafala system in order to comply with international standards

Recommending State
  • Sweden
Action Category
3 - Considering action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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N/A

Cycle
Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
Session
19 - May 2014
State under Review
  • Qatar
Recommendation

Consider abolishing the kafala system for all migrant workers and eliminating the exit permit system

Recommending State
  • Costa Rica
Action Category
3 - Considering action
Response
Supported
Issues
  • Labour rights
  • Migrants
Date added
Sep 26, 2019
Recommendation
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