111.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a systematic consultation and follow-up mechanism with civil society and non-governmental organizations on the implementation of recommendations formulated in the framework of the universal periodic review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to provide sufficient funding for its human rights programmes and activities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Explicitly incorporate the approach based on gender rights and sensitivity, the Public Policy for Coexistence and Elimination of Racism and Racial Discrimination and the Plan for its implementation so that, in line with the 2030 Agenda, no one is left behind
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue and redouble the efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination and other related forms of intolerance, placing particular attention on the structural elements of discrimination that might affect the effective exercise of the rights to health, education, decent work and participation in decision-making processes by indigenous people and people of African descent
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Labour rights
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put in place effective measures and policies to address discrimination against indigenous peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Persist in its efforts to combat the structural causes of racial discrimination against indigenous peoples, in order to ensure access to quality education and health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Racial discrimination
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the requirement to consult with indigenous peoples on decisions concerning lands traditionally owned by them is enshrined in law, and that every effort is made by the Government to ensure that this instrument complies with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a law on rural development, followed by a comprehensive policy and an increase of the budget of the Ministry of Social Development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to development
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate fully allegations of serious acts of violence, including numerous murders, against trade union officers and their members, and bring their perpetrators to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Public security
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the role and capacity of the National Civil Police with a view to reducing the role of the armed forces in the maintenance of public order
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Public security
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary action to publish the report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in order to assist a dialogue on the implementation of the Subcommittee’s recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen protection for journalists, which is essential to the full respect of fundamental freedoms, in particular by rapidly realizing the programme of protection for journalists, for which much effort has already been made
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to protect human rights defenders through the removal of legal and policy measures which inhibit the ability of defenders to carry out their vital work in safety, without fear of interference, obstruction or harassment of any kind, including by finalizing the public policy for the protection of human rights defenders with strong participation by civil society and an adequate budgetary allocation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary steps to work towards diminishing threats and violence against human rights defenders, especially women and journalists, and to implement an effective mechanism to protect them from these threats
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the protection measures for human rights defenders, taking due account of gender and cultural aspects
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In consultation with civil society groups across Guatemala, finalize and implement a public policy for human rights defenders’ protection
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement safeguards for human rights defenders by introducing legislation to protect freedom of association and assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that human rights defenders can carry out their legitimate activities without fear or undue impediment, obstruction, or legal or administrative harassment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the independence and effectiveness of the judiciary and adopt all necessary measures to consolidate recent efforts in the fight against impunity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts in the fight against impunity and corruption, through increasing the financial resources for the judiciary and through the implementation of judicial reforms aimed at fully ensuring the independence of the judiciary
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Corruption
- Impunity
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.78
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to invest resources to expand social programmes that promote and protect the human rights of older persons in Guatemala, in particular those living in poverty, to allow them to age with dignity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop and implement comprehensive and efficient policies to fight poverty and in particular chronic and acute malnutrition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to food
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts to reduce the illiteracy rate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.98
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Elaborate and implement programmes and initiatives to encourage the sharing of domestic responsibilities and childcare with a view to eliminating gender stereotypes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.106
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to combat violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify awareness-raising measures against femicide and violence against women, as well as on the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat violence against women by putting an end to impunity in this area
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to tackle femicide and violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Carry out awareness-raising campaigns on all matters related to gender violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate appropriate resources for the effective application of the law against femicide and other forms of gender-based violence, including better access to services for victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.134
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to improve women’s representation in decision-making positions in the public sector and reduce the gender pay gap
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.135
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a mechanism to increase the participation of women, particularly indigenous women, in key positions of the three powers of the Republic and in decision-making processes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt awareness-raising measures to guarantee that people belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community are not discriminated against on the grounds of their sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decentralize the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala to all regions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Impunity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt an intercultural health policy and strategy with an approach based on gender rights and sensitivity ensuring, inter alia, universal access to sexual and reproductive health, particularly in rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee respect of sexual and reproductive rights and take measures to prevent early pregnancies, particularly through awareness-raising and sexual education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue internal institutional processes to strengthen democracy, justice and respect for human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize and implement a national action plan to follow up the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Business and human rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in taking steps to eliminate further racial discrimination, in consultation with national human rights institutions and all other relevant stakeholders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the full participation of indigenous peoples in decision-making processes which concern them, and ensure that they are consulted in the context of the planning and implementation of large-scale economic projects
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a mechanism for the protection of journalists and release all journalists detained for exercising their freedom of expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to promote freedom of expression and information by protecting journalists
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with its efforts to strengthen the effectiveness and independence of the justice system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen policies and programmes to combat chronic malnutrition and ensure food security
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to food
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.117
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate sufficient resources to specialized courts and tribunals with jurisdiction over femicide and other forms of violence against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.118
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Open up and strengthen specialized centres providing care to women victims of violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls, including through the elimination of violence against them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.122
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement more measures to prevent violence against women, such as the training workshops conducted by the Office for the Defence of Indigenous Women’s Rights on the protection of indigenous women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Indigenous peoples
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address the structural causes of organized crime, including those relating to sexual violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Public security
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.132
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote large-scale registration campaigns for women voters, in particular in rural areas and notably for indigenous women, with a view to ensuring their full participation in political and public life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
- Indigenous peoples
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.20
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to ensure the protection of the life as well as the physical and psychological integrity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Set up a legal framework to recognize indigenous peoples’ rights to have access to and manage their territories of origin and their natural resources, and to participate in the decision-making processes on those matters concerning them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.27.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt effective measures to address the high level of pregnancy among girls and adolescents and ensure their effective access to sexual and reproductive health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize and eliminate all punitive measures related to termination of pregnancies in cases of rape, incest and severe fetal impairment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
112.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen preventive, protective and rehabilitative measures for women and girl victims of sexual violence, through specialized psychosocial, legal and health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen national efforts to combat discrimination, xenophobia and racism, in particular discriminatory practices against indigenous people, migrants, refugees and people of African descent
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Indigenous peoples
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Appoint independent and qualified members to the whole national preventive mechanism to enable the institution to function in accordance with the aims and objectives of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure prompt, thorough and impartial investigations regarding attacks against human rights defenders and adopt a public policy on their protection
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019