141.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure 12 years of free primary and secondary education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Private Voluntary Organisations Act after sector-wide consultations to ensure the right to freedom of association and establish an independent regulator that is effective and representative of the private voluntary organizations operating in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect and strengthen civic space in law and practice, including by rescinding the planned amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisations Act and the proposed enactment of the “patriotic bill”
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to guarantee the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and ensure that the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act is in line with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act of 2019 in consultation with civil society, recognize the legitimacy of peaceful spontaneous assemblies and demonstrations and develop law enforcement protocols on the management of assemblies that are compatible with international human rights norms and standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act to allow for the full enjoyment of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Align the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act with the Constitution and international human rights treaties, upholding the rights to freedom of expression and of assembly and association for civil society, human rights defenders, journalists and religious communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Freedom of Information Act and the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act to remove any provision that unduly restrict freedoms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect the right to freedom of expression and assembly and cease the arbitrary arrest and prosecution of journalists, human rights defenders, trade unionists, student activists, opposition candidates and others
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee an environment conducive to respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular by adopting legislation to protect human rights defenders and by fighting against impunity for perpetrators of human rights violations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent complaints mechanism to investigate and hold accountable members of the security forces who allegedly engaged in violations and abuses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent complaints system – as provided for in the Constitution – to receive and investigate public complaints against the security services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End impunity for human rights violations and follow up the recommendations made by the Motlanthe commission on the issue of individual responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate cases of the disproportionate use of violence by the police and hold perpetrators to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that allegations of human rights abuses are promptly and transparently investigated and that perpetrators are held to account
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations in the 2018 election observers’ reports
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take concrete measures to facilitate the search for an inclusive process that ensures justice, truth, guarantees of non-repetition and reconciliation for the whole population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take swift actions to end impunity for human rights violations, including by following up on the recommendations made by the Motlanthe commission on the issue of individual responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations from local, regional and international independent observer missions to the 2018 elections in order to promote peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in 2023
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.20
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the Zimbabwean courts are impartial, allowing those appearing before them to have their constitutional rights to a fair trial and legal counsel of their choosing respected
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect and guarantee the separation of powers to ensure judicial independence and impartial decision-making and also respect and guarantee independent and transparent processes for the appointment, dismissal and extension of tenure for judges
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a far-reaching reform of the judicial system and effectively guarantee the independence of the judiciary
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address overcrowding and poor material conditions in places of detention and separate juveniles from adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eradicate harmful practices such as female genital mutilation, child marriage and polygamy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enforce security and due process laws adopted under the 2013 Constitution that prohibit arbitrary arrests and prolonged detentions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to make progress on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.13
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all laws and policies discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and amend laws to ensure that their rights and freedoms are safeguarded
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make progress regarding the necessary legislative measures to ensure the protection of the human rights of LGBTIQ+ people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reaffirm its commitment to the principles of equality and non- discrimination, including by swiftly decriminalizing consensual sexual relations between same-sex adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize relationships between consenting adults of the same sex and take the necessary measures to prevent and combat discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal all legal provisions that discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity, particularly the criminalization of consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual adult same-sex relations and combat all forms of discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex by repealing section 73 of the Criminal Code and the Reform Act, 2006
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate any discriminatory measure against women, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex population and people with disabilities, and ensure and improve access to justice for these groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary measures to eliminate intersectional forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities, against lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and against intersex persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation to ensure that the right to vote is extended to all citizens, including those imprisoned and in the diaspora, and implement recommendations from observer missions to the 2018 harmonized elections, including the Motlanthe commission of inquiry
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Grant unhindered access to the country to all special procedure mandate holders who request a visit, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend an open invitation to special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
141.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and fully align its national legislation with all the obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.98
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take specific measures to guarantee the effective implementation of the right to nationality of stateless persons and their children born in Zimbabwe and guarantee their inclusion in society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to adopt measures to facilitate the registration of all births and increase the rate of issuance of birth certificates
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.96
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish birth registration centres at every district hospital in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend all ancillary laws that may have a direct relationship with the provisions prohibiting child marriage in order to ensure consistency and harmony in the legal framework
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending the provisions of the Marriage Act that permit child marriage, in line with the decision of the Constitutional Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.93
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop a government plan for eliminating child marriage and amend provisions of the Marriage Act that permit child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish corporal punishment in all settings and strengthen child protection systems in full compliance with its international human rights obligations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Broaden the definition of perpetrators of domestic violence in the Domestic Violence Act to include those not necessarily related to the victim or not living in the same household as the victim and engage in dialogue with the communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to address violence against women, children and all persons on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen its efforts to enhance access to prevention and early detection programmes for women and girls at risk
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure 12 years of free primary and secondary school education for both girls and boys, as recommended by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee to persons under 18 years of age the right to sexual and reproductive health information, education and services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enable free, fair and transparent elections in 2023 and in the future by undertaking substantive and concrete political and electoral reforms, including the implementation of the recommendations issued in the report of the European Union election observation mission to Zimbabwe in 2018
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend existing laws that govern civil society organizations, including the Private Voluntary Organisations Act, to ensure the protection of civic space and of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that any amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisations Act allow civil society to operate independently
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect civil society actors, including human rights organizations, against any harassment or persecution and improve the legal framework so that it encourages and facilitates the operation of non-governmental organizations, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary steps to ensure that civil society actors and human rights defenders can operate freely without fear of intimidation or reprisal
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to ensure that journalists and human rights defenders can carry out their work in an enabling environment, without fear of being victims of acts of intimidation or reprisal
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.79
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary measures to guarantee the protection of journalists and human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.78
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that civil society, journalists and human rights defenders can freely speak and file complaints without fear of harassment, intimidation or reprisal from the authorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.77
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that any lockdown measures and restrictions are proportionate, necessary and time-limited, without intimidation of citizens and media personnel
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow the practice of constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association for all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the recommendations of the Motlanthe commission on post-election 2018 violence, to provide redress to victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the recommendations in the Motlanthe commission of inquiry report
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adhere to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and take all necessary measures to ensure a safe environment to exercise the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an official moratorium on executions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Impose an official moratorium on the death penalty with immediate effect, commute all existing death sentences to terms of imprisonment and abolish the death penalty in national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen awareness-raising campaigns on the death penalty and public debates on this topic from a human rights perspective, including within Parliament, with a view to definitively abolishing it and ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, as soon as possible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all the necessary measures to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, as well as to commute all death sentences to alternative penalties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.66
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an official moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty and move towards its legal abolition for all crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending the Constitution to abolish the death penalty for all crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty and 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty in all circumstances and 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue efforts towards abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its eventual abolition and consider ratifying 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a de jure moratorium on capital executions with a view to fully abolishing the death penalty and 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty, commute existing death sentences to proportionate punishments and 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect intersex minors from non-consensual surgeries and violations of bodily integrity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a national strategy to eliminate gender-based discrimination and increase gender parity in political, economic and social segments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Create a national human rights institution whose attributions, mechanisms and means of functioning are such as to guarantee its independence and its effectiveness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the alignment of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act with the Paris Principles and the Constitution of Zimbabwe and provide funding for the protection and promotion of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Create a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the independence of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission and establish a clear, transparent and participatory procedure for the selection and appointment of its members
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize the adoption of legislation relating to the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission, which will set up an independent mechanism for the examination of public complaints related to security services’ actions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a specific gender equality law covering all grounds of discrimination against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.50
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation in line with the 2013 Constitution and the international human rights system, guaranteeing the full enjoyment of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue efforts to integrate the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the laws governing the right to freedom of peaceful assembly are fully in line with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Align the age of consent for marriage under the Customary Marriages Act and the Marriage Act with the Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedure mandate holders of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate measures to combat sexism and sexual violence by ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and incorporate it into the domestic legal system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps leading to ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify without reservations the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and strengthen efforts to combat torture by enforcing a zero-tolerance policy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.20
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to ratify outstanding international treaties and protocols, including the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) of the International Labour Organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize the ratification of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.13
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Speed up the process of ratifying the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, which is still under consideration
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to ratify the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- 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
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying international instruments to which Zimbabwe is not yet a party, including the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify pending international human rights conventions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify all core human rights treaties to safeguard political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify outstanding treaties, conventions and agreements
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
140.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take steps towards the ratification of outstanding international human rights instruments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide to all its citizens birth certificates and national identity cards in order to ensure access to education, government services and voter rolls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.125
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps with a view to prohibiting early marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.124
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.123
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make more efforts to combat early marriage by adopting firm legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.122
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take pragmatic actions to fight early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.121
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Criminalize child marriage and prosecute and adequately punish perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to end child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to protect the rights of women and girls and against the illegal practice of child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.118
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Criminalize child marriage and prosecute and adequately punish perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.117
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Criminalize child marriage and prosecute and punish those responsible in accordance with international human rights law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure legislative and policy measures to criminalize child marriage and punish the perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.115
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps in order to guarantee equitable protection of children across the country by strengthening and implementing child protection systems
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Mobilize efforts on the provision of resources and the improvement of infrastructure for children in rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.113
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement effective measures to promote the reporting of domestic violence and hold perpetrators accountable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to combat gender-based violence and carry out community-based awareness-raising campaigns
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further action to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider strengthening policy measures on gender equality and on combating gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.109
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures, both in law and in practice, to combat violence against women and domestic violence, as well as child, early and forced marriage, virginity testing and other harmful practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.108
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with measures to combat gender-based violence and discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen legislative and administrative measures to ensure women’s access to avenues of economic participation, including land and financing
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.106
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts towards the economic empowerment of rural women while ensuring access to electricity, water and sanitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.105
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify the measures being taken in the advancement of women’s rights, including through awareness-raising campaigns
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen its policies and measures to empower women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.103
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect the livelihoods of rural women and support women farmers with incentives, access to credit and other productive sources
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.102
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to allocate resources to programmes that promote and advance women’s rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to focus on the issue of education to ensure accessible and high-quality education for all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.100
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify its efforts to ensure the full implementation of the Education Amendment Act 2020 and reduce the school dropout rate, particularly among girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.99
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take urgent steps in order to ensure that all children have access to education, including those living in remote areas, and eliminate all root causes of discrimination against girls in the realization of their right to education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.98
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to improve access to education during the pandemic period, including by providing training for teachers and lecturers on using e-learning platforms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to reform and develop the education sector to include all segments of society, including those with special needs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.95
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to mitigate COVID-19-related challenges with support from the international community
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue improving health services to better respond to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular the needs of the most vulnerable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.93
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to improve access to health-care services for all its people and strengthen the Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.92
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue prioritizing public health policies, particularly in primary and community health care, to maintain the decline in mortality rates in all age groups, especially children, teenagers and young people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen children’s access to health services, particularly with regard to HIV, malaria and tuberculosis
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to create an enabling environment for the improvement of public health through the National Health Strategy for Zimbabwe (2016-2020) and a robust HIV response strategy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee women living in rural and remote areas access to health and social services, especially in terms of family planning
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee access to health care and assistance, in particular to vulnerable groups, including by further increasing the budgetary allocation for the health sector
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.87
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take appropriate measures to improve the coverage and accessibility of health services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.86
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve access to quality and affordable health services, including in remote areas, by allocating sufficient budgetary resources to health, allowing for the establishment of hospitals with skilled and human rights-trained health professionals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.85
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the health sector by improving the quality of care in order to allow health workers to work in better conditions and to ensure that people have access to the necessary health care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.84
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to improve access to health-care facilities and medical assistance in order to address the overall mortality rate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance effort to widen access to health care to its citizen, including in the handling of the pandemic, involving also possible bilateral and international cooperation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.82
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve access to drinking water and appropriate sanitation facilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.81
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.80
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps to improve the level of well-being and social protection of the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.79
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to consolidate its commendable social programmes in favour of its population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.78
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts made to combat poverty and to promote education, health, housing, water and sanitation services in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.77
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the implementation of the 2013 policy on food and nutrition security
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.76
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take measures to safeguard food security
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.75
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take agricultural productivity measures to ensure food security in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble its efforts to ensure access to food, quality health services and education, especially for vulnerable groups such as older persons, children, the chronically ill and persons with disabilities, both in the context of the response to COVID-19 and beyond
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to address the fragility of food security challenges, particularly in the context of climate change
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to increase opportunities for the equal participation of women in the labour force
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.71
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen policies to support the family as the fundamental and natural unit of society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the Trafficking in Persons Act to incorporate a definition of trafficking consistent with the Protocol to Prevent, Supress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.69
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to combat trafficking in human beings, including by improving law enforcement practices with a view to bringing to justice and punishing the perpetrators, as well as by providing victims of trafficking with protection and rehabilitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to identify and protect victims of trafficking from and within the country and to investigate, prosecute and adequately punish the perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.67
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to identify and protect victims of trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.66
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to strengthen policy measures against trafficking in persons in line with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and enhance the availability of support services for victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.65
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary steps to ensure free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections in 2023, including by facilitating access to identity documentation and voter registration
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen efforts in the implementation of laws and policies on freedom of expression and assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite the creation of legal aid centres at the district level
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures, including legislation, to ensure an independent judiciary
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take measures aimed at improving the work of the judicial and penitentiary systems
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.60
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble efforts to implement the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) and without delay address complaints about overcrowding and poor conditions in places of detention, including pretrial detention centres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.59
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address poor material conditions in places of detention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take additional measures to prevent any form of violence and discrimination against women and girls, including harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to mitigate the negative effects of climate change and environmental degradation, particularly in relation to food and water security
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to ensure a comprehensive gender-responsive and disability-inclusive approach to the development and implementation of climate change and disaster risk reduction policies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Report on measures taken to prevent and mitigate the negative effects of climate change and environmental degradation, particularly on food and water security
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek international assistance in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change on economic and agriculture sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue implementing effective measures to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change, including increased incidences of droughts, cyclones and floods, negatively impacting the enjoyment of human rights by the people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider increasing awareness on adapting capacity, increasing climate change and overreliance on climate-sensitive sectors as key to reducing the country’s vulnerability to climate change
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.50
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that people affected by natural disasters are provided access to adequate food, housing, health care and other basic and essential services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Report to the international human rights mechanisms on the impacts of unilateral coercive measures on humanitarian sectors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Monitor the impacts of unilateral coercive measures on achieving sustainable development goals at the national level
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Work together with regional bodies such as the Southern African Development Community to ensure the lifting of sanctions against the country, which have had a negative impact on the economic development of the country
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to counter unilateral coercive measures in order to eliminate the negative effects of these unlawful measures on the human rights of the people of Zimbabwe
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to further protect the rights of vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Incorporate into the National Development Strategy I (2021–2025) the response to the socioeconomic and health impacts of COVID-19, as a cross- cutting issue
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement the national development strategy and promote sustainable economic and social development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to promote sustainable economic and social development and to improve the living standards in the country constantly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to promote sustainable economic and social development in order to facilitate the enjoyment of human rights by its people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategy I (2021–2025) to improve the welfare of people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take steps aimed at the successful implementation of the National Development Strategy I (2021–2025)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to mobilize resources and seek necessary international support to improve the socioeconomic development of its people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with efforts to implement strategic plans for economic recovery and growth to enhance opportunities for all
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts, including by strengthening policy measures, to improve gender equality and women’s empowerment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts made to promote gender equality and combat all forms of discrimination against women, improve child protection and eliminate child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures to address discrimination against women, including direct and indirect discrimination in both the public and the private spheres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up efforts to eliminate discriminatory gender stereotypes, harmful practices and gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to combat all forms of discrimination against women and girls, to address the phenomenon of domestic violence and to empower and integrate women into economic life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps to ensure women’s rights, including by removing gender-based discriminatory provisions on marriage and property rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up its efforts to ensure more effective enforcement of policies and legislation to address discrimination against and the marginalization of women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.29
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that customary laws and practices are in accordance with the Constitution and comply with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that customary laws and practices conform with the Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue developing actions premised on the commitment of the Government towards continuous training of public officials in human rights to enhance their capacity to implement human rights and respect for the rule of law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.26
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures to combat corruption through training and awareness-raising programmes on the economic and social costs of corruption
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to mobilize resources and technical support aimed at enhancing its capacity to fulfil its human rights obligations and achieve social and economic development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take steps to protect children online through the establishment of the Zimbabwe Child Online Protection Task Force and relevant policies and provisions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to mobilize resources and technical support in order to enhance its capacity to fulfil its human rights obligations and achieve social and economic development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure protection, in law and in practice, of the rights of vulnerable groups of the population, in particular women, children, persons with disabilities, the elderly and ethnic minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all necessary measures to ensure the proper functioning and full independence of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.20
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake the necessary efforts to ensure the independence of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission is fully independent, in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the independence of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider strengthening the national human rights institution, namely the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) and ensuring its independence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.16
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accelerate the process of aligning national legislation with the legal standards and requirements of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, especially the Electoral Act, the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act and the Marriage Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Incorporate provisions of international human rights instruments to which it is a party into its domestic legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure adoption of the “law project” related to marriage setting the minimum age of marriage at 18 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.13
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Complete the drafting and adoption of the “law project” related to persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pursue national efforts to align the national legislation with the Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Align the Marriage Act with the Constitution to criminalize child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.10
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Harmonize laws in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further strengthen the Trafficking in Persons Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts made to integrate international human rights standards to which it is a party into the domestic legal framework
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take concrete and immediate legislative measures to enshrine the principles of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance in national laws in order to guarantee free, credible, transparent and fair elections, in line with target 16.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt gender legislation that punishes violence against women, as well as intersectional discrimination against women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite the adoption of the Marriages Bill and follow up its dissemination to the public at large
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt the Marriages Bill and the Children’s Amendment Bill criminalizing child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to fulfil international obligations by further developing and implementing comprehensive national plans and programmes under the Sustainable Development Goals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its cooperation with Human Rights Council and its mechanisms, including the special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
139.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 40 - November 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider taking steps to improve its reporting to the human rights treaty bodies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance efforts to promote gender equality and combat all forms of discrimination, including those on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate discrimination, stigmatization and violence against persons based on their sexual orientation and gender identity and, through public dialogue, promote tolerance and a culture of non-discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt urgent measures to make progress on the elimination of all forms of discrimination, stigmatization and violence against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity and to promote the respect of the rights of all persons by society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prohibit discrimination against persons because of their real or imputed sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and ensure adequate protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, sex workers, and other marginalized groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to prevent discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity, both by State officials and non-State actors, and allow the change of gender markers on government-issued documentation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to prevent and combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, including by decriminalizing sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Issue a standing invitation to all mandate holders under the special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the crime of sodomy as described in the Criminal Code and the Reform Act, 2006, and ensure that same-sex conduct between consenting adults is not subject to criminal sanctions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Decriminalize consensual sexual relations between same-sex adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make progress, both at the legislative level and in practice, in ensuring the rights and fundamental freedoms 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
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Rescind legal provisions that provide for the criminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons following the principle of non-discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the provisions in the Criminal Code which criminalize sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and accede to the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to and domesticate the Rome Statute and adopt provisions to cooperate fully and promptly with the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court signed in 1998
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact specific laws and policies in order to protect human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote and disseminate the United Nations declaration on human rights defenders and adopt national legislation for its effective implementation, investigate threats, attacks and intimidations against human rights defenders and ensure their protection
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As previously recommended, amend existing rules for the security forces, including the Public Order and Security Act, to ensure that the rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of association and freedom of the press can be exercised
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of the press
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee freedom of assembly and association, including through immediate alignment of national legislation, in particular the Public Order and Security Act, with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
The Government facilitate a visit by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights defenders
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
That the protections guaranteed by the Constitution be implemented, that a safe and enabling environment for civil society be created in law and practice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End human rights violations and abuses against civil society, the media and political opposition, repeal the ban on public demonstrations, and ensure individuals are able to exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, free from intimidation and harassment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect civil society actors, including human rights organizations, against any harassment or persecution, including arbitrary arrest or enforced disappearance, and improve the legal framework so that it encourages and facilitates the operation of non-governmental organizations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Civil society
- Detention
- Enforced disappearances
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make efforts to promote free and unbiased local media, including by removing restrictions on local radio broadcasts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that upcoming legislation will not limit citizens' rights to engage in free and private exchanges of information on social media
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Privacy
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal or significantly reform laws that may have the effect of unduly restricting freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly, which include the Public Order and Security Act, the computer crime and cybercrime bill and police bans on protests
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal and amend legislation that infringes on the right to freedom of expression in line with the international obligations and Constitution of Zimbabwe, such as the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act and the Public Order and Security Act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Immediately adopt policies to guide the equitable use of the performance and accountability systems of the State justice institutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Advance towards the abolition of capital punishment by decreeing a de jure moratorium
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a formal moratorium on the death penalty with a view to ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an official moratorium on executions and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights with a view to abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a moratorium on the death penalty, as a first step towards its complete and full abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to fully abolishing it both in practice and in law, for all cases and under all circumstances
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty in national legislation for all crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish the death penalty in domestic law for all crimes, adopt an immediate official moratorium on executions and commute without delay all death sentences into prison sentences
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish corporal punishment in all settings, and strengthen child protection systems in full compliance with international human rights obligations, including through the implementation of national child protection programmes by December 2018
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide access to free, quality health-care services for all children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Scale up efforts to ensure that all children are issued with a birth certificate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending the existing legislation to ensure that all children born in Zimbabwe, regardless of their parents' origin, are issued with birth certificates and ensure the paternity rights of children born out of wedlock
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reinforce policies to ensure that all children born in Zimbabwe, regardless of their parents' origins, are issued with birth certificates
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cooperate with the special procedure mandate holders of the Human Rights Council by responding positively to their requests for visits
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allow, before its next review, unhindered access to the country by all special procedures of the Human Rights Council who request a visit
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider issuing a standing invitation to the United Nations human rights special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Issue standing invitations to all special procedure mandate holders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Issue a standing invitation to the special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend a standing invitation to the special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend a standing invitation to the Human Rights Council special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend an open and standing invitation to the mandate holders of the United Nations special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that humanitarian agencies can operate in all parts of the country without undue restrictions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the independence of the Human Rights Commission of Zimbabwe as far as the following are concerned: funding, mandate, immunity and appointment of commission members, all this in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the national human rights commission is given financial autonomy as well as independence for its mandate, immunity and designation of its members, according to the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend the draft computer crime and cybercrime bill and the Public Order and Security Act so as to align them with the 2013 Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Privacy
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend all discriminatory provisions and administrative regulations relating to family, marriage and divorce
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Immediately publish a timeline ensuring that legislation, including the Public Order and Security Act, the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act and relevant electoral legislation, will be aligned with the Constitution before the end of the eighth session of Parliament
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Privacy
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review and update the Public Order and Security Act and the Private Voluntary Organizations Act to be in line with international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Public Order and Security Act, and license independent broadcasters
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Privacy
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that its legislation is in line with the new Constitution and the rights concerning freedom of expression and freedom of media therein
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Labour Organization Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019