100.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the right to education is effectively offered to all, especially to children in rural areas, and that the rich patrimony of indigenous languages is preserved and transmitted
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to education
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Work at improving the health-care infrastructure, in all regions, especially access to prenatal obstetric care, midwife training and resources devoted to maternal health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the de facto moratorium of the death penalty, while working toward its abolition from the Criminal Code
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.199
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to determine the Guyanese nationality of returning citizens, who may lack the documentation needed to prove their right to nationality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.198
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen awareness-raising activities, including training in human rights for public force personnel and other officials linked to migration issues, in order to avoid violations of the rights of people in situations of mobility and vulnerability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Migrants
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.197
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a regulatory and public policy framework on asylum, including the adoption of procedures in accordance with international standards for the determination of the status of refugee
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.196
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Advance the protection of migrant workers and their families in order to ensure their safety and freedom, and promote equal rights, social security and access to education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Right to education
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.195
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the efforts to make sure that all persons with disabilities are fully enjoying their economic, social and cultural rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- ESC rights - general
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.194
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend to a new period the application of the National Strategic Plan on persons with disabilities and complete the national survey of persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- National action plan
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.193
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the work of the National Commission on Disability and make all necessary adjustments so that children with disabilities have access to education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.192
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps with a view to ensure the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the whole territory of the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.191
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities in order to enhance their ability to access facilities and buildings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.190
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance the protection of persons with disabilities by bringing the Mental Health Ordinance of 1933 into line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.189
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Harmonize national legislation on mental health in accordance with international law, in particular the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.188
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts aimed at the protection of the rights of indigenous communities and peoples and achieve a greater inclusion of them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.187
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take further steps to ensure the protection of land rights of its indigenous peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.186
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the protection of the rights of Amerindian peoples through the revision of the Amerindian Act and other relevant laws to align them with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.185
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that public policies address the prevention of child pregnancy through educational campaigns and social services, in accordance with targets 5.3 and 5.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- SDGs
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.184
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening measures to eliminate child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.183
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures to prevent abuse of children, including sexual abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.182
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts of the Child Protection Agency to ensure a systematic public education and awareness programme on sexual abuse and neglect of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.181
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prohibit corporal punishment of children both in private and public life in accordance with article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.180
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all measures to end genital mutilation and early or forced child marriages and fight effectively against the impunity of perpetrators of gender- based violence, sexual violence and harassment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.179
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures that specifically prohibit corporal punishment of boys and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.178
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to provide the necessary resources for the efficient functioning of the Sexual Offences Court and the Children’s Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to eliminate violence against children and protect them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.176
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake initiatives to combat child marriages, including through improving economic and social conditions that buttress their proliferation, and undertake a robust public education campaign to reduce the number of minors married with judicial authorization annually
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider implementing a system of birth registration for vulnerable population groups and in isolated regions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.174
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to raise awareness regarding child rights and protect children from neglect, harm and violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.173
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take steps for the promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.172
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts to prevent and address all forms of violence and discrimination against women, in line with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- International instruments
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.171
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen legislative, institutional and educational frameworks to eliminate discrimination and violence against women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.170
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts in curbing domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.169
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to pursue the efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and improve their access to health and education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.168
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider enhancing the implementation of policies and programmes that would ensure the full protection and promotion of the rights of women and children, including sexual violence and intimate partner violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.167
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct further steps towards the prevention of gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.166
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt a comprehensive, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive approach to climate change adaption and mitigation policies, consistent with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Environment and human rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.165
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote equality between men and women by taking the necessary measures to increase the participation of women in political, economic and social life
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.164
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that sexual and reproductive health services, including abortion and contraception services and information, are available, accessible and affordable to all women and girls, especially in rural areas and among vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.163
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take positive measures to better protect the rights of women, children and persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expand essential services for victims of gender-based violence, including the establishment of additional shelters and crisis centres to protect victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.161
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up measures to fight domestic violence, including by strengthening institutional and legal mechanisms for the protection of women and girls, as well as establishing shelters for victims in all regions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.160
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue measures to enhance gender equality in political and public life, as well as combat gender-based violence and human trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Trafficking
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.159
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance efforts to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, particularly to mainstream a gender perspective into policies and programmes, and increase women’s participation in leadership and decision-making processes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.158
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures towards the elimination of domestic violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.157
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make the necessary legislative amendments to implement its 2008 National Policy on Domestic Violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.156
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen national institutions aimed at combating discrimination against women in order to incorporate gender equality in all government policies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the human, technical and financial resources allocated to the National Domestic Violence Oversight Committee and the National Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Violence so as to effectively coordinate the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act (1996) and the Sexual Offences Act (2010)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.154
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in creating a safe environment for women and girls where their rights are protected and promoted, not only through legislation but also through policies and programmes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to combat violence against women in all its forms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.152
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to promote women’s rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.151
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop more effective policies to fight against gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.150
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Achieve the internationally agreed development goals on gender equality, empowerment of women, equal pay and equality in the labour market, and strengthen educational opportunities and vocational training for women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- SDGs
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.149
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.148
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider allocating additional resources to the Women and Gender Equality Commission
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.147
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures to increase awareness of human rights, in local languages, among its population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.146
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the Health and Family Life Education programme to align with international guidelines in order to address sexual and gender-based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.144.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise and strengthen the Health and Family Life Education programme and its delivery to include comprehensive sexuality education, in line with international guidelines and best practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.144.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise and strengthen the Health and Family Life Education programme and its delivery to include comprehensive sexuality education, in line with international guidelines and best practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
100.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with the initiatives for an inclusive education that guarantees access to all levels of education, including for children of migrants and minority groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020