| No |
Recommendation |
Convention/Treaty Body |
| CRC-6 |
The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to address its previous recommendations of 2007 (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3) which have not been implemented or not sufficiently implemented and, in particular, those related to reservations (para. 10), legislation (para. 12), comprehensive policy and strategy (para. 15); coordination (para. 17); allocation of resources (para. 22); a national data collection system (para. 23). |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-31(a) |
The Committee urges the State party with the utmost priority to:(a) Repeal all legal provisions that provide for the death penalty for persons under the age of 18 in domestic legislation; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-31(b) |
Ensure that the death penalty is not carried out on persons under the age of 18 years or on persons who were under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of the crime, included for hadood offences and qisas cases, to replace any such death sentences with an appropriate alternative sanction and to work with families of murder victims to encourage pardons for qisas cases. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| ICCPR-13 |
The State party should consider abolishing the death penalty and ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It should remove mandatory death penalties from its statutes. |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| CEDAW - 23 |
The State party should:
adopt specific legislation, within a clear time frame, to criminalize marital rape without any exemptions;
(a) To ensure the effective implementation of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, including by allocating adequate financial resources for the implementation of the Domestic Violence Prevention National Strategy, and establish mechanisms to ensure that law enforcement officers respond to and investigate complaints regarding violence against women and that perpetrators are prosecuted and punished;
(b) To put in place an effective system to monitor and evaluate the implementation, effectiveness and impact of the new legislative framework and collect disaggregated data on the number of prosecutions and convictions of perpetrators;
(c) To strengthen victim assistance and rehabilitation by establishing a comprehensive care system for women who are victims of violence, including medical and psychological support, counselling and rehabilitation services, throughout the territory of the State party and, to that end, increase the effectiveness of the family and protection services centres and safe houses by providing adequate funding and trained personnel;
(d) To disseminate clear information aimed at specific groups, including teenage girls and migrant women, on the criminalization of various forms of violence under the new legislative framework;
(e) To develop measures to encourage women to lodge criminal complaints, and to eliminate the stereotyping and stigmatization faced by women who are victims of violence and claim their rights. |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| CEDAW - 25 |
The State party should:
(a) Strengthen the implementation of the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act, including by enhancing capacity-building efforts for law enforcement and border patrol officers in order to increase their ability to identify potential victims of trafficking;
(b) Allocate adequate human, financial and technical resources to the Government Oversight Committee, as well as for the implementation of the National Action Plan against Human Trafficking;
(c) Establish appropriate protocols aimed at the early identification and referral of, and assistance to and support for, victims of trafficking, especially migrant and rural women, and develop mechanisms for the investigation, prosecution and punishment of trafficking offenders;
(d) Systematically collect information on trafficking in women and girls to, from and within the State party in order to take informed measures to tackle the phenomenon, and conduct research on the internal trafficking risk factors to which women and girls from rural and remote islands travelling to Male or other islands for educational or employment opportunities are exposed and take measures to reduce such risks;
(e) Consider ratifying the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| ICCPR-19 |
The State party should strengthen its efforts to improve prison conditions, including by adopting a national strategy. In particular, the State party should reduce the high rate of overcrowding in its prisons, including by shortening the period of pretrial detention and by using alternative measures to the deprivation of liberty. The State party should establish a complaint mechanism for inmates with regard to their conditions of detention. |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| UPR - 141.68 |
Continue combating trafficking in persons |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.19 |
Promptly accede to the Trafficking in Persons Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.66 |
Expeditiously implement the Anti-Human Trafficking Act and provide facilities and necessary assistance to the victims, in particular women and children |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.67 |
Continue to implement the National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons 2015–2019 |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.69 |
Continue efforts for the full implementation of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act, in order to identify child victims of trafficking and provide legal assistance to them |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.72 |
Put in place measures for the safety and security of foreign workers and effectively implement the Anti-Human Trafficking Act |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.70 |
Implement the anti-trafficking law by investigating all cases of human trafficking |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.88 |
Guarantee freedom of expression in all its forms and ensure investigations into attacks against journalists and the media and bring those responsible to justice |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.10 |
Accede to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.11 |
Accede to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.20 |
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and take the necessary measures to give full effect to the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the domestic legal order |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.61 |
Continue deploying efforts aimed at preventing and punishing all forms of violence against women and girls and further consolidate female representation in executive and decision-making positions |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.58 |
Take concrete measures to implement the Domestic Violence Prevention Act |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.64 |
Strengthen its Domestic Violence Prevention Act with a view to ending domestic and sexual violence against women and children |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.131 |
Adopt additional measures to completely implement the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, with reference to the expired 12-month term following its adoption in 2012 |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.56 |
Establish and enforce explicit legal protection against female genital mutilation |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.60 |
Implement stronger complaints and prosecution mechanisms for survivors of domestic violence, and improved services, including the provision of more shelters |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.63 |
Continue strengthening plans and programmes with a view to eradicating domestic violence, especially against women, girls and boys |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.40 |
Accelerate the process to adopt a law on gender equality and carry out awareness-raising activities on the issues of gender and domestic violence in the judicial sector, in the security forces as well as in schools |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.42 |
Increase resource allocations to government agencies mandated to implement laws tackling violence against women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.62 |
Institutionalize systematic training and capacity-building to prevent, respond and monitor gender-based violence |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.59 |
Develop statistics on cases of gender-based violence and analyse why many women do not to denounce abuses |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.71 |
Take concrete steps to reduce violence targeting foreigners and investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of violent attacks |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.21 |
Consider ratification of or accession to 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 |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.22 |
Step up its efforts to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Trafficking in Persons Protocol |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.41 |
Take steps to promote religious dialogue on issues that affect women’s human rights and the implementation of laws tackling violence against women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| 133.45 |
Adopt specific legislation to criminalize marital rape without any exemptions and undertake legislative reforms to prevent domestic violence against women |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.128 |
Undertake investigations into all reports and allegations of gender-based violence and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.129 |
Strengthen access to justice for victims of gender-based violence, investigate all allegations of sexual violence in a timely manner, bring perpetrators to justice and provide training to law enforcement officers and the judiciary on how to properly interact with possible victims and manage cases accordingly |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.202 |
Continue to promote gender equality, in particular women’s economic participation and representation at all levels of decision-making, and ensure the effective implementation of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act, including with adequate funding and staffing to implement the domestic violence prevention strategic plan and national action plan |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.203 |
Strengthen social services, shelters and protection mechanisms for survivors of domestic violence, sexual and gender-based violence, child abuse and ill-treatment, and address harmful narratives that undermine gender equality |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.204 |
Develop targeted, evidence-based policies, including the promotion of public awareness, towards ending female genital mutilation in Maldives |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.205 |
Adopt a national action plan for the elimination of gender-based violence, domestic violence and sexual harassment, in consultation with the health, police, justice and social sectors and with civil society |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.206 |
Allocate in the budget the necessary resources to significantly implement the Gender Equality Act, the Domestic Violence Prevention Act and the Sexual Harassment Prevention Act |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.209 |
Strengthen efforts in law and in practice to explicitly prohibit all forms of female genital mutilation |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.210 |
Strengthen measures aimed at ensuring effective protection of minors and women from violence, including sexual and gender-based violence |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.211 |
Step up efforts to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.215 |
Fully eradicate harmful practices against women and girls, including female genital mutilation and the various forms of child exploitation |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.217 |
Criminalize marital rape |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.218 |
Take all necessary measures to combat violence against women and girls and domestic violence both in law and in practice |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.227 |
Persist with efforts to prevent and sanction all forms of violence against women and girls, and to consolidate greater participation of women in public and political life |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.229 |
Continue to undertake awareness-raising and capacity-building programmes to prevent and address domestic violence and ensure the provision of adequate assistance to victims |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.231 |
Strengthen the efforts made to combat violence against women |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.234 |
Develop longer-term awareness and training programmes to equip families with the knowledge and tools to mitigate domestic violence, including in cooperation with relevant international partners, as appropriate |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |