| 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-11 |
11. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3 of 2007, para. 17) and urges the State party to establish an appropriate body at a high inter-ministerial level with a clear mandate and sufficient authority to coordinate all activities related to the implementation of the Convention at cross-sectoral, national, and local levels. The State party should ensure that the coordinating body is provided with the necessary human, technical and financial resources for its effective operation. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-13/1 |
In the light of its Day of General Discussion in 2007 on “Resources for the rights of the child – responsibility of States”, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the budget needs of children and allocate adequate budgetary resources for the implementation of children’s rights and, in particular, address disparities on the basis of indicators related to children’s rights;
Article 4(Protection of rights) |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-15(a) |
In the light of General Comment No. 5 (2003) on general measures of implementation, the Committee urges the State party to expeditiously improve its data collection system. The data should cover all areas of the Convention and should be disaggregated by age, sex, disability, geographic location, ethnic origin and socioeconomic background in order to facilitate analysis on the situation of all children, particularly those in situations of vulnerability. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that: 15 (a) The data and indicators be shared among the ministries concerned and used for the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programmes and projects for the effective implementation of the Convention; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-15(b) |
15 (b) The State party take into account the conceptual and methodological framework set out in the report of United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights entitled "Human rights indicators: a guide to measurement and implementation " when defining, collecting and disseminating statistical information; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-29(1) |
In the light of General Comment No 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration, the Committee recommends that the State party explicitly define and enshrine in its legislation the principle of best interest of the child, in compliance with Article 3 of the Convention. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CEDAW - 19 |
The State party should:
(a) Intensify its efforts to raise the awareness of political parties regarding the nature and scope of temporary special measures with a view to familiarizing them with the concept;
(b) Include a legislative basis for the adoption of temporary special measures in the gender equality bill and implement those measures in various forms, such as outreach and support programmes, quotas and other proactive and results-oriented measures aimed at achieving substantive equality between women and men in all areas, especially in economic, political and public life, in which women are underrepresented, and use those measures to address the disadvantages and inequalities faced by women outside Male and in remote islands, migrant women, women with disabilities and women heads of household. |
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 |
| CEDAW - 27 |
The State party should:
(a) Consider reviewing relevant provisions in force to decriminalize women engaged in prostitution;
(b) Collect statistical and disaggregated data on the extent and magnitude of prostitution and undertake a study to assess the root causes of the phenomenon, giving particular attention to risk factors linked to the tourism sector, migration and the drug trade;
(c) Develop measures aimed at preventing the exploitation of prostitution of women and girls, in particular migrant women and those involved in the drug trade, and establish rehabilitation programmes for women and girls in prostitution, including shelters, exit programmes for women who wish to leave prostitution and alternative income-generating opportunities. |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| UPR - 141.86 |
Create an environment of freedom of the media and encourage media outlets to project positive images of women and of the equal status and responsibilities of women and men in the private and public spheres |
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 - 143.37 |
Take all necessary measures to ensure the elimination of violence and discrimination against women and take steps to ensure the full incorporation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women into its legal system |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.39 |
Strengthen efforts in implementing the rights and obligations towards the empowerment of women found in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.34 |
Establish gender equality legislation to better protect the rights of women and girls |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.35 |
Continue working for the enactment into law of the gender equality bill |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.36 |
Continue to prioritize the enactment of a gender equality bill with a view to combating comprehensively all forms of discrimination against women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.38 |
Adopt the gender equality bill within the time frame |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.39 |
Accelerate the passage of the Gender Equality Bill |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.40 |
Continue work on enacting a gender equality bill, as an important step to improve the country’s legislation on non-discrimination and gender equality |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.47 |
Continue improving national legislation in order to ensure equality between women and men on the basis of the principle of non-discrimination |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.37 |
Expedite the process to pass the draft gender equality law and to establish clear policies on gender equality and the implementation framework |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.41 |
Expedite its efforts towards the enactment of the gender equality legislation and set up appropriate mechanisms for its implementation |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.48 |
Take further measures for the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights, ensuring women’s participation and gender responsiveness within the policies of the Government and other agencies |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.42 |
Ensure the application of existing laws, in particular those on the protection of the rights of women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.44 |
Continue implementing the priorities set for the promotion and protection of women’s rights in the country |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.45 |
Continue its efforts in the field of women’s rights protection |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.51 |
Improve the family law in order to develop the rights of women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.52 |
Give stronger support to government measures for the empowerment of women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.54 |
Promote leadership of women by enacting the pending gender equality bill and ensuring its early implementation |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.49 |
Continue to further promote gender equality in the country, in particular through education and capacity-building activities |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.53 |
Continue to take steps for economic and political empowerment of women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.57 |
Take measures to eradicate traditional stereotypes of women, especially through educational programmes, and enact legislation on domestic violence |
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 - 143.76 |
Continue its efforts to combat discrimination in all its forms |
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 - 141.46 |
Take measures to foster the participation of women in all sectors of the society on the basis of a gender equality policy, including through the application of affirmative actions and quotas |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.91 |
Redouble its efforts in combating stereotypes on the role of women through facilitating the participation of women in political and public affairs and sensitising its population on women’s rights |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.92 |
Intensify its efforts to facilitate the participation of women in political and public affairs and fight stereotypes in relation to the role of women, particularly by raising the awareness of the population about the necessity of ensuring that women enjoy their rights |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.67 |
Improve resource allocations for the implementation of laws tackling participation of women in public office |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.93 |
Continue to promote women and make sure they are effectively present at the level of decision-making |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.94 |
Increase women’s participation in decision-making positions |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.95 |
Continue strengthening its efforts to facilitate the participation of women in political and public affairs |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.96 |
Redouble its efforts to facilitate the participation of women in political and public affairs and combat stereotypes on the role of women |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.21 |
Further promote and protect the rights of vulnerable groups of the population, including children, persons with disabilities, women and older persons |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.101 |
Continue strengthening its social policies wit17h a view to increasing the quality of life of its people, in particular of the most needy sectors |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.100 |
Continue the practice of implementing programmes aimed at further improving the welfare of the population |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.30 |
Complete the process of adoption of the child protection act |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.31 |
Complete the enactment of the draft child protection act in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child by including provisions to counter child, early and forced marriage |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.32 |
Strengthen efforts to eliminate out-of-court as well as child marriages |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.33 |
Allocate sufficient resources for the implementation of the national action plan towards the well-being of the Maldivian child 2001–2010 |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.35 |
Include specific provisions for the protection of girls in the draft law on the protection of children with a view to preventing child, early and forced marriages and criminalise attempts to marry persons below the age of 18 years, as well as sexual offences against children |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.117 |
Enhance measures to address stereotyping against and lack of employment opportunities for persons with disabilities |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.118 |
Mainstream disabilities rights into government policies and action plans |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.119 |
Guarantee access for persons with disabilities to education, health care and employment on an equal footing and without discrimination |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.120 |
Continue advancing the rights of persons with disabilities by increasing its financial assistance and developing regulation on minimum standards for the enjoyment of their human rights |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.121 |
Improve access to education for persons with disabilities |
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 |
| 133.37 |
Make additional efforts to ensure that legislation respects the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.51 |
Strengthen further the legal frameworks related to the protection of women, children, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |