| No |
Recommendation |
Convention/Treaty Body |
| CRC OP- 18 |
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that adequate human and financial resources are allocated to the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) to enable it to discharge all of its mandated activities in line with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) (General Assembly resolution 48/134, annex). The Committee underlines the importance that the State party respect the independence of the HRCM and not interfere unduly with regards to budget allocations and appointment of its members. The Committee recommends that the State party take into account the Committee’s general comment No. 2 (2002) on the role of independent human rights institutions in the protection and promotion of the rights of the child, in order to enable the HRCM to pay due attention to the concerns of children, e.g. by establishing a children’s rights unit in order to be easily accessible for children at the local level and to facilitate dealing with complaints by or on behalf of children in a child-sensitive manner by well trained staff, and when cases have been referred to authorities ensure that they are followed up on by the HRCM. |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| 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-17 |
In the light of General Comment No. 2 (2002) on the role of independent human rights institutions, the Committee urges the State party to immediately cease all actions of reprisals against the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives for its co-operation with United Nations bodies and ensure the independence of this monitoring mechanism, including with regards to its funding, mandate and immunities, so as to ensure full compliance with the Paris Principles. In respect to the latter, the Committee recommends that the State party seek technical cooperation from, among others, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC 19(c) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:19(c) Integrate the teaching of the Convention in the school curricula up to tertiary education, and regularly broadcast the content of the Convention in radio and TV as well as through the Internet; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-53(1) |
The Committee urges the State party to immediately remove children from the Home for People with Special Needs and stop placing children in this institution and to investigate all cases of abuse, discrimination and violence against children within alternative care institutions. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(f) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:45(f) Conduct awareness-raising activities to combat the stigmatization of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, including incest, and ensure accessible, confidential, child-friendly and effective reporting channels for such violations; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-43(f) |
Take all necessary measures to prevent violence against children as well as their exposure to violence during political protests; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-41 |
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3, para. 56) and with reference to the Committee’s General Comment No. 8 (2006) on corporal punishment it urges the State party:(a)To take all the necessary measures to ensure that persons who committed crimes while under the age of 18 are not subjected to any form of torture, including corporal punishment, and that corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure is prohibited by law in the home, alternative care settings, justice institutions, schools and workplace settings; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-29(2) |
State party is encouraged to develop procedures and criteria to provide guidance to all relevant persons in authority, and especially those working in law enforcement, for determining the best interests of the child in every area and for giving it due weight as a primary consideration. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-69(f) |
the Committee urges the State party: (f) In cases where detention is unavoidable, ensure that children are not detained together with adults and that detention conditions are compliant with international standards, including with regard to access to education and health services. To that effect, the Committee recommends that the State party make use of the technical assistance tools developed by the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice and its members, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), UNICEF, OHCHR and NGOs, and seek technical assistance in the area of juvenile justice from members of the Panel; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-30 |
.The State party should conduct awareness raising campaigns that challenge religious and customary interpretations which lead people to think that impunity for perpetrators of child sexual abuse is in the best interests of the child. |
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 |
| CRC 17 |
In the light of General Comment No. 2 (2002) on the role of independent human rights institutions, the Committee urges the State party to immediately cease all actions of reprisals against the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives for its co-operation with United Nations bodies and ensure the independence of this monitoring mechanism, including with regards to its funding, mandate and immunities, so as to ensure full compliance with the Paris Principles. In respect to the latter, the Committee recommends that the State party seek technical cooperation from, among others, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| ICCPR-14 |
The State party should take steps to combat torture and ill-treatment in its all forms and prohibit it in its legislation. The State party should consider setting up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate all human rights violations, including torture that took place in the State party prior to 2008 and provide compensation to the victims. The Committee should further investigate all allegations of torture that took place at the time of the demonstrations of 8 February 2012, in Malé and Addu, prosecute those responsible, and provide compensation and rehabilitation to the victims. The State party should implement the findings of the Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate events that took place during the political transition period. |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICCPR-15 |
The State party should review the composition of the Police Integrity Commission to ensure that its independence is guaranteed. The State party should also ensure that complaints lodged by alleged victims of torture or ill-treatment are thoroughly and impartially investigated and that those responsible are prosecuted and punished with appropriate penalties. |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| CEDAW - 13 |
The State party should:
(a) expedite the adoption of bills pending before the parliament aimed at strengthening the State party’s administration of justice, in particular the bills on legal aid, evidence, witness protection, juvenile justice and the judicature, remove evidentiary requirements that discriminate against women and ensure the equal consideration and weight of women’s testimonies as witnesses;
(b) strengthen the independence of the judiciary, establish legal remedies that are expeditious and accessible to women, and ensure, through adequate regulations and procedures, that women who report violations, especially in cases of violence, are treated in a gender-sensitive manner at all stages of judicial proceedings;
(c) take measures to increase the representation of women in the judiciary, in particular as judges and court officials;
(d) provide systematic training to judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, especially the police, and lawyers on women’s rights and ensure that the Convention, the Committee’s general recommendations and its jurisprudence under the Optional Protocol are sufficiently known and applied by the judiciary and that they are an integral part of all capacity-building programmes;
(e) enhance women’s awareness of their rights and disseminate information on the remedies available to those who claim violations of their rights. |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 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 - 29 |
The State party should:
(a) Conduct awareness-raising activities for politicians and community leaders, in particular men, as well as the general public, on the importance of the full and equal participation of women in leadership and decision-making with a view to eliminating social and patriarchal attitudes;
(b) Increase the role and visibility of women in politics with a view to translating their engagement into leadership roles, targeting in particular current and potential women candidates, and provide incentives for political parties to nominate equal numbers of women and men as candidates;
(c) Adopt programmes to provide financial resources, technical advice on campaign management, targeted capacity-building and mentoring on leadership and negotiating skills for women who aim to gain access to public positions;
(d) Adopt and implement temporary special measures in the form of quotas, with benchmarks and specific timetables, to increase the representation of women in, among others, decision-making positions, the parliament, government positions, the judiciary and all local governance bodies at the atoll and island levels. |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| CEDAW - 35 |
The State party should:
(a) Take measures to enhance awareness among women employees, including migrant women, about the provisions of the Employment Act, in particular on sexual harassment, and about remedies available to protect their rights;
(b) Provide sex-disaggregated data on the position of women in the labour market and reduce the gender pay gap, including by addressing occupational sex segregation and enforcing the principle of equal pay for work of equal value;
(c) Design and implement public policies to extend social protection coverage to women in the informal economy and self-employed women;
(d) Address obstacles preventing women from entering the labour market by implementing measures to promote the reconciliation of family and work responsibilities of women and men;
(e) Regulate and monitor the working conditions of migrant women employed as domestic workers in order to protect them from exploitative labour, through increased inspections and the imposition of fines on abusive employers;
(f) Promote opportunities for women to seek employment in the tourism sector. |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| ICCPR-17(a) |
(a) Conduct a study on the root causes of trafficking and provide statistical data on those trafficked; |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICCPR-18 |
The State party should provide legal guarantees to suspects detained by the Police, or National Defence Forces, whereby that they are brought before a judge who should decide on the lawfulness of their detention and/or its extension, within 48 hours. In adopting its Legal Aid Act, the State party should also ensure that free legal assistance is provided in any cases where the interest of justice so requires. |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICCPR-23 |
The State party should fully guarantee the right to freedom of assembly in compliance with the Covenant and revise its legislation accordingly. It should adopt procedures and regulations in compliance with human rights standards for the police in controlling large crowds of protestors. It should investigate incidents which occurred in the State party, in particular during the 2012 demonstrations, and prosecute and bring Police and Defence Forces officers responsible to justice. |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICCPR-26 |
The State party, as a matter of urgency, should take all necessary steps to protect individuals who have provided information to the Committee. The State party should inform the Committee on measures taken in this regard. |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| UPR - 143.44 |
Review the treatment of all detainees ensuring that the human rights, safety and security of individuals in government custody are fully respected |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.20 |
Ensure that all civil society actors, as well as the Human Rights Commission, can carry out their activities, including participating in international mechanisms, without being subjected to reprisal |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.90 |
Ensure a safe environment for civil society participation, particularly the protection of persons contributing to the work of the Human Rights Council |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.60 |
Develop and implement laws, policies and mechanisms that ensure full protection of all journalists and human rights defenders against attacks and reprisals |
Universal Periodic Review |
| CAT-14 |
14.The State party should align its penal legislation concerning minors in conflict with the law with the provisions and rules contained in international standards, and in particular with the Convention and should repeal all provisions that contravene the Convention |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-18 |
18.The Committee recommends that the State party disseminate to all authorities information on the absolute nature of the prohibition of torture and the commitment to uphold the prohibition of torture in practice, including during states of emergency. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-46(a) |
46.(a) Ensure that police and law-enforcement officers, investigators, judicial personnel, military officers, prison staff and personnel of other institutions where persons may be deprived of their liberty receive training and instructions on the provisions of the Convention, and in particular on the absolute prohibition of torture; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-46(b) |
46(b) Provide specific training to investigators on the use non-coercive methods of investigation and interrogation that comply with international standards, so that they avoid committing acts that may amount to torture; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-46(c) |
46(c) Communicate that breaches of the Convention will not be tolerated and that such breaches will be investigated and perpetrators prosecuted; and establish a system of vetting in relation to past abuses; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-46(d) |
46(d) Ensure that medical personnel, including psychiatrists, and other persons involved with the custody, interrogation or treatment of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment and persons in psychiatric institutions receive mandatory training on the Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol); |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-46(e) |
46(e) Develop and implement a methodology to assess the effectiveness and impact of any such training. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-16 |
16.The State party should take measures to increase the resources and strengthen the capacity of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives, in accordance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (the Paris Principles) and the Guidelines of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-38(a) |
38.(a) Provide additional financial resources to the National Human Rights Commission of the Maldives in order to enable it to carry out more visits and better fulfil its functions as National Preventive Mechanism, including the function of conducting unannounced visits to all places of deprivation of liberty and to meet in private with persons confined there; and make public the Commission’s reports to the authorities; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-8(c) |
8(c) Make public the reports of prior inquiries concerning acts amounting to violations of the Convention, including the full report of a commission established to investigate the mistreatment and killing of prisoners in Maafushi jail on 20 Sep 2003; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-10(a) |
10 (a) Ensure effective cooperation between police investigators and bodies charged with receiving complaints of torture, particularly the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives and the National Integrity Commission, for example by establishing an independent mechanism to assist in the investigation of allegations of torture and ill-treatment so that there is no hierarchical connection between the investigators and the alleged perpetrators; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-10(f) |
10(f) Provide information on the number of investigations of allegations of torture and ill-treatment undertaken by the authorities, and the outcome of all investigations, to the Committee in the State party’s next report. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-38(b) |
38(b) Ensure that all persons, including those in detention, have access to a complaints mechanism through which they can transmit confidential allegations of torture or ill-treatment that cannot be accessed by administrators of the place of deprivation of liberty in which they are held; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-40(a) |
40.(a) Ensure, in law and practice, that any statement resulting from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment is not invoked as evidence in court, except against the persons who carried out those acts; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-40(b) |
40(b) Ensure that courts dismiss in practice all cases in which evidence was obtained as a result of coerced confessions; investigate and prosecute all such allegations of torture and ill-treatment; and provide redress to victims; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-40(c) |
40(c) Inform the Committee about all cases that were dismissed in court because evidence was obtained as a result of coerced confessions in its next report. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-42(a) |
42.(a) Explicitly prohibit in law the corporal punishment of children in all settings, including in the home, alternative care settings, day care settings, school and penal institutions, through acts or omissions by State agents and others who engage the State’s responsibility under the Convention, as a sentence for crime or for disciplinary purposes; and ensure that it is not applied under sharia law; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-42(c) |
42(c) Conduct public awareness-raising campaigns about the harmful effects of corporal punishment; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-20 |
20.The State party should revise the Anti-Torture Act to ensure that it provides for punishments commensurate with the gravity of the offense of torture and does not condition punishments on the duration of the victim’s hospitalization, noting that some forms of torture may not inflict physical suffering at all. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-24 |
24.The State party should investigate promptly, thoroughly and impartially all deaths in custody and ensure that perpetrators are punished appropriately and that families of the deceased receive compensation. The State party should seek to ensure the possibility for independent forensic examinations to be undertaken into cases of death in custody, with a view to determining whether State officials are responsible, and ensure that courts in the State party accept the results of independent forensic examinations and autopsies as evidence in criminal and civil cases. The State party should ensure that all cases of death in custody are recorded and that all relevant data about the victim, circumstances of death, and resulting investigation is gathered and published and take necessary measures to prevent such deaths in police and prison establishments. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-26(b) |
26.(b) Establish a central register of detention regarding all persons at all stages of their deprivation of liberty, including transfers to different facilities, inform the Committee on the type of information recorded and on specific measures taken to ensure accurate record-keeping as an important safeguard against incommunicado and arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-26(c) |
26(c) Monitor the compliance by all public officials with fundamental legal safeguards, including by endeavouring to undertake video monitoring of all places of deprivation of liberty and interrogation rooms |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-26(d) |
26(d) Ensure effective oversight of the provision of safeguards and take disciplinary measures against officials who fail to afford fundamental legal safeguards to persons deprived of their liberty in practice; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-26(e) |
26(e) Provide information on the number of complaints received regarding failure to respect fundamental legal safeguards and on the outcome of such complaints in the State party’s next report to the Committee. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-28(a) |
28.(a) Take all necessary measures to ensure that pre-trial detention is closely monitored so that it does not become a systematic and widespread practice, is not arbitrary prolonged and does not result in incommunicado detention; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-28(b) |
28(b) Ensure the possibility to appeal pre-trial detention decisions and for the legality of pre-trial detention to be reviewed by a court of law; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-36(c) |
36(c) Ensure that prisoners receive adequate and timely medical care and medication; that they are provided with proper and sufficient food; and are not subjected to prolonged solitary confinement; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-36(d) |
36(d) Hire additional duly trained prison staff, including medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses; and ensure prompt referrals for specialist health care outside detention facilities; disclose documents regarding the medical well-being to persons deprived of their liberty and their families; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-36(e) |
36(e) Prevent prisoners from contracting infectious diseases during their imprisonment by introducing health screening of inmates upon admission to places of detention; separating healthy prisoners from those suffering from contagious diseases; and providing adequate treatment to infected persons and to persons with psychosocial disabilities, including an individual mental health regime. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-38(c) |
38(c) Grant access to independent organizations, including national and international civil society organizations to all facilities where persons are deprived of their liberty in the country. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-44(a) |
44(a) Comply with its obligation not to expel, return or extradite a person to another State where there is substantial evidence to believe the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-44(b) |
44(b) Ensure that decisions concerning expulsion or deportation are subjected to judicial review and are reviewed on an individual basis; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-44(c) |
44(c) Provide for the right of persons concerned to effective judicial remedy, including the possibility to appeal the decision, and ensure that the appeal has suspensive effect; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-44(d) |
44(d) Detain persons who may be subject to expulsion only as a measure of last resort; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-44(e) |
44(e) In its next report, provide the Committee with information on the number of persons who have been expelled, extradited or deported, and to which countries; on the number of cases where decisions to expel a person have been overturned or quashed by judicial authorities applying the principle of non-refoulement; and on other measures taken to ensure the application of the non-refoulement principle in practice. |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-10(b) |
10(b) Ensure that all persons under investigation for having committed acts of torture or ill-treatment are immediately suspended from their duties and remain so throughout the investigation, while ensuring that the principle of presumption of innocence is observed; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| UPR - 143.61 |
Take appropriate measures to fully guarantee the safety of journalists and human rights defenders so that they can carry out their activities without fear of persecution or restriction. |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.62 |
Ensure an enabling environment for the activities of journalists, human rights defenders and the other civil society actors |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.63 |
Create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and enabling environment, in which human rights defenders and civil society can operate free from hindrance and insecurity, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolutions 22/6 and 27/31 |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.64 |
Protect human rights defenders and ensure their right to exercise their work without restrictions |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.66 |
Take urgent action to protect human rights defenders, non-governmental organizations and journalists, and to investigate and prosecute all who threaten them |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.8 |
Work towards disseminating a culture of human rights and national capacity-building through the development of strategies and plans and seek to implement them in cooperation with the relevant United Nations mechanisms |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.9 |
Continue efforts in the field of human rights education and training |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.43 |
Bring an end to arbitrary detentions, particularly on the grounds of political opinion; investigate allegations of torture and ill-treatment in prisons and bring those responsible to justice |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.5 |
Ensure the independence of the Human Rights Commission, the Election Commission and the Office of the Auditor General |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.6 |
Continue strengthening national human rights institutions and mechanisms |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.7 |
Continue measures aimed at strengthening the capacity of national human rights protection mechanisms |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.29 |
Fulfil its first cycle commitment to strengthen the independence and impartiality of its national Human Rights Commission |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.23 |
Finalize the process for the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as it committed to do, and create the necessary conditions to ensure the correct functioning and independence of the national Human Rights Commission |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.72 |
Promote the empowerment of women and girls and prevent the promotion of discrimination against women including through speech and sermons |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.43 |
Enhance awareness of women’s rights and disseminate information on the remedies available to those who claim violations of their rights |
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 - 141.49 |
Continue to further promote gender equality in the country, in particular through education and capacity-building activities |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.50 |
Eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, in particular discrimination against divorced women and widows, so that they can participate in the economic and political life of their country |
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 - 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 - 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 - 141.71 |
Take concrete steps to reduce violence targeting foreigners and investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of violent attacks |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.124 |
Take further measures for ensuring proper protection of rights of migrants, including migrant workers |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.128 |
Take further steps to protect and promote economic, social and cultural rights, in the context of climate change |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.129 |
Actively address the negative impact of climate change on human rights |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.13 |
Promote a culture of respect for human rights at all levels of society |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.10 |
Increase efforts to develop the education system in the field of human rights and further promote a human rights culture in society |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.11 |
Continue its efforts to enhance capacity-building for law enforcement officials in the area of human rights |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.12 |
Strengthen its training and capacity-building programme in the area of human rights for law enforcement officials |
Universal Periodic Review |
| 133.44 |
Continue to strengthen the role of its national mechanisms and institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights in the country |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.50 |
Continue with the same approach to serving human rights issues |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.41 |
133.41 Increase the resources of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (Albania); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.42 |
133.42 Strengthen the independence, accountability and functioning of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives, including with adequate funding and staffing in full compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) (Australia); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.62 |
133.62 Provide the Human Rights Commission of Maldives with the necessary human and financial resources in compliance with the Paris Principles (Senegal); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.64 |
133.64 Allocate sufficient funds for the Human Rights Commission of Maldives to fulfil its mandates (Somalia); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.133 |
133.133 Strengthen efforts to ensure effective investigation, prosecution and punishment for all acts of torture and ill-treatment, and provide access to justice and rehabilitation for victims of torture (Fiji); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 2021-16.d) |
16.d) Provide systematic training to judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, especially the police, and lawyers on women’s rights and ensure that the Convention, the Committee’s general recommendations and its jurisprudence under the Optional Protocol are sufficiently known and applied by the judiciary and that they are an integral part of all capacity-building programmes |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-40.(e) |
40.(e) Strengthen awareness among employers and women employees about the provisions of the Employment Act, in particular on sexual harassment, and the remedies available for women to claim their rights |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-16.(a) |
Enhance women’s awareness of their rights and disseminate information on the remedies available to claim violations of their rights |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-20 |
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that the Human Rights Commission has adequate human, technical and financial resources to discharge its mandate to work on women’s rights, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles). |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-22.(a) |
Prevent reprisals against women human rights defenders, ensure their protection from violence and intimidation, and investigate, prosecute and adequately punish all threats and harassment against them |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-22.(b) |
Guarantee that women human rights defenders and activists can freely carry out their advocacy for women’s human rights and exercise their rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, without harassment, surveillance or other undue restrictions |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-26.(a) |
Strengthen awareness-raising on gender equality and women’s rights among journalists and integrate women’s rights into the curriculum of professional training for teachers, medical professionals, lawyers, the police, the judiciary and media workers |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-26.(c) |
Publicly condemn expressions of hostility against, and the perpetuation of harmful gender stereotypes of, women and girls, including by religious figures or when “justified” with reference to religious belief, and instead express active support for gender equality |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-32.(c) |
32.(c) Address the root causes contributing to the exploitation of girls and young women in prostitution, including domestic violence, lack of access to secondary education and poverty, especially in the outer islands |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021 - 28.(e) |
Strengthen referral mechanisms to avoid communication gaps in reporting and ensure that judges, prosecutors and the police are adequately trained in gender-sensitive investigation and interrogation methods, especially in cases of sexual violence |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-58. |
58. The Committee requests the State party to ensure the timely dissemination of the present concluding observations, in the de facto official languages of the State party, to the relevant State institutions at all levels (national, regional and local), in particular to the Government, the People’s Majlis and the judiciary, to enable their full implementation |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |