| No |
Recommendation |
Convention/Treaty Body |
| CRC OP- 6 |
The Committee recommends that the State party expedite the establishment of a national database in order to ensure that data relating to areas covered by the Optional Protocol, disaggregated inter alia, by age, sex, minority group and origin, are systematically collected and analysed as they provide essential tools for measuring policy implementation |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| CRC OP- 16 |
The Committee recommends that the State party increase budget allocations for the coordination, prevention, promotion, protection, care, investigation and suppression of acts covered by the Optional Protocol, including by earmarking human and financial resources for the implementation of programmes relating to its provisions, and in particular for criminal investigations, legal assistance and physical and psychological recovery of victims to relevant authorities and civil society organizations. |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| CRC OP- 21 |
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that the Child Protection Unit within the Maldives Police Service is accessible to children and provided with adequate human and financial resources. |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| CRC-15(c) |
The State party allocate budget towards multi-sectorial sharing and the full operation of the Child Protection database and strengthen its technical cooperation with UNICEF and other appropriate organisations. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CEDAW - 11 |
The State party should:
(a) take steps to ensure the incorporation of the Convention into the State party’s national legal system in order to make its provisions directly applicable and enforceable by the courts;
(b) expeditiously adopt the gender equality bill and ensure that it includes a definition of discrimination, in conformity with article 1 of the Convention, encompassing both direct and indirect discrimination in the public and private spheres, as well as the principle of gender equality, in line with article 2 of the Convention;
(c) conduct a systematic gender review of its legislation as part of the ongoing legal reform with a view to bringing it into full compliance with the Convention and ensuring that all discriminatory provisions, including family and criminal law provisions, are repealed or amended;
(d) enact the regulations required for the full implementation of the Domestic Violence Prevention Act (2012) and the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act (2013). |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| CRC-25 |
The Committee urges the State party to repeal article 28 of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child and ensure that its legislation offers full and equal protection to all persons under the age of 18 without any exceptions. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-27(1) |
The Committee urges the State party to make greater efforts to ensure that all children within its jurisdiction enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Convention without discrimination. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-27(3) |
The Committee also urges the State party to investigate and punish all cases of political figures and religious leaders making remarks that are demeaning to girls and that promote gender-based discrimination and violence. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(d) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:45(d) Establish mechanisms, procedures and guidelines to ensure the duty to report all cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-43(e) |
the Committee recommends that the State party:43 (e) Create a unified, co-ordinated and comprehensive child protection system; |
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-73 |
The Committee urges the State party to criminalize violations of the provisions of the Optional Protocol regarding the recruitment and involvement of children in hostilities and develop a strategy to tackle the growing problem of increased extremism, radicalization and recruitment into “jihadi” groups |
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 OP- 30(a) |
The Committee recommends that the State party;
(a) Take all necessary measures, including prompt legal reform, to ensure that child victims of any of the crimes under the Optional Protocol are not criminalized; |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| CRC OP- 30(c) |
The Committee recommends that the State party;
(c) Allocate adequate financial and human resources to the competent
authorities in order to improve the legal representation for child victims; |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| 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 OP- 31(a) |
The Committee notes that child victims should be protected at all stages of the criminal justice process in accordance with article 8 of the Optional Protocol.
The Committee encourages the State party to be guided by the Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime (Economic and Social Council resolution 2005/20) in this regard and should, specifically;
(a) Allow the views, needs and concerns of child victims to be presented and considered in proceedings where their personal interests are affected; |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| CRC OP- 31(b) |
The Committee notes that child victims should be protected at all stages of the criminal justice process in accordance with article 8 of the Optional Protocol.
The Committee encourages the State party to be guided by the Guidelines on Justice in Matters involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime (Economic and Social Council resolution 2005/20) in this regard and should, specifically;
(b) Use child-sensitive procedures to protect children from hardship during the justice process, including by the use of special interview rooms designed for children, child-sensitive methods of questioning; and by reducing the number of interviews, statements and hearings |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| CRC OP- 32 |
The Committee recommends that State party’s seek international support for cooperation projects relating to implementation of the provisions of the Optional Protocol in particular, in order to provide assistance for victims and training for professionals |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography |
| ICCPR-11 |
The State party should take the necessary measures to implement fully the Domestic Violence Act. It should facilitate complaints from victims without fear of reprisals, intimidation or exclusion by the community; investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible with appropriate penalties; and provide compensation to victims. The State party should further establish a proper mechanism of protection, including by setting up shelters and by providing psychological rehabilitation and conduct awareness-raising campaigns on the negative impacts of domestic violence |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| 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 |
| 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 - 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-17(c) |
(c) Investigate incidences of trafficking and prosecute those responsible; |
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-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 |
| ICCPR-22 |
In light of its general comment No. 34 (2011), the State party should fully guarantee the right to freedom of expression in all its forms. The State party should also avoid any kind of illegal interference in the media, including by refraining from the use of force against journalists. It should further protect journalists and media against any form of violence and censorship. Moreover, the State party should investigate incidents of attacks on journalists and media, and bring those responsible to justice. |
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 |
| UPR - 141.74 |
Continue the work undertaken for the adoption of a new criminal code which guarantees the independence of the judicial system and the holding of fair and just trials |
Universal Periodic Review |
| 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 - 141.76 |
Continue the process of reforms in the area of criminal justice in line with the international obligations of Maldives |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.68 |
Continue combating trafficking in persons |
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 - 141.69 |
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 |
| 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(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-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-30 |
30.The State party should ensure the full implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, and exercise due diligence, in particular by encouraging victims to file complaints; establishing a protection mechanism for victims, including by establishing shelters; investigating, prosecuting and punishing perpetrators of domestic violence; providing redress to victims as well as psychological rehabilitation and counselling; and conducting awareness-raising campaigns about the negative effects of domestic violence. It should also amend its legislation in order to remove discriminatory provisions governing evidentiary burdens in cases in which men are accused of rape. |
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(a) |
26.a) Guarantee that all detained persons are afforded, in law and in practice, all fundamental legal safeguards from the very outset of their deprivation of liberty, including the right to be informed immediately of the charges against them; have prompt access to a lawyer or to free legal aid during all proceedings; are able to notify a relative or another person of their choice about their detention or arrest; the right to request and receive a medical examination from an independent doctor, including by a doctor of their choice upon request; and to have their deprivation of liberty recorded in registers at all stages; |
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(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(c) |
28(c) Monitor the use of pre-trial detention; ensure that pre-trial detainees are held separately from convicted prisoners, that juveniles are not held with adults; and ensure that pre-trial detention is used as a measure of last resort; |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-28(d) |
28(d) Promote alternatives to pre-trial detention, in accordance with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules). |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT-36(b) |
36 (b) Urgently take all necessary measures to improve material conditions in all places of deprivation of liberty, including reducing overcrowding, in keeping with the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules); and consider using alternatives to imprisonment in conformity with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (the Tokyo Rules) in order to decrease the prison population; |
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-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 - 143.62 |
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 - 143.65 |
Take measures aimed at diminishing threats and intimidation against journalists and civil society, as well as opponents against the Government |
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 - 141.87 |
Strengthen efforts to protect freedom of expression, including the safety of journalists |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.58 |
Reaffirm its commitment to democracy, human rights and the rule of law immediately and ensure that security forces exercise restraint in the face of peaceful and democratic protests and cease intimidation of the media |
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 - 141.65 |
Train police and medical staff to identify and classify violence within the family avoiding victims stigmatization |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.78 |
Improve access to criminal justice services and legal assistance |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.81 |
Provide meaningful access to specialized training on international human rights law and mechanisms to its judges, magistrates, prosecutors and lawyers |
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 - 141.131 |
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 - 141.60 |
Implement stronger complaints and prosecution mechanisms for survivors of domestic violence, and improved services, including the provision of more shelters |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 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 - 141.62 |
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 - 141.21 |
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 - 141.79 |
Hasten the submission of the juvenile justice bill, aimed at establishing a juvenile justice and welfare system in the country |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.23 |
Continue promoting and protecting the rights of children |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.24 |
Consolidate measures taken to protect and promote the rights of children |
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 - 141.99 |
Try to minimize the negative consequences of drug-related crimes on human rights |
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 |
| 133.128 |
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 |
| 133.130 |
133.130 Increase and expand human rights training for law enforcement and correctional services officers (Canada); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.258 |
133.258 Take meaningful steps to protect the rights of migrant workers (Kazakhstan); |
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 |
| 133.99 |
133.99 Continue with and further intensify measures aimed at combating human trafficking (Georgia); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.125 |
133.125 Seek technical and capacity-building assistance to complement State efforts to train relevant personnel to identify, investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking (Bahamas); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.259 |
133.259 Implement legislation to protect migrant workers from xenophobic and racial discrimination (Marshall Islands). |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.98 |
133.98 Improve detention conditions (France); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.100 |
133.100 Allocate sufficient resources to improve the conditions of detention towards full implementation of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) (Greece); |
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 |
| 133.213 |
Continue to prioritize the empowerment of women at all levels, and make efforts to ensure gender equality and the effective protection of women |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.151 |
Ensure and protect the safety, rights and liberty of human rights defenders and civil society organizations and promptly investigate, prosecute and punish threats or acts of violence against them |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 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.(d) |
Combat all forms of violence and coercion perpetrated against women and girls “justified” with reference to religious practice or belief, ensure the personal safety and liberty of women and girls, hold accountable perpetrators of such violence and ensure that victims obtain redress |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-30 |
30. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Strengthen victim identification procedures to facilitate prompt identification of potential victims of human trafficking and exploitation, including capacity-building among law enforcement and border patrol officers |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-30.(b) |
30. (b) Ensure the investigation of all cases of human trafficking and exploitation, as well as the prosecution and punishment of trafficking offenders |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 133.171 |
133.171 Protect women human rights defenders from those who seek to intimidate them (Portugal); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |