| No |
Recommendation |
Convention/Treaty Body |
| 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 |
| UPR - 141.111 |
Continue its efforts to provide free education for all
Continue its efforts to provide free education for all |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.112 |
Take additional steps to improve the quality of local education, including through improving teachers’ performance and providing additional support for academically challenged students |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.113 |
Continue its efforts to raise the quality of education for all in order to protect the promotion of human rights |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.114 |
Continue to improve the education system in the country in cooperation and partnership with relevant international organisations. |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.115 |
Take further steps to progressively improve the quality of education |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.116 |
Strengthen the Government’s efforts to improve the quality of education |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.98 |
Continue to realise the right to work for its citizens, including through providing opportunities for vocational training and technical education for young people |
Universal Periodic Review |
| 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 |
| UPR - 141.9 |
Continue efforts in the field of human rights education and training |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.18 |
Ratify the Convention against Discrimination in Education |
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 - 141.55 |
Take measures to eradicate traditional stereotypes of women, especially through educational programmes and the enactment of legislation on domestic violence and all forms of sexual violence |
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 - 141.119 |
Guarantee access for persons with disabilities to education, health care and employment on an equal footing and without discrimination |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.121 |
Improve access to education for persons with disabilities |
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 - 141.14 |
Consider identifying priority sectors where Maldives faces a lack of trained and qualified professionals and seek technical and capacity-building assistance from the international community |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.109 |
Enact the education bill as soon as possible. |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.110 |
Enact the education bill, further enhance and develop the education system and intensify efforts to improve access to education for students from low-income families |
Universal Periodic Review |
| 2021-38 |
38. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Provide financial support to women and girls, especially in rural areas and on remote islands, to increase their access to secondary and higher education as well as technical and vocational training |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-36(b) |
36.(b) Intensify efforts to increase enrolment, retention and completion rates for women and girls in higher education and, to this end, ensure the provision of a free education scheme for female degree students, so as to retain them in higher education and achieve gender parity in graduate output |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-36.(c) |
36.(c) Encourage women and girls to choose non-traditional fields of education and career paths, in particular science, technology, engineering and maths and information and communications technology |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-36.(d) |
36.(d) Foster the retention and advancement of girls and women from disadvantaged groups in an inclusive education system |
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 |