| No |
Recommendation |
Convention/Treaty Body |
| CRC-55(d) |
Strengthen its efforts to ensure that children with disabilities have access to health care, including early detection and intervention programmes; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(a) |
With reference to General Comment No. 4 (2003) on adolescent health, the Committee recommends that the State party:57 (a) Adopt a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents and ensure that sexual and reproductive health education is part of the mandatory school curriculum and targeted at adolescent girls and boys, with special attention on preventing early pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(b) |
Decriminalize abortions in all circumstances and review its legislation with a view to ensuring children’s access to safe abortion and post-abortion care services, including by removing the provision for spousal consent; and ensure that the views of the pregnant girl are always heard and respected in abortion decisions; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(c) |
Develop and implement a policy to protect the rights of pregnant teenagers, adolescent mothers and their children and combat discrimination against them; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(d) |
Take measures to raise awareness of and foster responsible parenthood and sexual behaviour, with particular attention to boys and men; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(e) |
Provide specialized mental health facilities and services for children and adolescents; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| crc-57(f) |
Facilitate internal dialogue with religious leaders regarding sensitive issues relating to sexual behaviour and mental health of adolescents. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-61(a) |
)The Committee further recommends that the State party: 61 (a) Adopt a comprehensive early childhood care and education policy; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-59(1) |
The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to address the incidence of drug use by children and adolescents by, inter alia, providing children and adolescents with accurate and objective information as well as life skills education on preventing substance abuse — including tobacco and alcohol, and develop accessible and youth-friendly drug dependence treatment and harm reduction services. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-59(2) |
Special attention should be paid to neonatal units, reproductive health service units, and family protection units as part of specialised rehabilitation services for victims of substance abuse. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| 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 |
| CEDAW - 21 |
The State party should strengthen its efforts to combat discriminatory stereotypes and promote the value of substantive equality of women and men in society as a whole and, to that end:
(a) Adopt strategies, including awareness-raising and educational campaigns for the general public, targeting in particular girls and women, parents and teachers, as well as conduct dialogues, forums and consultations with religious leaders aimed at the promotion of non-stereotypical and positive images of women and establish a baseline and clear indicators to measure the progress and results of such strategies;
(b) Ensure the full implementation of the laws criminalizing female genital mutilation and bring perpetrators to justice. |
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 - 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 |
| CEDAW - 37 |
The State party should:
(a) Take steps to expedite the adoption of the maternal and child health bill;
(b) Increase access to obstetric health services for women, including prenatal and postnatal services, on all atolls and islands of the State party, in particular for rural women, by ensuring effective access to universal health insurance and by increasing the number of skilled health-care personnel;
(c) Ensure age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including information about available contraceptive methods and family planning, in order to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and early pregnancies and remove restrictions applied in practice by health-care personnel to unmarried girls;
(d) Collect data and conduct research on the prevalence of unsafe and illegal abortions, disaggregated by age and geographical location. |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 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 |
| UPR - 141.65 |
Train police and medical staff to identify and classify violence within the family avoiding victims stigmatization |
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 - 141.103 |
Continue with its plans to provide health care, especially for the elimination of polio, and reduce the death rate |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.104 |
Strengthen the existing health-care system to enhance access to health services by all with special emphasis on preventing life-threatening illnesses and incidents. |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.107 |
Strengthen the comprehensive health-care system to elevate the level of health services |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.105 |
Take further measures to protect human health in the context of ensuring effective ways of sustainable development |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.106 |
Follow up so as to complete its Health Master Plan 2012–2016 |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 141.108 |
Continue to implement effective policies to ensure full access to health services for its people |
Universal Periodic Review |
| UPR - 143.68 |
Strengthen health-care facilities and enhance access to reproductive health services, especially for adolescents and youth, unmarried women and marginalized and excluded populations such as persons with disabilities |
Universal Periodic Review |
| 133.178 |
Continue its efforts to reform the health and education sectors, as well as providing adequate housing throughout the country, and removing all obstacles that prevent basic services from reaching all segments of society |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.240 |
133.240 Redouble efforts to further decrease infant and maternal mortality (Ethiopia); |
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 |
| 2021-26.(b) |
Address the rising phenomenon of black magic and “ruqya” as key public health concerns as well as a safety and security concern affecting women and girls and prevent and protect women and girls from the risk of sexual violence linked to such practices |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-46 |
46. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Increase women’s and girl’s access to health-care services, in particular sexual and reproductive health services, including emergency obstetrics services, on all atolls and islands of the State party, in particular for women living on outer islands |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-46.(b) |
46.(b) Ensure the accountability of health-care personnel for discrimination against women and girls seeking access to sexual and reproductive health services |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-46.(c) |
46.(c) Ensure age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights, including information about available contraceptive methods and family planning |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-46.(d) |
46.(d) Collect data and conduct research on the prevalence of unsafe and illegal abortions in the State party, disaggregated by age and geographical location, amend legislation in order to decriminalize abortion in all cases, and ensure access to safe abortion services and post-abortion care |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-46.(e) |
46.(e) Provide effective access for women to obstetrics services, including emergency obstetrics services, thus avoiding the need for women to resort to caesarean births if they so wish |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 2021-46.(f) |
46.(f) Ensure that women with disabilities have access to health care by ensuring the accessibility of sexual and reproductive health services, including by providing accessible mammography machines and hydraulic gynaecological examination beds |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| 133.191 |
133.191 Provide age- and developmentally appropriate, comprehensive sexuality education and provide sexual and reproductive health information to adolescents and young people (Slovenia); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.190 |
133.190 Expedite the adoption of the maternal and child health bill (Timor-Leste); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.189 |
133.189 Continue efforts to combat non-communicable diseases (Oman); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.188 |
133.188 Guarantee access to information, sexual and reproductive health services and planning services, including for single men and women and people under the age of 18 years (Mexico); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.187 |
133.187 Address the large decline in the use of contraceptives by improving data collection on sexual and reproductive health and abortion expenses for future planning (Iceland); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.186 |
133.186 Provide adequate funding for sexual and reproductive health services for all, including for vulnerable groups through the new reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health strategy (Iceland); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.185 |
133.185 Continue to improve the health-care sector, particularly at the local level, with a view to providing access for all to health care (Egypt); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.184 |
133.184 Strengthen primary health care in the community, as the first preventive and assistance link, regarding non-communicable diseases and those transmitted by vectors (Cuba); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.183 |
133.183 Incorporate the response to the global and local effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the implementation of the Strategic Action Plan 2019–2023, in particular to minimize its impact on families and the ocean-based economy (Cuba); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.182 |
133.182 Continue its efforts regarding sexual and reproductive health services with the focus on ensuring accessibility for all, including women and girls, in particular rural women, to all health services (State of Palestine); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.181 |
133.181 Provide all young people with comprehensive information on sexual and reproductive health and family planning (Austria); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.180 |
133.180 Expedite the adoption of the maternal and child health bill (Sri Lanka); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
| 133.179 |
133.179 Continue to consolidate its sound health policy (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela); |
Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |