3 cycle Universal Periodic review Recommendations
Implementation and follow up strategy Matrix (2022 - 2026)
Take all necessary measures to end sexual & gender-based violence including by promptly and independently investigating all allegations of such violence and bringing perpetrators to justice, in accordance with international standards. (Sweden)
CEDAW 27 (d) Build the capacity of the judiciary, prosecutors, the police and other law enforcement officers to systematically investigate and prosecute all cases of gender-based violence, using gender-sensitive procedures, and adequately punish perpetrators, regardless of their social position, and provide appropriate remedies to victims
tracking Indicators
- Increased awareness and willingness among police on their responsibility to effectively investigate SGBV.
- Increased number of police investigators trained.
- Police officers retained within the Special Protection Units.
- Increased confidence by the community in reporting cases of SGBV.
- Effective functionality of SPU’s
- Strengthened multi stakeholders’ approach to reporting cases of S&GBV
- Decrease GBV/SGBV cases
Implementation progress
Implemented into law
Adopt laws specifically addressing sexual and gender-based offences to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence (Luxembourg);
CEDAW 27 (a) Give high priority to the adoption of the anti-gender-based-violence bill with a strategy and adequate resources for its implementation, and the systematic collection of data on the incidence and resolution of gender-based violence, disaggregated by sex, age and relationship between the victims and the perpetrator and in relation to intersecting forms of discrimination against women and other relevant sociodemographic. characteristics, such as disability
tracking Indicators
- Anti-GBV bill enacted into law and provisions implemented.
- Enhanced knowledge on the legal framework to address GBV and collaborative action taken
- Number of Actions taken by respective government institutions to address conflict related sexual violence
Implementation progress
Implemented into law
Modify the legislation so that the minimum legal age for marriage is 18 years (Mexico)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
41 (a) Adopt an explicit legal provision to prohibit the marriage of all girls and
boys below the age of 18 years, ensuring that all adults complicit in arranging or
officiating child marriages are prosecuted
(b) Provide adequate resources to implement the Strategic National Action
Plan (2017–2030) to end child marriage
tracking Indicators
- Amendment of the Constitution including the marriageable age. Article 10(15)
- Convention on Consent to marriage, minimum age of marriage and registration of marriage ratified, domesticated and implemented
- By-laws streamlined with national laws and international human rights standards.
- Effective Implementation of the Strategic National Action Plan to end child marriage at the grass roots level
- Increased knowledge on the roles and responsibility of actors in ending child marriage.
- Traditional leaders empowered to enhance respect for women’s rights within their respective communities.
Increased confidence in reporting and addressing cases of Child marriage.
- Family law enacted and fully implemented
Implementation progress
Implemented into law
Continue to increase the investment in education and reduce the rate of children dropping out of school (China)
CEDAW 37 (a) Address the high illiteracy rate among women and girls in the State party, with a focus on girls living in poverty, rural girls, pregnant girls and young mothers, and girls with disabilities, through temporary special measures with
time-bound targets to increase girls’ enrolment, retention and completion rates in secondary education, and strengthen continuing education for women.
CRC 45 (c) Finalize the strategy for the implementation of the National Inclusive
Education Policy, ensuring that adequate resources are allocated to it and that it
includes building the capacity of teachers and community representatives in inclusive
education methodologies and skills;
tracking Indicators
- Percentage Increase in the annual education budget.
- Increased transparency and accentuality for the ministry of Education
- Increased skills of ministry officials including head teachers on Database Management
- Increase enrollment rate for persons with disabilities.
- Exit of organized forces from learning institutions.
- Number of learning spaces constructed, rehabilitated and functioning.
- Improved enrollment, attendance and retention rate of learners in schools.
- Improved teacher retention in schools.
- Regular attendance by leaners.
- Number of Meeting sessions conducted between PTA and schools’ administration to discuss strategies to reduce dropout cases
- Increased knowledge and skills on human rights pedagogy.
- Revised curriculum inclusive of human rights concepts.
- Improved enrollment, attendance and retention rate of learners in schools.
- National Inclusive Education Policy passed into law.
- Increased the number of learners with hearing impairment.
- Greater enforcement of laws and practices promoting the right to education.
Implementation progress
Implemented into law
Protect human rights defenders and journalists from violence and arbitrary arrest and address impunity for crimes against human rights defenders and journalists (Estonia).
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tracking Indicators
- Decrease of arbitrary arrest and Detention
- Open and expanded civic space
- Improved relationship between state actors and non- state actors.
- Use information gathered on human rights violations for the purpose of advocacy.
Implementation progress
Implemented into law
Ratify and accede to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other core international human rights treaties and conventions yet to be ratified (Sierra Leone)
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tracking Indicators
- Ratification and accession of International and regional Human rights treaties.
- Initiatives and processes for the domestication started.
- Submission of initial and periodic treaty reports to the specific committees.
- Increased knowledge and understanding of international human rights instruments
- More forums and advocacy meetings conducted
- Initiatives and processes for the domestication started
- Number of press statements issued.
- Quarterly Newsletters published.
Implementation progress
Implemented into law
Adopt without further delay all necessary constitutional and legal changes necessary for organizing democratic, free and fair elections in the foreseeable time frame (Czechia);
Adopt without further delay all necessary constitutional and legal changes necessary for organizing democratic, free and fair elections in the foreseeable time frame (Czechia);
Give the people of South Sudan an opportunity to choose their own form of government through an inclusive constitution-drafting process and competitive, accountable and transparent elections in accordance with the Revitalized Agreement (United States of America);
Adopt legal acts for free, fair and sustainable elections and implement reforms towards good governance (Lithuania
tracking Indicators
- Free and fair election conducted.
- Number of civic education sessions conducted.
- Number of civic education tools designed.
- Number of trainings on elections
- Number of Trained domestic elections monitors/observers.
- Number of deployed domestic monitors/observers.
- Report(s) on the elections processes.
Implementation progress
Implemented into law