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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Immediately ratify ICCPR and its OPs, and incorporate the provisions into national legislation. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Burkina FasoBurkina FasoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-SC. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:FijiFijiRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify efforts to develop and strengthen the necessary legislative frameworks, that address cross-sectoral environmental challenges, climate change and disaster risk reduction, and ensure full and meaningful participation of diverse groups including but not limited to women, children, persons with disabilities and minority groups and local communities in its implementation. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:JapanJapanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Improve the quality of education at all levels and enhance efforts to prevent dropouts and grade repetitions, especially among girls. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:BrazilBrazilRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify its efforts to promote and protect women’s rights in order to combat all forms of violence against women and promote gender equality. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:NigeriaNigeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to develop and implement measures aimed at the promotion and protection of human rights of vulnerable groups, such as women ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 120) The Government has also adopted numerous legislative provisions in the national legal order: ... Act No. 6/2012, which approves the new Criminal Code, defines certain crimes against women and children, in order to accelerate proceedings in respect of them ...
Para 121) In respect of the participation of women in public life, in 2009, the National Assembly adopted a resolution on parity which establishes a quota of 30 per cent for female representation in the Parliament (R74/08/2009).
Para 122) Also in the context of measures to protect women and children, in February and March of 2013, the Government, in partnership with the country's Association of Women Jurists and with financing from the embassy of the United States of America, carried out a large-scale campaign to prevent human trafficking in rural areas. Its objectives were to disseminate information on the phenomenon of human trafficking, to encourage more active citizenship and to strengthen the capacity of citizens and institutions in ways of taking action in the context of human trafficking.
Para 123) Another noteworthy measure is the implementation of article 4 (on maternity leave) of the Maternity Protection Convention through Presidential Decree No. 3/2004 of 4 February, published in Official Gazette No. 3 on 6 April 2004, which provides that: "A woman to whom this Convention applies shall be entitled to a period of maternity leave of not less than 14 weeks, on production of a medical certificate or other appropriate certification, as determined by national law and practice, stating the presumed date of childbirth." This measure represents an additional achievement in advancing the rights of women and children.
Para 124) In addition to the measures mentioned above, it should be noted that the Government, in its various public policy programmes, has introduced actions to promote gender equality, and to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:NorwayNorwayRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Further develop strategies to improve health services for all its citizens, especially in relation to combating maternal mortality.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 27) The Committee noted as positive that the primary health-care services provided free consultations and medication for children under 5 years of age, pregnant women ... -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexuality education
- HIV and AIDS
Type:QuestionSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:Just Atonement Inc noted that HIV/Aids transmissions from mother to child have decreased in Sao Tome and Principe thanks to sex education and testing practices in the country. Just Atonement Inc recommended, however, to continue taking measures to ensure that women and children with HIV/Aids receive adequate medical care. [Para 23]
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual abuse
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:NeglectedContents:"The CRC was concerned that no mechanism exists to protect children against
all forms of violence, including physical, mental and sexual abuse and neglect. It
recommended that Sao Tome and Principe: take measures to address the problem of
violence against children; ensure that there is a national system for receiving, monitoring,
and investigating complaints, and when necessary, prosecuting cases; and ensure that
perpetrators of violence against children are duly prosecuted and have access to counselling
services. [Para 9]" -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Bring its legislation into conformity with its commitment to equality and non-discrimination and its international human rights obligations, by repealing all provisions which may be applied to criminalize sexual activity between consenting adults. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify and fully implement ... OP-CEDAW.ImplementationNational Report:
It has also ratified … the OP-CEDAW …
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:TurkeyTurkeyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:In order to sustain the increased rate of birth registration, take necessary measures to ensure all children an immediate registration, followed by the issuance of a birth certificate.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 32) Regarding registration and notaries, the aims are to improve the birth registration process, simplify administrative procedures, registration and notarial practices, decentralize services and review the current fees.
Para 62) … the Government has taken a series of policy, legislative and institutional measures to ensure that children can be registered immediately after birth, free of charge, throughout the country, in accordance with the requirements set out in article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These measures include the following: • The adoption of the National Permanent Birth Registration Strategy, through Decree No. 45/2009; the strategy comprises a set of measures that include the registration or confirmation of births in all maternity hospitals and wards (in Ayres de Menezes Hospital and in Guadalupe, Neves and São João dos Angolares on the island of Sao Tome and in Manuel Quaresma Dias da Graça Hospital on the island of Principe) and in local register offices. • The issuance of Joint Order No. 04/2017, which establishes that a birth may be registered and the mother’s identity or the child’s characteristics recorded free of charge, provided that the registration takes place within one year of the birth. • The holding of free health and birth registration fairs for all children in all districts of the country on a regular basis by the Directorate General of Registers and Notaries, in collaboration with UNICEF. • The creation of a birth registration unit in the maternity ward of Ayres de Menezes Hospital; the unit is open every day, including on weekends and public holidays. • The introduction of a computerized management system that allows for electronic birth registration at the regional register office and local register offices throughout the country. The proportion of births that are registered is now around 95 per cent, according to the multiple indicator cluster survey conducted by the National Statistics Office in 2014.
UN Compilation:
Para 6) UNICEF stated that, further to advocacy on birth registration conducted at the end of 2016, in early 2017, the ministries responsible for justice and for finance had signed a decree ensuring birth registration free of charge for children up to 1 year of age, replacing the previous policy, under which birth registration had been free of charge only during the first month of a child’s life. UNICEF expected that the new policy would help achieve full birth registration,12 and that the excellent achievements of the country in the area of birth registration could inspire other countries to reach related objectives.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 8) Just Atonement Inc regretted the lack of data in Sao Tome and Principe, which highly affected the ability to remedy situations of child abuse. It noted, in particular, that data related to birth records, … was sparse.
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Conduct campaigns to promote awareness among the population in general of the need to treat the elderly with dignity, and simultaneously, to eradicate practices and beliefs associated with witchcraft rituals.ExplanationNoted. This does not exist in Sao Tome and Principe.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 41) Just Atonement Inc noted with concern that children and adolescents were, in particular, vulnerable to being victims of harmful practices of witchcraft. It regretted that those human rights violations were due to deeply rooted cultural patterns and the reluctance of people to rely on formal medicine.
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the main international human rights instruments, including ICCPR, ICESCR, ICERD, and CAT. Also sign and ratify OP-ICESCR, OPCAT, OP-CRC-AC, OP-CRC-SC, CED, CRPD and its Optional Protocol (OP-CRPD)ImplementationNational Report:
Para 7) Of the international instruments, Sao Tome and Principe has ratified ... the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (6 October 2014).
Para 139) In the case of persons with disabilities, it should be pointed out that Act No. 7/2012 was approved on 4 March 2010 and published on 12 September 2012 in Official Gazette No. 110. The State has finally ratified the CRPD, approved by Resolution No. 103/IX/2014 of the National Assembly on 31 December 2014, thus consolidating the guarantee of the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Enact a law that criminalizes trafficking in persons, including children and adolescents for the purpose of sexual exploitation and child pornography.ExplanationNoted. Sao Tome and Principe also noted these recommendations because the acts in question are already punishable under articles 158 to 182 of the Criminal Code. There is therefore no justification for accepting the recommendations. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the three OPs to the CRC. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:GabonGabonRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Adolescent pregnancy
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify actions to combat early pregnancies and moral abandonment of children and elaborate a programme with a view to ensure the protection of children affected by this problem. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to combat domestic, gender-based violence and child abuse and further strengthen the legislative and institutional framework for this purpose. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Cote d'IvoireCote d'IvoireRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Sensitize populations on the need to register births. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:QuestionSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:In 2017 the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations requested Sao Tome and Principle to continue taking steps to raise public awareness of trafficking in persons for both labour and sexual exploitation and also to provide training for the competent authorities in the identification and suppression of that crime. [Para 22]
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"The adolescent health action programme seeks to promote and protect health for this
age group, with particular attention on the protection and promotion of the rights of
adolescents concerning information and services in sexual and reproductive health and
permanent and full access to these services. [Para 98]" -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:HungaryHungaryRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Conduct a comprehensive study to assess the scope and nature of sexual exploitation of children, in order to able to develop necessary measures to protect children from sexual exploitation. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the ICESCR, ICCPR ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 11) … In 2017, it ratified: the ICCPR, the OP-ICCPR; … the ICESCR;
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the CRPD.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 11) In 2015, the country ratified the CRPD. … It has also ratified … the OP-CRPD.
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:IrelandIrelandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Develop programmes and policies for the prevention, recovery and social integration of child victims of trafficking and exploitation in accordance with the outcome documents adopted at the 1996, 2001 and 2008 World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children, held in Stockholm, Yokohama and Rio de Janeiro, respectively.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 63) It cannot be said that children are completely safe from discrimination, ill-treatment, violence, abuse and sexual exploitation in Sao Tome and Principe.
Para 76) The National Child Protection Policy establishes guidelines for preventing, handling and punishing all forms of violence against and abuse and exploitation of children and sets out the division of responsibilities among the relevant public authorities in the fields of justice, health, social affairs, education, public safety and crime prevention.
UN Compilation:
Para 13) UNICEF noted … that worrying phenomena continued to be observed in the area of child protection, including … sexual violence …
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 15) … In Just Atonement Inc’s view, laws explicitly prohibiting child prostitution and sexual exploitation should also be promulgated.
Para 18) Just Atonement Inc was concerned at cases of child pornography, sexual exploitation, and child prostitution in Sao Tome and Principle, and regretted that no law existed criminalizing sexual exploitation or prostitution. In also regretted that Sao Tome and Principe had not ratified the OP-CRC-SC.