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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:BrazilBrazilRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify all the core international human rights treaties to which the country is not yet a party, including the ICCPR and ICESCR ...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:UkraineUkraineRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Present overdue reports to the CEDAW. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Comprehensively address harmful cultural practices, and increase the age of marriage to 18, in conformity with the provisions of the CRC.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 74) As regards the reference made in recommendation 108.38 to raising the minimum age for marriage, it should be noted that this matter is expressly addressed in article 22 (d) of the current Family Code, which reads: “The following circumstances also constitute a direct impediment to marriage: … (d) The person concerned is under 18 years of age.”
UN Compilation:
Para 13) UNICEF noted … that worrying phenomena continued to be observed in the area of child protection, including … and early marriage.
Para 49) UN-Women also referred to concerns regarding the proportion of women aged 20– 24 years old who were married or in a union before age 18, …
Para 53) UNICEF noted that the new family law established 18 as the minimum age for marriage and strengthened the obligations of parents, especially fathers, towards their children. The law represented an important step forward for gender equity as, previously, girls could be married at 14, and boys at 16. The stronger focus on fathers was aimed at improving shared responsibilities among caregivers with regard to child care and support.
Stakeholder 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.
Para 24) Just Atonement Inc noted with concern that practices against children, such as child marriages and corporal punishment were still common in Sao Tome and Principe, despite educational efforts.
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:Review DocumentationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC recommended that Sao Tome and Principe review the rules regarding the exceptions for concluding a marriage involving persons below the minimum age of 18 years, with a view to increasing the minimum age for marriage to 18 years for both boys and girls. It should accompany this with other measures to prevent early marriages, as recommended in the Committee's previous concluding observations. [Para 18] -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"CRC recommended that Sao Tome and Principe: keep implementing measures to
guarantee universal access to primary health care, especially maternal and child health-care
services and facilities, including in rural areas … [Para 23]" -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Pass and implement laws that would recognize same-sex partnerships and define the rights and obligations of co-habiting couples in same-sex unions.ExplanationNoted. As this is a culturally sensitive issue, it should not be considered in an emotional way. For that reason, Sao Tome and Principe notes these recommendations for the time being. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the OPs of the CRC. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:IranIranRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Take further measures to enhance the quality of living conditions of children and women. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen awareness raising of domestic violence against women and children as a crime and ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted, and victims are protected and provided with compensations. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:JapanJapanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Early marriage
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts to protect children, including by ending child labour, violence against children, sexual violence and early marriage. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:N/AContents:27. In a sense, there is a convergence of objectives; thus, the promotion and development
of a culture of peace, rights and justice is one of the fundamental goals of the Government of
Sao Tome and Principe, to which end it has undertaken and continues to undertake a range
of actions to strengthen the capacity of the judicial system, including the following:
• Construction of a new prison wing to separate male and female inmates and
improvements to conditions in punishment cells. -
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:Undertake awareness-raising campaigns on sexual exploitation of children.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 137) The exploitation, sexual violence and prostitution of children are social phenomena which are becoming increasingly important globally and Sao Tome is not exempt. Internal measures have thus been implemented to prevent and combat the development of these phenomena. The measures involve numerous public and private organizations, such as INPG, the Support Centre for Domestic Violence, education centres, social communication and the Association of Women Jurists, in national awareness-raising campaigns to prevent and combat exploitation, sexual violence and child prostitution. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Costa RicaCosta RicaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the main human rights instruments, in particular the ICESCR and 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:EstoniaEstoniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Develop and implement the policies that promote the rights of the child and accede to the OPs-CRC.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 11) It has also ratified the OP-CRC-SC, …
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 18) Just Atonement Inc … regretted that Sao Tome and Principe had not ratified the OP-CRC-SC.
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Other
Type:RecommendationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:AcceptedContents:Take all necessary measures to review its domestic law and ensure that children born outside marriage are registered and enjoy their human rights on an equal condition with others.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 15) With regard to equality among children, referred to in recommendation 108.33, article 26 (3–5) of the Constitution guarantees the following: “(3) Spouses have equal rights and duties in the civil and political spheres and in the upbringing and education of children. (4) Discrimination against children born outside marriage is therefore not permitted. (5)
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State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:23rd session, November 2015Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC welcomed the improvement in the birth registration rate. It remained concerned that a significant number of children remained without birth certificates. It urged Sao Tome and Principe to ensure that all children are registered immediately after birth and that birth registration and the issuance of birth certificates are provided free of charge and issued to people up to 18 years of age. [Para 9] -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Timor-LesteTimor-LesteRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Increase its efforts to address existing gaps in the legislation, including and especially with regard to discrimination against 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 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. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"Begun in 2001, the mother-baby Prevention of Vertical Transmission Project (PTV)
began with voluntary testing and preventive treatment in the Central Hospital of São Tomé
in June 2005, followed by decentralization of triage in all district health centres. The
systematic testing for HIV in pregnant women began in the districts in January 2006. The
rate of rejection of this testing by women is very low and the results of the serological
testing for HIV of almost all of them is known. At the end of 2007, 27 of the 29 health
posts were providing voluntary testing of pregnant women. Coverage increased from 55 per
cent in 2006 to 89 per cent in 2007. [Para 100]" -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:NeglectedContents:Ensure access to reproductive health counselling and information and services for all adolescents. [Para 26; CRC] -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Fulfil its international commitments by ratifying [...] OP-CRC-SC... -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:MontenegroMontenegroRegional groupEEGIssue:
- 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:
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts to raise public awareness on the adverse human rights impacts of labour and sex trafficking and train government competent authorities on how to effectively reduce the incidence of labour and sex trafficking. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Sexuality education
- Domestic violence
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Guarantee access for women and girls to sexual health and reproductive rights and a comprehensive sexuality education, and combat domestic violence effectively. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Marshall IslandsMarshall IslandsRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:37th Session, January 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Take further action to achieve gender equality, such as establishing a plan to increase female participation in political institutions, as well as preventing sexual violence against women and girls. -
State Under Review:Sao Tome & PrincipeSao Tome & PrincipeRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Establish permanent mechanisms to carry out investigations into cases of sexual exploitation, and provide victims with the assistance and services necessary for their rehabilitation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 133) It should be highlighted that these legal measures have been consolidated in the new Criminal Code, which has numerous articles aimed at protecting the rights of children, as set out in international standards, in particular the following: ...
(m) Article 175 on sexual abuse of children;
(n) Article 176 on sexual abuse of adolescents;
(o) Article 177 on sexual acts with adolescents;
(p) Article 178 on homosexual acts with adolescents;
(q) Article 179 on prostitution of minors;
(r) Article 180 on child pornography;
Para 137) The exploitation, sexual violence and prostitution of children are social phenomena which are becoming increasingly important globally and Sao Tome is not exempt. Internal measures have thus been implemented to prevent and combat the development of these phenomena. The measures involve numerous public and private organizations, such as INPG, the Support Centre for Domestic Violence, education centres, social communication and the Association of Women Jurists, in national awareness-raising campaigns to prevent and combat exploitation, sexual violence and child prostitution.
UN Compilation:
Para 13) The CRC welcomed the revision by Sao Tome and Principe of its Penal Code in 2012 to explicitly include provisions on sexual abuse, exploitation of minors and child trafficking ...