UPR Sexual Rights Database

... Strengthening measures to combat all forms of trafficking in women and children ... [Para 29]

... ECCHR expressed similar concerns highlighting the fact that the PTA perpetuated a climate of fear and intimidation where women are vulnerable to gender-based violence and the worst form of discrimination, as noted by GTF. [Para 78]

End all forms of violence and discrimination against women, including domestic violence and child, early and forced marriage.

Ensure respect for the rights and fundamental freedoms of LGBTI persons, by investigating and sanctioning acts of discrimination and violence against LGBTI persons.

Review domestic laws that have an impact on equality between women and men, in particular those that govern rights of succession, the disposal of immovable property and the establishment of a minimum age for marriage.

Pursue sustained policies aimed at the promotion of women’s full and equal participation in decision-making at all levels of government.

Amend the Penal Code to decriminalise and eliminate all punitive measures related to termination of pregnancies in cases of rape, incest and severe foetal impairment.

The United Nations country team noted that levels of impunity were particularly high with respect to certain offences, for instance, sexual violence, and that the 2015 Grave Crimes Abstract reflected only one rape conviction in 2015. [Para 33]

The United Nations country team ... noted that young people often did not have access to accurate and youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health information and that sexual and reproductive health and rights education through the formal school system was limited. [Para 62]

Enact urgent legislative amendments to the Penal Code to ensure that the rights of women from all religious and ethnic communities are safeguarded.

Similarly, ECCHR recommended cooperation with the Special Rapporteurs on Violence against Women ... the Working Group on the Issue of Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice, and the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. [Para 12]

ECCHR noted that female ex-combatants had limited mobility and freedom, diminished status in villages, faced a higher risk of rape and violence, and almost no recourse to justice. They were not allowed to move outside of their district without permission. GTF noted that through its vast network of checkpoints, between and within villages and towns, the security services were able to restrict the movement of residents and monitor their activities, as also noted by PEARL. [Para 48]