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UN Member State or Permanent Observer making sexual rights related recommendations, comments or asking questions to the State under Review.

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Sources of information used as the basis for a State’s review.  Includes the State’s National Report, UN Compilation Report and a Stakeholder Summary.

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State responses to recommendations and issues raised in the UN Compilation and Stakeholder summary.

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  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Moldova

    Moldova
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    CIS
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Guarantee equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value.
    Implementation
    UN Compilation:
    Para 55) CEDAW was concerned about inequalities in the labour market, the gender wage gap, poor working conditions and the lack of social protection for women employed in the informal sector, especially outside Lima and in rural areas.
    Para 56) The ILO Committee of Experts stressed that wage differentials remained one of the most persistent forms of inequality between women and men.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    National Report

    Issue:
    • HIV and AIDS
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    In 2010 and 2011 the Ministry of Health, together with the Directorate for Prevention of HIV/AIDS and the National Institute of Health, began applying an intercultural approach that includes the Afro-Peruvian peoples. [Para 22]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    ... Investigate all cases [of domestic violence]; and prosecuting perpetrators. [Para 36; CESCR]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
    • Gender perspective in the UPR process
    • Sexual violence
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    14th session, November 2012
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    CLADEM-Peru recommended that steps be taken to ensure that courses based on a gender perspective are made part of the training provided to judges; that policies be established on the use of specialized judicial proceedings in dealing with cases involving sexual violence; and that a mechanism for the provision of legal assistance and support to victims of sexual violence be created. [Para 33]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Argentina

    Argentina
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Issue:
    • Forced sterilization
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    In the framework of the process of the fight against impunity, effectively investigate the cases of forced sterilization that occurred in the context of the Reproductive Health and Family Planning Program 1996-2000 and establish a program to provide compensation to victims.
    Explanation
    En relación con la recomendación 111.97, la implementación se enmarcará, por un lado, respecto de la acción estratégica de la “Mesa Temática para los Derechos de las Mujeres” del Lineamiento Estratégico N° 3 del PNDH que señala la conformación de una “mesa de trabajo con representantes del Estado y la sociedad civil para analizar y resolver la problemática de las personas víctimas de esterilizaciones forzadas producidas entre los años 1995 a 2001.” Cabe señalar que el 6 de noviembre de 2015 se declaró de interés nacional con carácter prioritario las acciones de promoción del acceso a la justicia, a través de los servicios de asistencia legal gratuita, el acompañamiento psicológico y la atención de salud integral a las víctimas de esterilizaciones forzadas producidas entre 1995-2001 (Decreto Supremo N° 006-2015-JUS).
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Brazil

    Brazil
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
    • Violence on the basis of gender identity
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Incorporate within the Public Prosecution Service’s criminality observatory and in the statistical yearbook of the national police detailed data on acts of violence and discrimination against LGBTI persons.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Canada

    Canada
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    OAS
    OIF
    Commonwealth
    Issue:
    • Sexuality education
    • Family planning
    • Contraception
    • Abortion
    • Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
    • Sexual violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Adopt public policies to increase access to family planning and emergency contraception, comprehensive sexuality education and to decriminalize abortion in the cases of rape, incest, non-viability of the foetus and endangerment to the mother’s health.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Guatemala

    Guatemala
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    ACS
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Provide an adequate budget for emergency centers for women victims of violence so they can carry out their mandate.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Japan

    Japan
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Take on board the continued concerns of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies in regard to femicide and other forms of violence against women, and take further measures to eradicate such violence, including those to prevent incidents from arising, as well as investigation and punishment of offenders.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    National Report

    Issue:
    • Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
    • HIV and AIDS
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    The indigenous aspect of a project to strengthen the response to HIV among key
    groups of vulnerable city and jungle-dwellers in Peru was developed against that backdrop.
    Its main components are training on intercultural issues for the members of community
    intercultural dialogue teams and the mobile Amazonian squads doing fieldwork in priority
    areas of Loreto Department. In addition, there is constant coordination with organizations
    of indigenous people and local stakeholders. [Para 71]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice recognized the efforts made by Peru to strengthen its legal and policy frameworks on the promotion and protection of women’s rights and on achieving gender equality. [Para 81]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice noted that patriarchal patterns of behaviour, attitudes, expectations and practices denigrating girls and women remained widespread. [Para 83]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
    • Transgender persons' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    28th Session November 2017
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    JS9 noted that the national guidelines for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care and the National Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy focused on heterosexual women. The Runa Institute pointed out that health-care protocols did not take account of transgender persons. [Para 65]
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Syria

    Syria
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    OIC
    AL
    Issue:
    • Empowerment of women
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Expand the programs dedicated to support and empower rural women.
    Explanation
    El Estado a la fecha cuenta con una Política Nacional de Igualdad de Género, siendo su horizonte temporal para su implementación hasta el 2030, y cuenta con 6 objetivos prioritarios: i) Reducir la violencia hacia las mujeres; ii) Garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos a la salud sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres; iii) Garantizar el acceso y participación de las mujeres en espacios de toma de decisiones; iv) Garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos económicos y sociales de las mujeres; v) Reducir las barreras institucionales que obstaculizan la igualdad en los ámbitos público y privado entre hombres y mujeres; y, vi) Reducir la incidencia de los patrones socioculturales discriminatorios en la población. Estos objetivos se materializan a través de 52 servicios que permiten la actuación interinstitucional de 21 entidades de la administración pública.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Argentina

    Argentina
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Issue:
    • Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Implement a comprehensive strategy with an intersectional approach in all sectors to eliminate patriarchal attitudes, the social legitimization of different harmful practices against women and girls and the high prevalence of gender-based violence and discriminatory stereotypes against all persons regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
    Explanation
    El Estado a la fecha cuenta con una Política Nacional de Igualdad de Género, siendo su horizonte temporal para su implementación hasta el 2030, y cuenta con 6 objetivos prioritarios: i) Reducir la violencia hacia las mujeres; ii) Garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos a la salud sexual y reproductiva de las mujeres; iii) Garantizar el acceso y participación de las mujeres en espacios de toma de decisiones; iv) Garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos económicos y sociales de las mujeres; v) Reducir las barreras institucionales que obstaculizan la igualdad en los ámbitos público y privado entre hombres y mujeres; y, vi) Reducir la incidencia de los patrones socioculturales discriminatorios en la población. Estos objetivos se materializan a través de 52 servicios que permiten la actuación interinstitucional de 21 entidades de la administración pública.
  • State Under Review:

    Peru

    Peru
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Source Of Reference:

    Switzerland

    Switzerland
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Gender perspective in policies, programmes
    • Human rights defenders
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    42nd Session, January 2023
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Allocate adequate human resources and a specific budget to the institutions participating in the Intersectoral Mechanism for the protection of human rights defenders to ensure effective protection with a gender and intercultural approach with the aim of reducing the number of defenders who are victims of attacks by 2025.
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    National Report

    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    1st session, April 2008
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    The Philippine criminal justice system has legal mechanisms for the protection of women, migrant workers, youth, indigenous peoples, and other vulnerable groups. At least 15 laws have been passed during the last decade on the protection of their rights. The PNP and NBI have established mechanisms for dealing with women, youth and children. The PNP operates Women and Children Protection Desks in police stations staffed by accordingly-trained policemen/policewomen. As mentioned earlier, the DSWD and civil society also maintain institutions to address needs of women and children in conflict with the law or victims of crimes. [Para 140]
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    Slovakia

    Slovakia
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Ratify the OP-CRC-IC.
    Explanation
    Noted.
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    Iraq

    Iraq
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    OIC
    AL
    Issue:
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Continue efforts to eliminate trade in men, women and children in order to exploit them in forced labour.
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    Liechtenstein

    Liechtenstein
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    • Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    13th session, June 2012
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Intensify efforts to fight violence against women by the public awareness-raising campaigns, by adequately resourcing the relevant initiatives and by training law enforcement personnel.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 59) In 2013, GPH declared November 25 of every year as a National Consciousness Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Children. Government agencies and institutions continue to conduct annual campaigns, like Women’s Month Celebration and 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) to raise awareness on Convention on Elimination of All Discriminations Against Women (CEDAW), MCW, related laws, and international human rights standards.

    Para 62) PNP has 1,918 Women and Children Protection Desks (WCPD) nationwide, with 4,573 personnel at the frontlines of responding and preventing, receiving and documenting gender-based violence and violence against women and children (VAWC), and of providing assistance in filing appropriate administrative and criminal cases. Around 88% of the 42,028 villages have WCPDs responding to gender-based violence cases. From 2013 to 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has recorded a total of 30,334 VAW cases filed in court.
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    Tunisia

    Tunisia
    Regional group
    Africa Group
    Political group
    AU
    OIC
    AL
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Women's participation
    • Empowerment of women
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Work towards the economic empowerment of women and their enhanced presence in decision-making positions.
    Explanation
    Noted.
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    Palestine

    Palestine
    Regional group
    Observer
    Political group
    OIC
    AL
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    13th session, June 2012
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Consider the possibility of ratifying the OP-ICESCR.
    Explanation
    The Philippines notes recommendation 131.6, on the possibility of ratifying the OP-ICESCR.
    Implementation
    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 2) CHRP stated that the Philippines had not ratified … OP-ICESCR ...
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    JS13 called for the prosecution of alleged violations of the rights of LGBT persons, which were fuels by conservative religious beliefs. [Para 26]
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Marginalized groups of women
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    27th Session May 2017
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    The CEDAW was concerned at the widespread exploitation and abuse of Filipino women migrant workers working abroad, in particular domestic workers, and the insufficient support provided to reintegrate returning women migrant workers. [Para 92]
  • State Under Review:

    Philippines

    Philippines
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Source Of Reference:

    Sweden

    Sweden
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Intersex persons' rights
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    41st session, November 2022
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Pass the comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Bill and the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression Equality Bill in order to guarantee the protection of LGBTIQ persons.
    Explanation
    Noted. Those with claims that are moored on less than solid premises or are not in line with the Filipino people’s cultural values, religious beliefs, and national identity. On the latter, the GPH respects cultural rights in accordance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the human right to freedom of religion under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). ... Those that relate to legislative or parliamentary actions that must be informed by multi-stakeholder and multi-sector consultations, the results of which may not be aligned with the recommendations. The GPH fully respects the Filipino people’s right to participative governance as qualified by Article 21 of the UDHR and Article 25 of the ICCPR.

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