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

Review Documentation

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:

    Paraguay

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

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Sexuality education
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    10th session, February 2011
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    University curriculum should cover gender and human rights issues. [Para 40]
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Sweden

    Sweden
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    10th session, February 2011
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Take the necessary measures to effectively combat discrimination based on sexual orientation in law as well as practice.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 117) The Ministry of Health has upgraded the care it provides for vulnerable people such as LGTBI persons.

    Para 118) The Ministry of Education and Culture has implemented a project to encourage pupils to complete basic education in Asunción and in Central department and a project to promote literacy and encourage completion of basic education among sexually diverse persons in Asunción. In the national curriculum (third cycle programmes), the competencies, skills and content relevant to the preventio n of all types of discrimination have been mainstreamed into the system.

    Para 119) Training courses on human rights in education were provided for teachers, headmasters and pupils (1,040 teachers, 234 headmasters and 907 students) nationwide, together with courses in the capital on educational programmes free from sexual bias. A project to combat bullying in schools began in 2011 and materials to support the project have been designed, such as a protocol to help educational establishments deal with cases of violence and bullying in schools, which has been issued to 94 per cent of schools, a teaching manual to prevent bullying and five guidebooks for teachers.

    Para 120) The Ministry of Justice has a protocol applicable to transgender person deprived of their liberty.

    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 15) AI noted that in 2014, the draft anti-discrimination law that had been tabled in the Senate was rejected ...

    Para 17) SOMOSGAY highlighted the lack of legal protection against discrimination and violence, which was a source of fear for the LGBT population. JS1 said that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity had been compounded by the hate speech legitimized by the State. The recommendations adopted in that regard during the first universal periodic review had not yet been implemented.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    National Report

    Issue:
    • Marginalized groups of women
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    A coordination platform for the prison situation was set up for the main bodies of the justice system.55 In 2019, the court system and the Public Defence Service began processing cases with a view to considering less burdensome measures for persons deprived of their liberty who are sick, over the age of 60 and pregnant or nursing ... [Para 63]
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    The Committee against Torture, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and the United Nations country team recommended that Paraguay ratify the OP-ICESCR. [Para 2]
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Sexuality education
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    Several submissions called for the implementation of a comprehensive sex education policy that reflects a scientific, secular, gender-sensitive and human rights-based approach. Several submissions called for the above-mentioned decisions [No. 29664/17 and No. 1761/19] to be revoked. [Para 70]
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Czechia

    Czechia
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Abortion
    • Sexual violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Unclear Response
    Contents:
    Legalize abortion in cases of risk to the health of the woman, rape or severe foetal impairment and decriminalize it in all other cases.
    Explanation
    Noted ... el Paraguay toma nota de las mismas por ser incompatibles con las disposiciones constitucionales vigentes, que garantizan el derecho a la vida.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Haiti

    Haiti
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    ACS
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Take further steps to improve national health infrastructure, access to emergency obstetric care and midwifery training, especially in rural areas.
    Explanation
    el Paraguay toma nota de las mismas por ser incompatibles con las disposiciones constitucionales vigentes, que garantizan el derecho a la vida.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Czechia

    Czechia
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    EU
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Step up its efforts to prevent, combat and punish femicides and all acts of violence against women.
    Explanation
    De igual forma, se aceptan las recomendaciones 118.162, 118.163, 118.172, 118.173, 118.174, 118.175, 118.176, 118.178, 118.179, 118.180, 118.181, 118.182, 118.183, 118.184, 118.185 y 118.186, que colaborarán para impulsar las acciones y medidas de orden normativo y de políticas que se vienen implementando en el país.


  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Thailand

    Thailand
    Regional group
    Asia-Pacific Group
    Political group
    ASEAN
    Issue:
    • Birth registration
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Further increase the percentage of birth-registered children, especially for those in rural areas.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Panama

    Panama
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    ACS
    Issue:
    • Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Implement the commitment made at the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) to strengthen maternal morbidity and mortality surveillance systems and death registries, by increasing targeted investment in areas of high mortality rate.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Portugal

    Portugal
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    OEI
    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    • Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
    • Violence on the basis of gender identity
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Provide training on human rights and on combating discrimination and violence, including those based on sexual orientation and gender identity, to health personnel, members of the judiciary, police forces and prison officers.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    National Report

    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    10th session, February 2011
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    "Pursuant to the Plan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has laid the foundations of a system to monitor
    and follow up the United Nations human rights instruments by organizing round tables on
    the preparation of reports for the following bodies: .... the CESCR, CCPR, CRPD OP-CRC-SC ...[Para 10]"
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    National Report

    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    • Trafficking in women and / or girls
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    10th session, February 2011
    Status:
    N/A
    Contents:
    "The 2007 reform of the Criminal Code introduced this category of offence and the prescriptions of the Palermo Protocol, in accordance with United Nations resolution No. 1373/01. [Para 93]"
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Sexual abuse
    • Sexual exploitation / slavery
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    10th session, February 2011
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    "… Ensure that all children victims (e.g. of abuse, domestic violence, sexual and economic exploitation, abduction, trafficking, or witnesses of such crimes) have effective access to justice and are provided with protection. [Para 39; CRC]"
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Greece

    Greece
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Women's and / or girls' rights
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    24th session, January 2016
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Further promote the rights of women, children and indigenous peoples.
    Implementation
    UN Compilation:
    Para 6) Paraguay is currently covered by the Regional Office for South America of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and a national human rights adviser. With the support of the national human rights adviser, the Office contributed to enhancing the meaningful participation of rights holders, especially women and discriminated groups, in reporting to the international human rights mechanisms.
    Para 12) Three Committees, the Special Rapporteur on disability and the United Nations country team were concerned about the lack of a comprehensive anti-discrimination legal framework and the persistent discrimination suffered by women, …
    Para 50) CEDAW was concerned at the persistence of discriminatory stereotypes in media communication and at intersecting forms of discrimination against women based on their sex, ethnicity, disability and marital status.

    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 12) JS9 noted that there was structural discrimination against … women domestic workers …
    Para 15) JS9 emphasized … the double discrimination faced by women of African descent, who are vulnerable to various forms of sexual violence.
    Para 15) JS9 emphasized … the double discrimination faced by women of African descent, who are vulnerable to various forms of sexual violence.
    Para 38) Several submissions were concerned about growing hostility, stigmatisation and criminalisation against journalists and human rights defenders (HRD). … Several submissions expressed concern about … women human rights defenders.
    Para 73) JS1 reported that women continued to face discrimination in various sectors.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    EU
    Commonwealth
    Issue:
    • Discrimination based on sexual orientation
    • Discrimination based on gender identity
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    24th session, January 2016
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Pass legislation prohibiting discrimination, including comprehensive prohibitions against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 21) The adoption of a law prohibiting all forms of discrimination is a pending challenge, but by constitutional mandate (art. 46), action is being taken to remove obstacles and to address the causes of discrimination – discrimination against members of the lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex community population is an issue being discussed by both politicians and members of the public at large.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Bolivia

    Bolivia
    Regional group
    GRULAC
    Political group
    OAS
    OEI
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    24th session, January 2016
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Ensure the adoption of a comprehensive law on violence against women.
    Explanation
    Se encuentra en estudio en el Parlamento el proyecto de ley "De protección integral a las mujeres", aprobado de forma general por la Cámara de Diputados en el mes diciembre de 2015 y cuyo análisis en particular continúa en la actualidad.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 167) Act No. 5777/16 on the Comprehensive Protection of Women from All Forms of Violence was adopted. The Act provides for prevention, care, protection, punishment and comprehensive reparation in the public and private spheres, covers various forms of violence – sexual, physical, psychological, remote, economic, political and workplace violence – and establishes penalties of 10 to 30 years’ imprisonment for femicide. The regulations implementing the Act were adopted under Decree No. 6973/2017.
    Para 181) The Ministry for Women and the Judicial Secretariat for Gender Issues are working on a draft bill that would create courts and tribunals specializing in violence against women.

  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Turkey

    Turkey
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    OIC
    Issue:
    • Gender equality
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    10th session, February 2011
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Pursue the necessary measures to promote the principle of equal remuneration between women and men.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    North Macedonia

    North Macedonia
    Regional group
    EEG
    Political group
    OIF
    Issue:
    • Violence against women / gender-based violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    24th session, January 2016
    Status:
    No Response
    Contents:
    Consider adopting a law to prevent, punish and eradicate the violence against women.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 167) Act No. 5777/16 on the Comprehensive Protection of Women from All Forms of Violence was adopted. The Act provides for prevention, care, protection, punishment and comprehensive reparation in the public and private spheres, covers various forms of violence – sexual, physical, psychological, remote, economic, political and workplace violence – and establishes penalties of 10 to 30 years’ imprisonment for femicide. The regulations implementing the Act were adopted under Decree No. 6973/2017.
    Para 181) The Ministry for Women and the Judicial Secretariat for Gender Issues are working on a draft bill that would create courts and tribunals specializing in violence against women.

  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Abortion
    • Inappropriate content
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    24th session, January 2016
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    ADF International recommended that Paraguay continue to honour the national and international obligations to protect the right to life from conception to natural death. [Para 19]
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Stakeholder Summary

    Issue:
    • Adolescent pregnancy
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    24th session, January 2016
    Status:
    Reference Addressed
    Contents:
    CLCGS recommended that Paraguay establish programs to protect pregnant teenagers so that motherhood does not make them vulnerable and socially excluded. [Para 57]
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Birth registration
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    24th session, January 2016
    Status:
    Neglected
    Contents:
    The country team recommended extending birth registration coverage by means of a comprehensive law on identity and strengthening civil registration services in mother and child hospitals, especially those in rural and indigenous communities. [Para 43]
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Canada

    Canada
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Political group
    OAS
    OIF
    Commonwealth
    Issue:
    • Domestic violence
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    10th session, February 2011
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Amend the penal code and domestic abuse laws to prohibit all forms of domestic abuse, not just abuse deemed habitual or excessive.
    Implementation
    National Report:
    Para 72) Act No. 5378/2014 amending article 229 of the Criminal Code relating to family violence, together with Act No. 1160/97 as amended by Act No. 4628/12, established a new definition of the crime of family violence which dispensed with the need for the violence to be habitual and for victim and perpetrator to be living together; they also increased the maximum penalty from three to six years imprisonment. The executive branch is considering a bill on comprehensive protection for women against all forms of violence.

    Stakeholder Summary:
    Para 23) AI indicated that although all recommendations to uphold the rights of women and girls and to protect them from violence were accepted, legislation to prevent and punish violence against women has yet to be passed.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    Norway

    Norway
    Regional group
    WEOG
    Issue:
    • International human rights instruments
    • Gender equality
    Type:
    Recommendation
    Session:
    10th session, February 2011
    Status:
    Accepted
    Contents:
    Continue to submit its reports on the implementation of CEDAW.
  • State Under Review:

    Paraguay

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

    UN Compilation

    Issue:
    • Gender perspective in policies, programmes
    Type:
    Review Documentation
    Session:
    38th Session, May 2021
    Status:
    Not Followed up with a Recommendation
    Contents:
    The United Nations country team recommended that Paraguay ensure that a comprehensive gender perspective was mainstreamed, especially across COVID-19 early recovery programmes in the light of the differentiated impact of the pandemic, ... [Para 54]

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