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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:MalaysiaMalaysiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to protect children and youth against sexual exploitation.
ExplanationSingapore continuously reviews our policies to ensure that vulnerable groups, including children, are protected. The Criminal Justice Reform Act 2018 enhanced protection for victims of sexual or child abuse offences, and reduced the stress they face in the criminal justice system. In 2019, we amended the Penal Code to strengthen protection for children and youths against sexual exploitation. The Children and Young Persons Act was also amended in the same year to extend protection to abused and neglected children from below 16 years to below 18 years.
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UzbekistanUzbekistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt a roadmap to ensure the protection of the interests and development of women, and ensure its successful implementation.
ExplanationSingapore’s approach to gender equality is founded on the principle of meritocracy where women in Singapore participate fully and equally in all spheres of life and at all levels. In 2017, Singapore’s first female President, Halimah Yacob, was elected into office.
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:VenezuelaVenezuelaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts to improve the protection of women and girls from violence through policy and legislation.
ExplanationSingapore’s approach to gender equality is founded on the principle of meritocracy where women in Singapore participate fully and equally in all spheres of life and at all levels. In 2017, Singapore’s first female President, Halimah Yacob, was elected into office.
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Repeal the criminalization, as stipulated in the penal code, of consensual male-to-male sexual relations.
ExplanationNoted. Although Section 377A of the Penal Code remains in our statute books, it is not enforced. All Singapore citizens, regardless of their sexual orientation, are free to pursue their activities in their private space. We firmly oppose discrimination and harassment and have laws to protect all our citizens from such conduct. We will continue to manage the issue of LGBT rights in a sensitive and pragmatic way, so as to protect the vulnerable, uphold the family and preserve the common space for the diverse communities in Singapore.
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual harassment
Type:QuestionSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:What steps has the Government taken to implement CEDAW recommendations, in particular regarding: enacting legislative provisions on sexual harassment, including sanctions, civil remedies and compensation. -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:AfghanistanAfghanistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Accede to OP-CRC-SC.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 60) Singapore is fully committed to our obligations under the CRC. We are currently considering accession to the OP-CRC-SC. Like the other treaties we accede to, we want to ensure that necessary legislation and resources are in place at the time of accession so that our obligations can be implemented immediately. -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Brunei DarussalamBrunei DarussalamRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts in protecting the rights of specific groups such as women ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 51) Singapore supported Recommendations 94.13, 94.23-24 and 95.7-10 because we are fully committed to ensure that women and girls are protected, supported and empowered. Equal opportunities are available to all citizens, irrespective of their gender. Singapore is ranked 15th out of 152 countries on the Gender Inequality Index in the 2014 UN Human Development Report. We are also ranked 14th out of 179 countries in the 2015 State of the World's Mothers Report.
Para 53) Women are better represented and occupy important positions in the public, corporate and civil society sectors today, although representation at the higher corporate levels can be further improved. The Public Service tries to lead the way on this front. As of 2014, women constituted 56.7% of the Civil Service. 6 of the 23 Permanent Secretaries and 9 of the 32 Deputy Secretaries were women. Women made up 23% of the judges in the Supreme Court, and 48%, 69% and 48% of the total number of judicial officers in the State Courts, Family Justice Courts and Supreme Court respectively. Half of the officers in the Foreign Service are women. We now have many inspiring examples of women in leadership positions in public life. Singapore's first female Speaker of Parliament, Madam Halimah Yacob, was appointed in January 2013. There are currently one female Minister, four female Senior Ministers of State, and one female Parliamentary Secretary in the Government. 2 out of our 5 mayors are women.
Para 54) Women tend to shoulder disproportionate responsibility for care of the family. We are therefore doing more to reduce the workfamily trade-offs that many Singaporean women continue to face. We have made it easier for fathers to take leave from work so that they can shoulder more parenting responsibilities. In 2013, the Government introduced one week of Government-Paid Paternity Leave and one week of Government-Paid Shared Parental Leave. The Paternity Leave scheme was further extended to two weeks in 2015. This enhanced scheme will first be implemented by the Civil Service. Companies will be given more time to adjust their policies and can adopt the additional week of paternity leave on a voluntary basis for now. We also encourage companies to offer flexible work arrangements.
Para 55) The practice of Muslim law in Singapore is progressive, and takes into account evolving societal contexts and norms. The fatwa (religious ruling) on revocable insurance nomination was updated in February 2012 to allow Muslim policy holders to nominate their spouse or dependants to receive the full payout from the insurance company as a valid inter vivos gift. Before this policy change, a Muslim man could not leave his insurance company payout to his wife and children even if he wished. This new fatwa enables Muslims to secure the rights of their spouses and dependants through properly planned nominations according to civil law and in line with the objectives and spirit of Muslim family law.
Para 57) Support for foreign spouses of Singaporeans. The rate of transnational marriages in Singapore continues to grow and 31% of marriages in 2014 involved a Singaporean and a non-Singaporean (often the female partner). To help these foreign spouses of Singaporeans integrate into Singapore society, we introduced a Marriage Support Programme in 2014 to help couples address the unique challenges of transnational marriages. The programme, inter alia, teaches the foreign spouses basic conversational skills and provides advice on employment issues. The Ministry of Manpower also allows foreign spouses with a Long Term Visit Pass to apply for jobs in Singapore.
UN Compilation:
Para 8) The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women welcomed amendments made to the ... Women's Charter; and the Children and Young Persons Act, which protected girls and young women against abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Para 11) While noting the redesignation of the Women's Desk as the Office for Women's Development on 1 July 2011, the same Committee was concerned about the Office's limited authority, resources and capacity to ensure that gender equality policies were fully implemented ...
Para 26) The CEDAW noted with appreciation the efforts to revise discriminatory legislation and align Syariah law with civil law. It remained deeply concerned at the preservation of the dual marriage regime and the discriminatory provisions that persisted in the laws relating to marriage, divorce and nationality that denied women equal rights with men. It was concerned at the lack of free choice of adjudication between Syariah Court and family court ...
Para 45) UNESCO noted that, since the first cycle of the universal periodic review, no specific additional measures had been taken to ensure education for all, particularly for poor children, persons with disabilities and persons living with HIV/AIDS, to promote and guarantee gender equality in educational institutions, and to ensure human rights education and training for the judiciary and law enforcement officials. -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:MoldovaMoldovaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Take measures in order to ratify the Palermo Protocol. -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:IndiaIndiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Consider expediting becoming a party to..., CRPD...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 69) We ratified the CRPD in July 2013 ... -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:N/AContents:"We are considering the feasibility of accession to several international human rights treaties, including: CRPD, OP-CRC-SC … [Para 158]" -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:NeglectedContents:"CEDAW called upon Singapore to review the legal protection afforded to foreign women domestic workers under the Employment of Foreign Workers Act, and to ensure that such workers benefited from wider protection, either under the Employment Act or under separate legislation on foreign domestic workers, especially with regard to their contractual status. [Para 38]" -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Fulfil its international obligations by ratifying as a matter of priority the ICCPR and ICESCR.ExplanationNoted. About a quarter of the recommendations that we noted relate to the ratification of international human rights treaties. Singapore takes our treaty obligations seriously and engages actively with the relevant treaty bodies. We also have a process under our Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights to actively review Singapore's ability to ratify additional human rights treaties. Since we cannot prejudge the outcome of the review process, we are unable to commit ourselves to ratifying any of these specific treaties at this time, apart from the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (OP-CRC-SC), for which a review has already been completed. While Singapore may not be party to a particular human rights treaty yet, it does not mean that our outcomes are not already fully or largely in compliance with its objectives. -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-SC. -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:QuestionSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:N/AContents:What steps is the government of Singapore taking to produce an action plan on tackling violence against women and girls, including domestic violence and online child sexual abuse, in consultation with civil society? -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Decriminalize consensual homosexual relations between adults.ExplanationNoted. Section 377 A of the Penal Code on sodomy, which was inherited during the colonial history of Singapore, was not proactively enforced. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons were free to lead their lives. Parliament decided after an intense debate in 2007 to retain this law. The Prime Minister noted at that time that it was better to accept the legal untidiness and ambiguity of leaving the law as it was, and it would not be wise to force this issue by settling it one way or the other. Singapore firmly opposed discrimination and harassment, and did not discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex applicants to the civil service. The approach was "to live and let live", preserve the common space for all communities, and let society evolve gradually and decide collectively.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 12) JS3 stated that although section 377A of the Penal Code, criminalising consensual sexual behaviour between adult males, had not been enforced since the last universal periodic review of Singapore in 2016, its continued existence permitted the institutionalisation of discriminatory policies against not just gay men, but the whole lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) community.
Para 40) JS4 stated that the stigma of being LGBTQ, associated with Penal Code Section 377A and media censorship, was a contributing factor in the failure to report or seek help when abused.
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:[CEDAW] recommended that the State ensure that women migrant domestic workers were guaranteed the same level of protection and benefits as other workers, in particular with regard to public holidays, maximum weekly working hours and regular days of rest, including by extending the applicability of the Employment Act to migrant domestic workers. [Para 108]
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Marital rape
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Introduce legislation to make marital rape illegal in all circumstances.ExplanationThere is a robust legislative framework that criminalises acts of domestic violence and acts of violence against women, under the Women's Charter, the Children and Young Persons Act and the Penal Code. We are also actively working towards repealing marital rape immunity.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 20) Enhancing protection against violence. Singapore has robust legislation criminalising violence under the Women’s Charter, the CYPA, the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA), and the Penal Code. With effect from January 2020, we fully repealed marital immunity for rape and expanded the definition of rape to cover nonconsensual oral and anal penetration by the penis. We also enhanced penalties for a range of offences committed against persons vulnerable to harm, including children, domestic helpers, persons in intimate relationships with offenders, and persons with disabilities whose mental or physical disabilities render them substantially unable to protect themselves from abuse.
Para 25) The Penal Code was amended in 2019 to double the maximum punishment for persons convicted of causing …, sexual offences, … against FDWs [Foreign Domestic Workers].
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS2 recommended that the Government enable transgender Singaporeans to change legal sex through a legal declaration of intent to transition and live as their affirmed sex, with reasonable conditions to prevent abuse. [Para 19]
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen its awareness-raising programmes to more effectively address gender disparities and discrimination against women.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 104) JS6 stated that public understanding of what constituted domestic violence, apart from physical violence, was poor.
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW recommended that the State reduce the gender wage gap by regularly reviewing wages in sectors in which women are concentrated and by establishing effective monitoring and regulatory mechanisms for employment and recruitment to ensure that the principle of equal pay for work of equal value is adhered to in all sectors. [Para 84]
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Holy SeeHoly SeeRegional groupObserverIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts to guarantee the protection and rehabilitation of the viictims of trafficking in persons, especially for women and children.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 45) CEDAW remained concerned that the State continued to be a destination and transit country for trafficking in women and girls for purposes of sexual and labour exploitation.
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State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:QuestionSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Does the government of Singapore intend to regulate the practice labelled 'female circumcision to clearly prohibit harmful procedures and prevent Female Genital Mutilation tourism? -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS1 stated that no LGBTI organization had been able to register as a legal society. The Singapore Societies Act gives the registrar of Societies absolute discretion to refuse the registration of a society if the Registrar is merely satisfied that it would be contrary to the national interest for the society to be registered. JS5 stated that the Registrar of Societies had used the broad scope to deny registration of associations as a basis for rejecting applications by LGBTI associations. [Para 50] -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW called upon Singapore to enact specialized legislation against trafficking in persons, strengthen its measures to combat all forms of trafficking in women and children, and ensure the prosecution and punishment of individuals involved in trafficking and the protection and rehabilitation of victims. [Para 22] -
State Under Review:SingaporeSingaporeRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual harassment
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW expressed concern at the lack of a legal definition and prohibition of sexual harassment. It urged Singapore to enact legislative provisions on sexual harassment in the workplace and in educational institutions, including sanctions, civil remedies and compensation for victims. [Para 42]