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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Sign and ratify the ICCPR, the ICESCR and other core international human rights conventions.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:KenyaKenyaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider acceding to the remaining core human rights instruments including ICCPR, ICESCR ...ExplanationTaken note of.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 2) Treatment Action Group (TAG) indicated that, despite several recommendations under the 2008 and 2013 UPR reviews […] the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had not acceded to ICESCR nor ICCPR.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:NamibiaNamibiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the ICESCR.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:LiechtensteinLiechtensteinRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Reform the legislation with a view to providing women with equal rights in marriage, divorce, property relations, the custody of children and inheritance.ExplanationTaken note of.ImplementationPara 49) [CEDAW] was particularly concerned about the de jure maintenance of male guardianship of women and girls, the impossibility for an Emirati woman to sign her own marriage contract, the continued practice of dowry, the obligation imposed on a woman to obey her husband, including sexually, the maintenance of polygamy and the limited grounds available to women to seek divorce, while men could unilaterally request a divorce for any reason.
Para 50) CEDAW took note of the 2011 decree granting nationality to children born of Emirati women and foreign fathers upon reaching the age of majority. However, it remained concerned that Emirati women were still denied equality regarding nationality compared with the rights guaranteed to men.
Para 51) [CEDAW] was deeply concerned that a divorced woman lost custody of her daughters when they reached 13 years of age and of her sons when they reached 11 years of age, or even before those ages if she remarried.
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Para 54) According to HRW, Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 regulated matters of personal status, and some of its provisions discriminated against women. For instance, the law provided that, for a woman to marry, her male guardian must conclude her marriage contract; men had the right to unilaterally divorce their wives, whereas a woman who wished to divorce her husband must apply for a court order; a woman could lose her right to maintenance if, for example, she refused to have sexual relations with her husband without a lawful excuse; and women were required to “obey” their husbands. A woman might be considered disobedient, with few exceptions, if she decided to work without her husband’s consent.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Right to marry
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:RejectedContents:Recommended ensuring that men and women enjoy the same rights with respect to marriage, including the selection of spouse, dissolution of the marriage, child custody and inheritance. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Abortion
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Decriminalise abortion and legalise it in cases of rape, incest, fetal impairment or threat to the health of the mother.
ExplanationNoted. The 2022–2026 gender-balance strategy has been adopted. Its purpose is to bridge the gender-balance gap in all sectors, mainstream a gender perspective, promote gender balance in decision-making positions and consolidate the country’s leading position and leadership in relevant legislation. During the past three years, more than 20 new laws and legislative amendments aimed at promoting women's rights and empowerment have been adopted, the most important of which is the Federal Decree-Law on Personal Status applicable to non-Muslims residing in the country. Article 4 of the Decree-Law, which concerns the issue of equality of rights and duties between men and women, aims to promote the principle of equality in matters of witness testimony, inheritance, the right to request divorce and joint custody. With regard to the decriminalization of abortion in some circumstances, the Medical Liability Law provides for two following cases in which doctors can perform an abortion subject to controls: if continuing the pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman and if the foetus is shown to have an abnormality. The Cabinet is currently considering allowing abortion in other specific cases subject to controls and standards.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:VietnamVietnamRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Further improve her policies and follow-up measures to foster justice, equality, tolerance as well as the full guarantee of human rights for the vulnerable groups, in particular women and foreign workers.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 40) CEDAW was concerned that it was still possible for a husband to prohibit his wife from working and to limit her freedom of movement, pursuant to articles 71 and 72 of the Personal Status Law. It urged the United Arab Emirates to repeal those articles without delay and to review any other provisions that impeded women’s free choice of profession and employment.
Para 47) OHCHR stated that issues relating to women’s rights under personal status laws, such as Federal Law No. 28 (2005), remained in need of development, as they continued to fall outside of the provisions of the CEDAW.
Para 48) CEDAW was concerned that the principle of equality of women and men had still not been enshrined in the Constitution and national legislation, and that discrimination against women had not yet been defined in accordance with the CEDAW and prohibited by law.
Para 49) [CEDAW] was particularly concerned about the de jure maintenance of male guardianship of women and girls, the impossibility for an Emirati woman to sign her own marriage contract, the continued practice of dowry, the obligation imposed on a woman to obey her husband, including sexually, the maintenance of polygamy and the limited grounds available to women to seek divorce, while men could unilaterally request a divorce for any reason.
Para 50) CEDAW took note of the 2011 decree granting nationality to children born of Emirati women and foreign fathers upon reaching the age of majority. However, it remained concerned that Emirati women were still denied equality regarding nationality compared with the rights guaranteed to men.
Para 51) [CEDAW] was deeply concerned that a divorced woman lost custody of her daughters when they reached 13 years of age and of her sons when they reached 11 years of age, or even before those ages if she remarried.
Para 52) [CEDAW] noted with serious concern that, in 2010, the Federal Supreme Court had issued a ruling upholding the right of men to chastise their wives and children and that, in 2013, the United Arab Emirates had not accepted the recommendation made during the second cycle of the universal periodic review to repeal article 53 of the Penal Code, which authorized that right. The Committee was also concerned about the slow progress that had been achieved in enacting comprehensive legislation on violence against women.
Para 53) [CEDAW] was concerned about violence against women resulting from the criminalization of consensual sexual relations between adults outside of marriage, under article 356 of the Penal Code, and the use of that article to criminalize women in prostitution and women who were victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation and abuse. It was concerned that, in all those cases, women faced harsh sanctions, such as prison sentences, torture and the death penalty, and inhuman, cruel or degrading punishment in the form of stoning or flogging. It was also concerned that hundreds of women were reportedly serving sentences after being convicted of having sexual intercourse outside of marriage (zina).
Para 54) [CEDAW] was concerned that access to justice by women and girls, including effective legal remedies, was severely hampered by the reluctance to register complaints and the negative attitudes of law enforcement officials towards women denouncing acts of violence committed against them.
Para 55) [CEDAW] was also concerned about the discriminatory treatment of women in courts, especially foreign women, the lack of interpretation services and legal aid and the disproportionately severe sentences imposed on foreign women in criminal court proceedings.
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Para 52) HRW stated that discrimination on the basis of sex and gender was not included in the definition of discrimination in the 2015 anti-discrimination law, …
Para 53) GCENR stated that the nationality law discriminated on the basis of gender with regard to the conferral of nationality on non-national spouses. Article 3 enshrined the right of Emirati men to confer nationality on foreign spouses, however, the same right was denied to Emirati women.
Para 54) According to HRW, Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 regulated matters of personal status, and some of its provisions discriminated against women. For instance, the law provided that, for a woman to marry, her male guardian must conclude her marriage contract; men had the right to unilaterally divorce their wives, whereas a woman who wished to divorce her husband must apply for a court order; a woman could lose her right to maintenance if, for example, she refused to have sexual relations with her husband without a lawful excuse; and women were required to “obey” their husbands. A woman might be considered disobedient, with few exceptions, if she decided to work without her husband’s consent.
Para 55) HRW continued that Article 53 of the Penal Code allowed the imposition of “chastisement by a husband to his wife and the chastisement of minor children” so long as the assault did not exceed the limits prescribed by Sharia, or Islamic law. Marital rape was not a crime. Furthermore, in 2010, the Federal Supreme Court issued a ruling—citing the Penal Code—that sanctioned husbands’ beating and inflicting other forms of punishment or coercion on their wives, provided they did not leave physical marks.
Para 56) According to HRW, Article 356 of the Penal Code criminalizing (but not defining) “indecency” provided for a minimum sentence of one year in prison. In practice, UAE courts used this article to convict and sentence people for zina offenses, which included consensual sexual relations outside heterosexual marriage.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:OmanOmanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to adopt the 2018 National Family Policy and its laws that promote marriage, family relations, balance of roles, and childcare.
ExplanationDuring the past period, the United Arab Emirates has adopted a large package of important national legislation that contributes to the promotion and protection of human rights, as well as an interconnected and integrated system of national policies and strategies that seek to promote and to guarantee the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The State is currently working on developing the national human rights plan. At the institutional level, the United Arab Emirates established the National Human Rights Institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles. The State will provide through its executive institutions the necessary support for and strengthen its cooperation with the National Human Rights Institution, thus contributing to the promotion and protection of human rights at the national level.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:NeglectedContents:... CEDAW also urged it to ensure that the composition and activities of the national human rights institution are gender-sensitive and fully address women's human rights ... [Para 10] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ThailandThailandRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Take further steps to ensure access to health services for low-income migrant workers, particularly women in pregnancy.
ExplanationThe United Arab Emirates attaches great importance to protecting the rights of workers in the country and to providing them all with universal coverage under a number of different programmes that both safeguard their rights and ensure a decent standard of living. The United Arab Emirates has introduced a wide range of reforms over recent years. These include legislative and regulatory reforms as well as proactive services for workers of all categories in the country to ensure the protection of their rights, the most important of which is the adoption of the Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 on labour relations. The State has launched within this framework several initiatives that have the primary purpose of protecting workers’ rights and providing comprehensive insurance coverage so as to guarantee a dignified life during and after the period of employment, the most important of which is the unemployment insurance system.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW regretted that women continued to be underrepresented in public and political life and in decision-making positions ...[Para 35] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:GeorgiaGeorgiaRegional groupEEGIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its work aimed at the promotion of women’s rights.
ExplanationThe 2022–2026 gender-balance strategy has been adopted. Its purpose is to bridge the gender-balance gap in all sectors, mainstream a gender perspective, promote gender balance in decision-making positions and consolidate the country’s leading position and leadership in relevant legislation. During the past three years, more than 20 new laws and legislative amendments aimed at promoting women's rights and empowerment have been adopted, the most important of which is the Federal Decree-Law on Personal Status applicable to non-Muslims residing in the country. Article 4 of the Decree-Law, which concerns the issue of equality of rights and duties between men and women, aims to promote the principle of equality in matters of witness testimony, inheritance, the right to request divorce and joint custody. With regard to the decriminalization of abortion in some circumstances, the Medical Liability Law provides for two following cases in which doctors can perform an abortion subject to controls: if continuing the pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman and if the foetus is shown to have an abnormality. The Cabinet is currently considering allowing abortion in other specific cases subject to controls and standards.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:N/AContents:A committee comprising representatives of the competent institutions in the United Arab Emirates was set up to look into the possibility of acceding to the OP-CRC-SC and ... Work is being done to bring the country's laws into line with the provisions of those instruments, to prepare the ground for accession by the State. [Para 13] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SamoaSamoaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Take all necessary measures to ensure the effective implementation of the voluntary commitment made by the government to achieve Goal 5 of SDG, by ensuring a quota of 30 per cent in the middle and senior management positions for women by 2025.
ExplanationThe 2022–2026 gender-balance strategy has been adopted. Its purpose is to bridge the gender-balance gap in all sectors, mainstream a gender perspective, promote gender balance in decision-making positions and consolidate the country’s leading position and leadership in relevant legislation. During the past three years, more than 20 new laws and legislative amendments aimed at promoting women's rights and empowerment have been adopted, the most important of which is the Federal Decree-Law on Personal Status applicable to non-Muslims residing in the country. Article 4 of the Decree-Law, which concerns the issue of equality of rights and duties between men and women, aims to promote the principle of equality in matters of witness testimony, inheritance, the right to request divorce and joint custody. With regard to the decriminalization of abortion in some circumstances, the Medical Liability Law provides for two following cases in which doctors can perform an abortion subject to controls: if continuing the pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman and if the foetus is shown to have an abnormality. The Cabinet is currently considering allowing abortion in other specific cases subject to controls and standards.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Outcome ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:CommentSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:N/AContents:Victorious Youths Movement … encouraged the United Arab Emirates to continue its efforts, in particular to … promote gender parity in the public and private sectors; ... to strengthen the rights of women and those of foreign and domestic workers; ... -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:RecommendationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:AcceptedContents:To continue to build on and strengthen efforts to protect the rights of migrant workers, especially women migrant domestic workers.ImplementationNational Report Annex:
The Council of Ministers' Resolution No. 1/1w/1 of 2012 approving the Federal Law on workers' support service was issued. The Ministry of Interior was assigned the task to prepare a draft executive regulation for the Law so that it will be ready for issuance once the regulation is completed. The law included 38 articles.
A unified contract to regulate the relationship between the worker and the employer was elaborated. This unified contract defines the rights and obligations of each party in 11 sections dealing with the following topics (type and nature of work, salary, organization of work and holidays, travel tickets, living, good treatment, communication and correspondence, health care, death and burial, duration of the contract, and disputes between the parties).
Complaints of domestic workers are received through specialized branches set up in the Public Administrations for Residency Affairs and Ports. There are nine branches whereby these public administrations examine cases brought to its attention through a permanent and open channel of communication and providing assistance and care to victims of violence or ill-treatment.
The various police stations receive and investigate complaints made by domestic workers. If there is evidence that an aggression which constitutes a crime punishable by law has been committed, the case will be referred to the Attorney General's Office for investigation before being submitted to the competent court.The work of the domestic labour recruitment offices has been organised and a committee was set up to look into the abuses committed by these offices in order to make proposal on the measures and solutions reached by the Committee to provide domestic workers with protection and care. In order to disseminate a legal culture among employees in the country, the ministry has implemented a number of initiatives to raise the cultural level of this category of labourers group and involve them in the process of progress and sustainable development taking place in the country.
The Ministry of Labour has set up offices for labour relations inside the labour courts with the purpose of settling the disputes amicably, in addition to launching the Judge's initiative of reconciliation and establishing the Department of alternative solutions to resolve disputes. The Ministry of Labour has also opened an Office for Labour Relations at the new Labour Court located at the headquarters of the Judicial Department in Abu Dhabi, and two offices for labour relations at the Labour Court in Dubai. Additional offices for labour relations have also been opened this year in the courts of Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah. The Ministry also aims at opening next year two other offices for labour relations in the remaining Emirates so that the initiative will includes all courts concerned at the country level. This would prepare the transition towards a new phase of partnership and cooperation with the judiciary to implement its final decisions in accordance with the Labour Law as well as the prerogatives and competences of the Ministry.
Dubai Police launched the Benevolent Hand Programme which addresses collective problems as well as claims over legitimate rights by temporary workers. A Hotline Programme has also been set up to help investigate and deal with violations committed against workers.
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Para 53) ... IHRC noted that female domestic workers in particular faced problems such as unpaid wages, long working hours, food deprivation, forced confinement and abuse. While noting that the year 2011 had seen some positive developments for migrant workers, IHRC stated that more needed to be done ... -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:FinlandFinlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:RejectedContents:To ratify all of the most significant international human rights instruments, in particular ICCPR. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:N/AContents:By way of a contribution to the promotion of women's political participation, the General Women's Union launched a project in 2006 to promote the role of Arab women parliamentarians within the framework of the UNIFEM strategy and plan of action for 2004-2008. The purpose was to highlight best practices and useful lessons to be learned for the present and the future from working with Arab women parliamentarians and from the legislative issues that come to the fore in studying cases in the Arab States participating in the project. [Page 18] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC was concerned that the nationality law did not grant citizenship status to children of a woman citizen married to a non-national, as it did where the father was a national and recommended that the Emirates ensure the right of a child to a nationality without discriminating on the basis of his or her parent's sex. [Para 9] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:Reference AddressedContents:HRW added that because of lax oversight by the authorities, women domestic workers are at particular risk of abuse, including food deprivation, forced confinement, and physical or sexual abuse by their employers. [Para 38] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the ICCPR.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-IC.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:DenmarkDenmarkRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Amend Federal Decree Law No.2 of 2015 to include prohibition of discrimination based on sex.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue the efforts to strengthen the status of women. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:BhutanBhutanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue with efforts to implement the national strategy for empowerment and advancement of women, and in the early fulfilment of the voluntary pledges relating to domestic violence and labour rights.