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State Under Review:Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Consider reinforcing the legal framework for the prevention of violence against women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 31) The Family Protection Act 2013 passed by the National Parliament on 18 September 2013 provides a comprehensive legislative framework to combat domestic violence against women in Papua New Guinea and to provide for family and interim protection orders. It also criminalises domestic violence; allows for neighbours, relatives and children to report domestic violence; as well as gives police the power to remove perpetrators from their homes to protect the victim. Penalties for breach of the Act include fines up to K5,000.00 (US$1,650.00) and 2 years in prison.
Para 120) The Family Protection Act 2013 criminalises domestic violence and provides for family protection orders for victims of domestic violence.
Para 126) The Government has taken steps to review laws to protect women against discrimination and gender-based violence and to promote gender equality in the country. The Government is in the process of completing a Report with recommendations to harmonise CEDAW with domestic legislations.
Measures/achievement
Para 131) Some of the measures being implemented by the Government to address violence against women and girls include:
- Criminalising gender-based violence.
UN Compilation:
Para 5) The Special Rapporteur on summary executions noted the positive step of the adoption of the Family Protection Act (2013), which criminalized domestic violence. According to the country team, Papua New Guinea was taking actions, supported by the United Nations, donors and national civil society actors, to implement the Act.
Para 21) In 2013, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women noted that the country had undertaken legal and institutional initiatives to address the situation of women and girls in the country. However, those had not been translated into concrete improvements in the lives of the majority of women, who remain marginalized, discriminated against and at high risk of being subjected to violence.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 4) HRW recalled that, during its 1st UPR, PNG committed to take specific measures to eliminate domestic violence. In this regard, CS, International Presentation Association (IPA), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Medecins sans Frontières (MSF) and Passionists International (PI), recognized as a positive step that PNG had adopted the 2013 Family Protection Act, which criminalizes family and sexual violence and gives police power to arrest and prosecute perpetrators. However, although the Act came into force in March 2014, it had not yet been implemented. CS added that despite the Act, women still commonly suffered from physical and sexual assault. -
State Under Review:Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:NeglectedContents:Police mobile squads are the frequent targets of complaints regarding... sexually assaulting residents [of villages]. [Para 33; UNJR] -
State Under Review:Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:N/AContents:"Combating the rising HIV/ AIDS epidemic in the country is an on-going task undertaken by the Government in its preventative efforts through the HIV/AIDS Management and Prevention Act 2003, which addresses concerns of discrimination, stigmatization and related issues. The National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS 2006-2010 provides clear guidelines for the implementation of HIV/AIDS programs in the country. The government has also developed programs for children affected and infected by HIV/AIDS. [Para 77]" -
State Under Review:Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"CEDAW noted with deep concern that Papua New Guinea faces a serious HIV/AIDS epidemic with 1.5 per cent of its 6.5 million people infected, and that women and girls are disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for 60 per cent of people living with HIV. CEDAW was particularly concerned that girls between 15 and 19 years of age have the highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the country, that is four times that of boys of the same age. In this respect, CEDAW was concerned that women and girls may be particularly susceptible to infection owing to gender-specific norms and that the persistence of unequal power relations between women and men may increase their vulnerability to infection. [Para 60]" -
State Under Review:Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Study the possibility of ratifying CAT, OP-CEDAW and CED.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 140) Papua New Guinea has not ratified the Optional Protocol to CEDAW (OP-CEDAW). However, Papua New Guinea has a number of domestic legislations and policies that are already addressing the issues that the Optional Protocols are aimed at addressing i.e. Domestic Violence is now a crime under our criminal codes, Sexual Violence Act criminalises underage marriage, marital rape, attempt rape etc. -
State Under Review:Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:NeglectedContents:Recommended the ratification, inter alia, of OP-CAT and ICCPR-OP. [Para 2; SR on Torture] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Holy SeeHoly SeeRegional groupObserverIssue:
- Inappropriate content
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:That the family, as defined in the Constitution, remains the genuine expression of national culture. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the OP-CRC-IC.ExplanationDe igual manera, acepta la recomendación 102.2 puesto que el instrumento se encuentra próximo a ser remitido al Congreso para su ratificación. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:South AfricaSouth AfricaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt a law prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.ImplementationNational 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.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Increase efforts to ensure that all children born in Paraguay can have their birth registered.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 186) Joint efforts by the Vice-President’s Office, the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of the Interior and the Directorate General of the Civil Registry led to the launch, within the framework of the “Right to an Identity” National Plan, of the campaign “Everyone Is Someone”, organized to ensure that every birth is registered and every child obtains an identity card at birth.
Para 187) The “Right to an Identity” National Plan ensures that children and adolescents, with the assistance of teams that travel to rural areas, are given free access to identity documents. In health facilities, registration services are always available at registry offices set up to lower rates of non-registration.
Para 188) Documentation workshops are held in indigenous communities. The National Institute of Indigenous Affairs has a number of registry offices. Procedures for immediate access to an identity were developed as part of the work of the National Early Childhood Team. Ongoing mass registration campaigns are organized within the framework of the Directorate General of the Civil Registry’s Timely Registration Programme.
UN Compilation:
Para 55) While noting with satisfaction that the inter-institutional cooperation agreement signed in 2018 provided for the issuance of birth certificates by the consular sections of Paraguayan diplomatic missions abroad, the HR Committee was concerned about the significant percentage of children who were still not registered. The United Nations country team noted that 16 per cent of children under 1 year were not registered, which created problems in terms of claiming their rights.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 81) JS1 reported that there were many children and adolescents without birth certificates, especially among the indigenous and rural population.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:MoroccoMoroccoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupOICALOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen the provisions for the protection of women, notably through the adoption of the draft law aiming at preventing violence against women.ExplanationSe 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.ImplementationNational 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.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:BelgiumBelgiumRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure adequate access to information on sexual and reproductive rights for women and girls.ExplanationSe encuentra en proceso de validación el Plan Nacional de Salud Integral de la Niñez 2016-2021, de manera a identificar nuevos ejes estratégicos que contemple las necesidades y problemas prioritarios, con enfoque de derecho, género e interculturalidad, considerando como prioridad la visión integrada de la salud y en particular la salud integral de la niña y el niño en todas las políticas.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 133) … The aim of the National Sexual and Reproductive Health Plan 2019–2023 is to ensure universal access, without discrimination, to sexual and reproductive health.
Para 137) The curriculum of the Ministry of Education and the Sciences provides for sex education at different educational levels and at educational institutions of different kinds, while respecting the psychological development of students and the domestic legal framework.
UN Compilation:
Para 45) … The absence of comprehensive sex education in the formal system remained a shortcoming repeatedly pointed out by the authorities.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 70) JS9 was concerned that the lack of comprehensive sex education had resulted in high rates of sexual abuse, early sexual initiation and early pregnancy. JS9 added that church representatives provided faith-based sex education in public schools and incited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Two submissions mentioned that the Ministry of Education and Science had suspended the implementation of the comprehensive sex education teaching framework and had adopted an anti-gender stance through its decisions No. 29664/17 and No. 1761/19.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:AI recommended that Paraguay repeal all legislation criminalizing women and girls for having an abortion, as well as those performing such services, and take measures to allow legal and safe abortions in cases of rape or incest, in cases where life or health of the women or girls are at risk, and where the foetus is not viable. [Para 5] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexuality education
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS1 recommended the adoption of measures to ensure the proper functioning of the system to protect child victims of sexual violence, including the application of a comprehensive sex education policy ... [Para 50] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The Human Rights Committee recommended that Paraguay ensure the investigation of complaints of sexual and gender violence and that victims receive reparations. [Para 29] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:N/AContents:Act No. 5419/15 amending articles 17 and 20 of Act No. 1/92 partially reforming the Civil Code (to raise the age of consent to marriage. [Para 7] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"Noteworthy publications include: ... three books, Gender Violence, Indigenous Law and Human Rights, a CD on economic, social and cultural rights and information brochures on indigenous law and female workers, 1,500 copies of which have been published. [Para 13]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"According to data jointly produced by the National Secretariat for Children and Adolescents, the Presidential Office Secretariat for Women and the Prosecution service, in 2004–2008 there were 84 complaints concerning trafficking for sexual exploitation or work. Of these complaints, 90 per cent were from Argentina and the victims were from the
country’s interior. A total of 32 persons were repatriated, most of them women. Of the total number of repatriations, 58 per cent were to Argentina, 23 per cent to Bolivia, 15 per cent to Spain and 4 per cent to other countries. [Para 95]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:NeglectedContents:"CRC was concerned at the underreporting of a large amount of births and difficulties of accessing services for registering indigenous children and children living in rural areas. [Para 43]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:N/AContents:The Referral Centre provides comprehensive social, psychological and legal support
to victims, while the temporary shelter for women victims has a multidisciplinary team that
provides protection, food and clothing. The aim of the Social Reintegration Programme, for
its part, is social reintegration through empowerment and support for physical, psychological,
social and community recovery. [Para 33] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:The HR Committee recommended that Paraguay strengthen its efforts to ensure that all children born in its territory were registered and received an official birth certificate. It should continue its efforts to establish civil registry offices in maternity and children’s hospitals and in rural and indigenous communities. [Para 55]
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Two submissions called for the adoption of the 2008 bill on sexual, reproductive, maternal and perinatal health. [Para 61]
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure labour protection for domestic workers, especially indigenous women.
ExplanationSustentado en las disposiciones de la propia Constitución Nacional y el Código del Trabajo, el Paraguay acepta las recomendaciones 118.85 -sobre la que se aclara que en el país los sindicatos gozan de plena libertad, 118.109, 118.110, 118.111, 118.112
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:CubaCubaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Keep up efforts in the comprehensive protection of women against all forms of violence, through implementation of legislation and national plans that have been adopted in this regard.
ExplanationEn el marco de las políticas actualmente vigentes en el país, que contemplan estrategias para crear las condiciones para lograr la igualdad sustantiva entre hombres y mujeres en los diversos campos, el Paraguay acepta las recomendaciones 118.155, 118.156, 118.157, 118.158, 118.159, 118.160, 118.161, 118.164, 118.165, 118.168, 118.169, 118.170 y 118.171.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen appropriate avenues for reporting and effective mechanisms for investigating gender-based violence and attacks on LGBTI persons.
ExplanationDe 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.