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State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:AI recommended to promptly, thoroughly, independently and impartially investigate all allegations of attacks, arbitrary arrest and detention of persons on the basis of their real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity and expression and bring anyone suspected to be responsible to justice in a fair trial. [Para 34] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:LuxembourgLuxembourgRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Better implement laws aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women as recommended by CESCR. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS4 recommended that Senegal should establish a high-level coordination committee bringing together all the ministries involved in the area of reproductive health for adolescents and young people. [Para 65] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:NeglectedContents:It recommended training law enforcement officials, social workers and prosecutors on how to receive, monitor and investigate complaints (of sexual exploitation), and implementing appropriate policies and programmes in accordance with the Declaration and Agenda for Action and the Global Commitment adopted at the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. [Para 22; CRC] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UzbekistanUzbekistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue taking measures to protect social rights, including the rights of ... women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 144) Efforts to give effect to women’s rights have focused on women’s health and empowerment, the school enrolment of girls and the combating of gender-based violence.
Para 145) The issue of gender-based violence is addressed by the booklet on gender and human rights, which also covers the school environment, and by the presence in schools of gender offices responsible for combating such violence. Standard operating procedures have been disseminated in 14 regions to individuals and entities engaged in combating gender-based violence and regional action plans carried out to provide special care for victims at the community level. An action plan for the period 2017–2021 for the eradication of gender-based violence and the promotion of human rights guarantees the right to free legal assistance for rape victims and psychological and social assistance for underage victims.
Para 146) The establishment of gender units in ministries has made it possible to foster a culture of women’s rights within the Administration, although impediments are still posed by entrenched cultural, religious and economic attitudes.
UN Compilation:
Para 14) The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice commended Senegal on the efforts it had made to strengthen its legal framework for the promotion and protection of women’s rights and gender equality. Nonetheless, the Working Group noted that the Family Code remained one of the chief sources of discrimination against women in Senegal and contained many discriminatory provisions.
Para 16) CEDAW noted that the Constitution and ordinary legislation lacked an explicit definition of discrimination covering direct and indirect discrimination and discrimination in the public and private spheres, as well as provisions guaranteeing equal rights of women and men.
Para 18) The country team noted that the legislation on parity had enabled a considerable number of women to enter the parliament, but that, as the proportion of women in decision-making bodies remained very low, such legislation should also be applied to appointed positions. The team also pointed out discriminatory provisions that remained in the national legislation, including in connection with paternal and marital authority, which interfered with women’s enjoyment of other rights.
Para 19) The country team also noted that the 2013 Nationality Act had put an end to the discrimination women had faced in passing their nationality to a foreign spouse or to their children. However, the country team drew attention to continued discrimination faced by children born or found on Senegalese territory in acquiring nationality.
Para 59) [CEDAW] was concerned about the long delays in revising the discriminatory provisions contained in national law, particularly those of the Family Code, including provisions relating to the different minimum age of marriage for girls and boys, polygamy, discrimination in the consequences of breach of marriage and discrimination against Muslim women regarding inheritance.
Para 60) CEDAW was concerned at the high number of unregistered marriages, recommending protecting the rights of women in such marriages.
Para 63) [The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law] noted that the incorporation into domestic law and enforcement of the instruments to which it was a party remained inadequate and the new constitution of 2001 that promoted gender equality had yet to be implemented in practice.
Para 67) Concerned about the persisting barriers faced by women in effectively gaining access to justice, …
Para 68) [CEDAW] remained concerned about rural women’s limited access to land, owing to legal and sociocultural barriers regarding their right to inheritance, health care, education, public transportation, food, water and sanitation, income-generating opportunities and social protection.
Para 81) The country team nevertheless noted the progress made in amending the Nationality Act to allow Senegalese women to pass their nationality to their children and foreign spouses.
Para 82) CRC welcomed the revised Nationality Code (2013), eliminating gender-discriminatory provisions on the transmission of nationality through marriage, childbirth and adoption, as well as distinctions between children born in or out of wedlock in the attribution of nationality. Nevertheless to grant nationality, the revised Code required that a child be born to a parent also born in Senegal or to a parent who was a national. The Committee on Migrant Workers was concerned that children born in Senegal to foreign nationals had difficulty obtaining Senegalese nationality.
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State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Cote d'IvoireCote d'IvoireRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen actions against harmful cultural practices.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 56) Act No. 99-05 of 29 January 1999 on female genital mutilation has been translated into the country’s national languages and widely disseminated.
Para 58) In 2014, Senegal adopted a policy designed to set in place, through a system of comprehensive protection, a political, institutional and legal environment that counters all forms of violence against women, their families and their communities. The policy represents a holistic response to the practice of child marriage. A national action plan for the elimination of child marriage has been developed and strategies elaborated to ensure that the problem is better understood.
Para 59) Following the recommendations of the African Union Commission, in June 2016 Senegal organized a campaign to end child marriage, with the involvement of non-State entities. This issue was taken on board in preparing the draft children’s code and an analytical study of the social, economic and cultural determinants conducive to child marriage was commissioned by the Ministry of Women, Family and Gender in 2016.
UN Compilation:
Para 34) The country team noted that … the practices of female genital mutilation and child marriage were widespread.
Para 59) [CEDAW] was concerned about the long delays in revising the discriminatory provisions contained in national law, particularly those of the Family Code, including provisions relating to the different minimum age of marriage for girls and boys, polygamy, …
Para 60) CEDAW was concerned at the high number of unregistered marriages, recommending protecting the rights of women in such marriages.
Para 65) CEDAW was concerned about the lack of criminalization of marriages with a child between 13 and 18 years of age.
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State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:EthiopiaEthiopiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Accelerate efforts providing maternal and child health services, as well as to significantly reduce under five child mortality rates.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 119) The need for universal access to health services and to uphold the right of women and children to health has been duly taken into account. … The provision of … free caesarean sections in public health facilities in all regions is contributing to improvement of the health of these target groups and helping to reduce household outlays on health.
Para 121) Since the launch of the health assistance scheme, in January 2014, … 45,548 caesarean births have been covered;
Para 122) … The pilot phase of the human papillomavirus vaccination programme for girls is continuing, with a view to combating cervical cancer.
UN Compilation:
Para 48) CEDAW remained concerned about the persistent high rates of maternal mortality, …
Para 63) The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice was concerned that voluntary termination of pregnancy was prohibited under both the Criminal Code and Act No. 2005-18 on Reproductive Health and carried a penalty of up to five years’ imprisonment.
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State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:ThailandThailandRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:RejectedContents:Ensure equal treatment and non-discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, and other vulnerable groups.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 74) The law does not prohibit the freedom of sexual orientation but rather lewd or unnatural acts that are tantamount to indecent behaviour.
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State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:NeglectedContents:UNESCO reported that a Ministry of Education circular prohibited pregnancy among girls in middle and high school. That measure prevented girls from disposing of their own bodies or marrying while attending school. In the event of an accidental pregnancy, the girls were automatically expelled, which put an end to their studies. The Government had stated in a report that it intended to review the circular. Senegal was encouraged to indicate what measures it had taken in that regard in its report for the eighth consultation on the implementation of the Convention against Discrimination in Education. [Para 54] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:N/AContents:... Further measures have been initiated and implemented, including the development of a gender training programme for the national directors and focal points of ministries. [Para 110]
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State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:Reference AddressedContents:It also informed that, at the legislative level, in spite of significant efforts carried out in order to restore equity and gender equality, there are still discriminatory provisions with regard to women. In 2001, CESCR expressed its concern about the de jure and de facto inequality that exists between men and women in Senegalese society. [Para 13; CCA, CESCR] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its engagement in the implementation of a strategy to reduce poverty and improve maternal and child health. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UkraineUkraineRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Improve access to education for girls. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:HondurasHondurasRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt a comprehensive strategy to eliminate stereotypes and discrimination against women and harmful practices. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:BahrainBahrainRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Expand efforts to centralize data collection for the elimination of discrimination against women as well as migration related statistics. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Raise the minimum age of marriage of both boys and girls to 18. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Mend the national penal code to prohibit all forms of discrimination and violence, including when motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity, in order to guarantee respect for fundamental liberties for all citizens.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:NetherlandsNetherlandsRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Abortion
- International human rights instruments
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Harmonize its laws on abortion with the provisions of Maputo Protocol as soon as possible and legalise medical abortions in cases of rape and incest.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice noted ... that Senegal had not ratified ... the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) ... [Para 6] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC and the Committee on Migrant Workers recommended ratifying the OP-CRC-IC, ... [Para 3] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC was concerned about the lack of progress in increasing the birth registration rates of children under 5 and the wide disparities between urban and rural areas. It recommended that Senegal modernize its civil registration system; provide free birth registration and issuance of certificates, especially in rural and remote areas; and ensure access to education and social services to children without birth certificates. [Para 83] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:AI recommended to ensure that all persons deprived of liberty are held in humane conditions in line with the UN Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, and the Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders, as Senegal had accepted to do in the 2013 UPR. [Para 32] -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:LuxembourgLuxembourgRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:4th session, February 2009Status:AcceptedContents:As recommended by CRC continue awareness-raising campaigns to combat and eradicate FGM and other traditional practices harmful to health and seek to bring about positive trends in traditional behaviour.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 27) Legal advice centres use television programmes to inform the most vulnerable populations of their rights, while non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and women's associations use law shops to guide and assist women victims of violence with administrative, judicial, psychological, and social and health formalities, using various mechanisms and strategies.
Para 55) In 2011 and 2012, awareness-raising forums and training sessions on gender parity, violence against women and early marriage were held in the 14 administrative regions of Senegal.
Para 56) ... Senegal is focusing its efforts on communication with opinion leaders with a view to changing attitudes. The campaign has been successful. Professional excisers have been invited to turn to alternative income-generating activities in order to encourage them to abandon excision altogether. Moreover, 12 monitoring committees were set up in 2011 in areas of high prevalence and an empowerment programme for former excisers has been established. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:BotswanaBotswanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Incorporate clear definitions of "sale of children" and "trafficking in children" in the Criminal Code and Anti-trafficking Act respectively, and specify the penalties for offenders, under the Criminal Code, in accordance with the Palermo Protocol. -
State Under Review:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:LuxembourgLuxembourgRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Redouble its efforts in the prevention of violence against women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 52) Within the framework of the Priority Solidarity Fund, the Government has launched a project in support of the campaign against gender-based violence in schools, aimed at achieving a multisectoral, interministerial and multilevel approach, both at schools and outside them. The project is aimed at improving girls’ access to schools and their retention by the following measures: • Creating safe learning environments which are gender-sensitive and conducive to reducing gender inequalities in access to and retention in school, in particular for girls; • Heightening the awareness of ministry officials, teaching staff and communities, including both women and men, of the impact of gender-based violence on school enrolment and the quality of education.
Para 53) The suppression of gender-based violence is also one of the priorities of the Programme for the Improvement of Quality, Equity and Transparency in Education and Training (PAQUET), for the promotion of girls’ education.
Para 54) In addition to the departmental child protection committees, stakeholders have at their disposal the school medical inspectorates, gender offices, lower secondary school inspectors (school administration option), awareness-raising and training tools, and a booklet on gender and human rights, currently being finalized.
Para 55) In 2015, stakeholders were familiarized with the standard operating procedures and regional action plans developed in all 14 regions to ensure a concerted response to genderbased violence at the community level.
Para 56) Act No. 99-05 of 29 January 1999 on female genital mutilation has been translated into the country’s national languages and widely disseminated.
Para 57) Senegal has launched its first national action plan for the eradication of genderbased violence and the promotion of human rights. Following its implementation, this multisectoral document (covering the period 2017–2021) has led, among its initial results, to the formulation of regional action plans. The action plan covers all aspects of the campaign against violations of women’s rights and domestic violence. Legal assistance for victims of rape is guaranteed and psychological and social assistance is provided free of charge for children who have been raped.
Para 144) Efforts to give effect to women’s rights have focused on women’s health and empowerment, the school enrolment of girls and the combating of gender-based violence.
Para 145) The issue of gender-based violence is addressed by the booklet on gender and human rights, which also covers the school environment, and by the presence in schools of gender offices responsible for combating such violence. Standard operating procedures have been disseminated in 14 regions to individuals and entities engaged in combating gender-based violence and regional action plans carried out to provide special care for victims at the community level. An action plan for the period 2017–2021 for the eradication of gender-based violence and the promotion of human rights guarantees the right to free legal assistance for rape victims and psychological and social assistance for underage victims.
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Para 66) CEDAW remained concerned about the persistence of domestic violence …
Para 69) The country team noted the national action plan to eliminate gender-based violence and promote human rights, adopted in 2017, which gave form to the vision of theme 3, on governance, peace and security, of the Emerging Senegal Plan.