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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:18th session, February 2014Status:NeglectedContents:... CAT recommended that Slovakia provide shelters and counselling services for women victims of violence in sufficient numbers and with adequate standards. [Para 24] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Other
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:18th session, February 2014Status:NeglectedContents:... Ensure that access to reproductive health services is not limited by health professionals' exercise of conscientious objection and and amend existing regulations to appropriately balance the exercise of conscientious objection with professional responsibility. [Para 40] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:TurkeyTurkeyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOICIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the Istanbul Convention – Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence, which was signed in 2011.
ExplanationNoted. As the supreme legislative body in Slovak Republic, the National Council called on the Government of Slovak Republic in its Resolution 1697 of 29 March 2019 to refrain from the process moving towards ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence by Slovak Republic and has carried out all acts related to notifying the Council of Europe that Slovak Republic does not intend to become a party to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Redouble efforts and take effective measures to promote general understanding of gender equality among the population.
ExplanationIn all provisions and in relation to all recommendations where the term "gender equality" is mentioned, Slovak Republic operates by using the terminology introduced in the National Strategy of Gender Equality in Slovakia, according to which “gender equality” (gender equality + gender equity) is synonymous with the equality of men and women, with emphasis on the elimination of existing inequalities as the goal of equality in the social status of men and women”.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Amend the Criminal Code to include specific reference to hate crimes for sexual orientation and that sexual orientation is not considered a ground for disability.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:RecommendationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Introduce protective measures for all migrant women, including undocumented ones.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Forced sterilization
Type:Review DocumentationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:Reference AddressedContents:AI recommended that the Government of Slovakia ensure impartial, thorough and effective investigations into allegations of forced sterilization of Roma women; ensure that the victims promptly receive appropriate compensation; and fully examine the circumstances under which consent to sterilization was given. [Para 40] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:NeglectedContents:Strengthen the coordination among all agencies working on Roma, non-discrimination and gender equality issues, particularly in the areas of health, education, employment and participation in public life. [Para 11; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Forced sterilization
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEDAW remained concerned that there was no systematic monitoring of the implementation of relevant legislation on the prohibition of forced sterilization. CRPD was concerned about the lack of investigations for cases of forced sterilization. CEDAW noted that some cases of forced sterilization had been pending in the national courts for long periods. The HR Committee was concerned that Slovakia had still not acknowledged responsibility for the past practice of forced sterilization of Roma women. [Para 42]
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:The CoE-Commissioner called on Slovakia to improve the protection afforded to trans and intersex persons, including intersex children. Attention should be paid to countering unlawful practices imposing medical interventions and non-marriage requirements for the official recognition of gender reassignment. He urged the authorities to set up strong, explicit guarantees protecting intersex children from unnecessary surgical procedures aimed at assigning them a sex without their free and informed consent. [Para 27]
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:NeglectedContents:Review the procedures in rape court hearings, establish special centres for counselling and support for victims of rape and sexual abuse, and develop and implement an awareness-raising campaign aimed at women to encourage them to report cases of abuse. [Para 16] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:AzerbaijanAzerbaijanRegional groupEEGPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Step up efforts to eliminate occupational exclusion, to ensure equal pay for work of equal value to men and women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 18) With respect to the implementation of the recommendation to narrow and close wage gap and enact equal pay for equal work, Slovakia took necessary legislative steps in this regard. In 2007, an important provision that legislatively enacted a wage for equal work; and for work of equal value for men and women was added to the Labour Code. Despite existing legislation significant differences in remuneration for men and women, however, persist. Inequalities gradually decrease; the difference currently represents approximately 20%. In other words, the average wage of women represents less than 80% of the average wage of men.
Para 19) Several measures are currently carried out and envisaged respectively to step up efforts in equal remuneration of men and women, including exchange of good practice in the EU, implementation of gender audits at least in public administration, preparation of trainings and certification of gender audits in cooperation with the ILO. The day of equal remuneration for men and women (5 April) was introduced as a mean for public awareness. -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:PhilippinesPhilippinesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:18th session, February 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Develop additional programmes, including a national action plan for children, to enhance the protection and promotion of the rights of women and children.ExplanationSlovakia will further implement measures to eliminate differences in remuneration between men and women, inter alia by using the concept of social responsibility and exchange of good practises. Methodology on equality in remuneration and gender audits in the workplace are under preparation. In December 2013, the Government approved the National Action Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Violence against Women for 2014-2019 aimed to develop, implement and coordinate national policy on prevention and elimination of violence against women. To step up efforts in the field of combating violence against women, the Coordination and Methodology Centre for Violence against Women and Domestic Violence will be established in 2014.ImplementationNational Report Annex 1:
The National Strategy for the Protection of Children against Violence was approved on 15 January 2014, and at the same time the National Coordination Centre for Resolving the Issues of Violence against Children was established as a separate organisational entity belonging to the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic (MLSAF SR). Since the start of the implementation period of The National Strategy for the Protection of Children against Violence, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on increasing awareness of the issues violence against children and on ways to help. In connection with this, the National Coordination Centre launched a website in 2015 www.detstvobeznasilia.gov.sk (childhood without violence), which aims to become the basic information channel providing information related to the issues of violence against children for professionals and adult lay public, as well as children themselves. The National Project to Support the Protection of Children against Violence was approved on 23 October 2017, focusing on streamlining the system for protecting children against violence by setting up systemic coordination of entities participating in tasks related to the protection of children.
The recommendation has been implemented.
UN Compilation:
Para 35) CEDAW noted with concern that there was no legal provision regulating de facto unions, which might deprive women of protection and redress in cases of separation from their partner. The Committee noted that the law on property distribution upon divorce did not adequately address gender-based economic disparities between spouses resulting from traditional work and family life patterns.
Para 47) CEDAW noted with concern that discriminatory stereotypes regarding the roles and responsibilities of women and men in society and family were deeply rooted in Slovakia, and that there had been campaigns by non-State actors advocating for traditional family values, overemphasizing the roles of women as mothers and caretakers, and criticizing gender equality as “gender ideology”.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 29) The SNCHR reported that the activities of international and local businesses operating in Slovakia had certain negative impacts on the enjoyment of human rights, including discrimination of vulnerable groups (e.g. women, …)
Para 48) The SNCHR stated that discriminatory stereotypes concerning social and family roles of women and men were deeply rooted in Slovakia. Women continued to bear a disproportionate share of family and household responsibilities. The SNCHR explained that, in terms of gender stereotyping, a fundamental problem laid on misinterpretation of the term “gender equality”. Some groups of society considered gender equality as a threat to traditionalism.
Para 49) JS1 reported that gender inequality remained evident in many areas of private and public life.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:BelarusBelarusRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:18th session, February 2014Status:AcceptedContents:Pay special attention to the adoption of comprehensive measures to address the aggravating problem of trafficking in children. Consider the possibility of sending an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children.ExplanationCombating trafficking in human beings, including providing assistance to victims has been among long-term priorities of the Ministry of Interior. Recommendations given to Slovakia regarding trafficking in human beings are fully implemented at national level. The Information Centre for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings fulfils the task of a "national rapporteur" while at the same time serves as a manger of the Human Trafficking information system. The Ministry of Interior acts as an umbrella authority for the Programme of Support and Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking, which ensures comprehensive assistance to victims subject to their individual needs. As a part of combating this phenomenon, Slovakia will continue to raise awareness about trafficking in human beings, also through the campaigns. Slovakia will focus on fulfilling the tasks resulting from the National Programme of Combating Trafficking in Human Beings.ImplementationNational Report Annex 1:
Based on the requirements of application practice arising from legislative changes and from the implementation of the principles of current international directives and regulations, the new internal standard “Applying Measures of Socio-Legal Protection of Children and Social Care for Victims of Human Trafficking – Guidelines and Recommended Procedure No. 6-3/2016”, effective from 1 November 2016, was introduced to modify the internal procedure for CSLPaSP in applying measures for victims of human trafficking.
The application of measures by CSLPaSP focuses on providing social counselling, participation in programmes focused on assisting human trafficking victims and field social work. The counselling and psychology services department primarily provides psychological counselling and psychological assistance. CSLPaSP acts as a caretaker during legal proceedings. Preventive and search activities focus on risk groups and risk situations.
In working with human trafficking victims, a CSLPaSP proceeds according to §11 (3) of the Family Act, which imposes an obligation upon the facility, as part of measures to be applied, to apply or ensure the application of professional methods to assist children or adult natural persons who were victims of human trafficking.
When applying these measures, a CSLPaSP closely cooperates with the police, court, prosecution, schools, school facilities, municipalities, higher territorial units, accredited entities, healthcare institutions, and other legal and natural persons engaged in this field.
Care for minors who are human trafficking victims is provided by the Children’s Home in Topoľčany, where six professional members of staff have been trained in cooperation with the MI SR to work with human trafficking victims. In line with the tasks of the National Programme for Combating Human Trafficking, activities for children were focused primarily on information and promotion campaigns, education and preventive activities for groups at risk of human trafficking, particularly children and young adults placed in youth detention centres and unaccompanied minors.
The Information Centre for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Crime Prevention plays the role of a national reporting body or that of a similar mechanism established in accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2012 on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, which replaces Council Decision 2002/629/JHA.
The recommendation has been implemented.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:18th session, February 2014Status:Reference AddressedContents:Concerned by persistent inequalities between men and women, CESCR recommended that Slovakia expedite its implementation of the measures adopted to ensure equality for men and women ... [Para 9] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Forced sterilization
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:18th session, February 2014Status:NeglectedContents:CERD urged Slovakia to establish clear guidelines concerning "informed consent" and to ensure that these guidelines are well-known among practitioners and the public, particularly Roma women. Furthermore, the HR Committee stated that Slovakia should monitor the implementation of Act. No 576/2004 to ensure that all procedures are followed in obtaining the full and informed consent of women, particularly Roma women, who seek sterilization services in health facilities. [Para 55] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Forced sterilization
Type:RecommendationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Establish an independent body to conduct a comprehensive survey of the number of women who have been sterilized without their informed consent.
ExplanationSlovak legislation in force dictates that written informed consent after prior instruction is a requirement to perform abortions.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
Type:RecommendationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Provide couples of different sexes and same sex couples who live together with the rights that correspond to their situation, for example, in the areas of housing, social assistance and inheritance, in particular by establishing a civil partnership.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:CubaCubaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:AcceptedContents:Take measures to increase the representation of women in decision making positions in public and private sectors and eliminate gender based wage inequality.
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW was concerned that women are underrepresented in decision-making and political bodies and in public life, including academia, and at the lack of understanding by Slovakia of the importance of equal participation of women and men at all levels of decisionmaking. It encouraged Slovakia to take sustained measures, including temporary special measures, and to accelerate the increase in the representation of women in elected and appointed bodies in all areas of political and public life, and at all levels, and to monitor their achievement. CEDAW also recommended efforts to increase the number of women in appointed decisionmaking positions in public administration. [Para 30] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEDAW recommended that Slovakia revise the Health Care Act to ... ensure unimpeded and effective access to legal abortion and post-abortion services to all women, including by ensuring mandatory referrals in cases of conscientious objections by institutions; and abolish the requirement to report the personal details of women and girls seeking an abortion to the National Health Information Centre. It also recommended that Slovakia ensure universal coverage by public health insurance of all costs relating to legal abortion. .. [Para 39] -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Right to marry
- Marginalized groups of women
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:32nd Session, January 2019Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:[CRPD] was concerned that persons with disabilities were not given equal recognition before the law and were denied the rights to vote, to marry and found a family, to enjoy property and to retain fertility. [Para 63]
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State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:AzerbaijanAzerbaijanRegional groupEEGPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Place high priority on the introduction of comprehensive measures to address all forms of violence against women and children, including redress and protection of the victims.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 20) At national level, several initiatives were launched in the area of combating violence against women, including the ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and the adoption of the National Action Plan for Prevention and Elimination of Violence against Women. The Institute for Research of Labour and Family submits an annual Report on Violence against Women which assesses the scope and efficiency of support provided to victims. As regards initiatives envisaged for the future, establishment of coordination centre for violence against women and domestic violence is under preparation aimed at providing guidance on the prevention and elimination of violence. A project focused on social inclusion of perpetrators of domestic violence in prison and training of staff working with perpetrators is carried out in cooperation with NGOs.
Para 23) ... The Ministry of Justice will transpose Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 October 2012, establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, with a view to reach comprehensive arrangement of victims' rights in criminal proceedings, including their access to legal assistance.
Para 24) The Act on compensation of persons affected by violent crimes was amended as of 1 June 2013 with a view to explicitly stipulate that persons affected by the crime of rape, sexual violence and sexual abuse have the right to pecuniary compensation for bodily injury and for moral damages (mental trauma, stress, anxiety, frustration). -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:JordanJordanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Consider the completion of the ratification process of CRPD in a speedy mannerImplementationNational Report:
Para 9) Slovakia signed and ratified several UN and Council of Europe human rights instruments during the period under review. In May 2010, Slovakia became a State party to the CRPD and its OP. -
State Under Review:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:Review DocumentationSession:18th session, February 2014Status:NeglectedContents:HR Committee urged Slovakia to raise awareness of ICCPR among judges, lawyers and prosecutors to ensure that it was taken into account before the domestic courts. CESCR and CRC made similar recommendations regarding ICESCR ... and OP-CRC-SC, respectively. [Para 4]