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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:NeglectedContents:CEDAW called upon Togo to address the obstacles to women's access to health care, including sociocultural norms. [Para 83] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:IIMA recommended that campaigns be organized to raise awareness of the importance of birth registration. [Para 29] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:N/AContents:Article 11 of the Constitution establishes the principle of equality between men and women before the law. In 2009, a bill was adopted to redress gender inequalities and ensure that women enjoy their rights in full. This bill revised the Individuals and Family Code to reflect changes in Togolese society and to bring it into line with the relevant international instruments ratified by Togo. [Para 72] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marital rape
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:Togo should speed up its legislative reforms, to make acts of violence against women such as domestic violence and marital rape offences under the Criminal Code, and to amend any provision of the Personal and Family Code that perpetuates inequality between men and women, such as the stipulation that the man is the “head of the family”. [Para 4; HR Committee] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:NeglectedContents:OSC adds that the ministerial department in charge of such matters (women's rights) does not have sufficient financial resources. [Para 11] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Modify practices for the recruitment and retention of public civil servants and army personnel in order to guarantee equal opportunities, representativeness of the ethnic and cultural composition of the country, and to facilitate the employment of women in traditionally male-dominated sectors.Implementation"National Report:
Para 55) Since 2007, in accordance with the statutes of the armed forces, 580 girls have been recruited into the army (5 per cent of recruits) and 350 girls into the police (8 per cent of recruits).
Para 56) Furthermore, Act No. 2013-002 on the General Civil Service Regulations and Decree No. 2015-120 of 15 December 2015 on joint procedures for implementing the General Civil Service Regulations ensure equal opportunities in the recruitment, remuneration, career and retirement of civil servants." -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-CEDAW.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Decriminalise same sex consensual relations to protect the human rights of all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:PanamaPanamaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Consider the possibility of adopting a comprehensive law, in consultation with civil society and other stakeholders, to prevent, combat and punish all forms of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, both in the public and private sphere.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:SenegalSenegalRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to step up school attendance by girls and the most vulnerable children.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Establish effective mechanisms for the protection of women and girls who are victims of gender-based violence, sexual crimes or female genital mutilation, including assistance, complaint and investigation mechanisms.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Forced marriage
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Domestic violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts to combat all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, including domestic violence and harmful practices such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Reference AddressedContents:The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights recommended: (i) enacting a law on quotas to ensure greater participation by and representation of women in decision-making bodies; (ii) continuing efforts to promote the role of women in decision-making and to ensure equal opportunities; (iii) further intensifying efforts to achieve equality and non-discrimination within a framework of equity and equality between men and women. [Para 47]
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Sign and ratify the optional protocol to the CEDAW. -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Make further efforts to protect and integrate into society disadvantages women such as rural women, women with disabilities, and women in detention, by adopting targeted policies for them, in particular in the areas of education, employment, health care, and social securityImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 44) Femme Plus Togo noted that many women experience domestic and sexual violence throughout their lives. Vulnerable groups, such as girls who have not finished school, working women, female trainees and persons with disabilities, are also exposed to this form of violence. The institutions responsible for prevention, punishment and assistance do not always provide an effective response when cases are brought before them. Female victims have a real problem gaining access to justice and receiving appropriate assistance. Given the lack of an official mechanism to protect victims and society’s accusatory attitudes, victims are reluctant to report cases and file complaints. Most of the victims who have had the courage to go to court end up retracting their statements because of pressure from their families and threats from their abusers. In such situations, judges tend to drop the case and facilitate a financial arrangement between the perpetrator and victim, in violation of the criminal law in force.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:LiechtensteinLiechtensteinRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt effective prevention and education measures to end all cases of child marriage and female genital mutilationImplementationNational Report:
Para 33) There is a legal framework (comprising the Constitution, the new Criminal Code, the Persons and Family Code and the Children’s Code) that protects against harmful cultural practices such as child marriage, female genital mutilation, levirate marriage and sororate marriage.
Para 117) Measures taken to combat child marriage include the implementation of the National Programme to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancies and Child Marriage in School and Out-of School Settings between 2015 and 2019.
Para 118) Efforts are made to involve traditional and religious leaders in the fight against practices that are harmful to children, in order to achieve lasting results.
Para 119) The practice of female genital mutilation is becoming less and less common. According to the 2013–2014 demographic and health survey and the 2017 multiple indicator cluster survey, the rate of female genital mutilation fell from 5 to 3.1 per cent among women aged 15 to 49 years and from 1 to 0.3 per cent among children up to 14 years old, between 2014 and 2017.
Para 122) The minimum age for marriage is 18 years (Children’s Code, art. 267). Article 268 of the Persons and Family Code prohibits parents and guardians from promising children in marriage.
Para 132) The new Criminal Code prohibits gender-based violence, including rape, female genital mutilation and forced marriage.
UN Compilation:
Para 40) The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, noted that … Child marriage remained a worrying problem, disproportionately affecting girls despite the efforts of the Government and of traditional and religious leaders.
Para 41) … Child marriage remained a worrying problem, disproportionately affecting girls despite the efforts of the Government and of traditional and religious leaders.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 45) The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) noted that, despite the law banning FGM, its prevalence within ethnic groups remains high. These groups often reside in rural and remote areas of the country where enforcement of the law is lacking. Additionally, FGM is engrained in Togo’s society, and many ethnic groups choose custom over modern law.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:NamibiaNamibiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure that birth registration is free and compulsory in practice and guarantee that children without a birth certificate are not deprived of access to education, health care and other social services, In line with the recommendation by the CRC.ExplanationThe following enjoy the support of Togo, which considers that they are already implemented or in the process of implementation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 66) Togo has 1,139 registry offices staffed by 1,408 persons. The vast majority of these offices are located in cantons and villages and in health centres, the aim being to bring civil registration services closer to users. By Decree No. 2018-132/PR of 28 August 2018 on the reform of the civil registration system, the Government established a technical committee on civil registration with a view to providing all Togolese persons with birth certificates.
Para 67) During a meeting of the Council of Ministers on 15 September 2021, the Minister responsible for territorial administration was instructed by the Government to continue carrying out evaluations in order to determine the practical arrangements that should be made to ensure that civil status certificates are universally available free of charge.
Para 68) The State and its partners organize activities to raise awareness of the importance of birth registration on a regular basis.
UN Compilation:
Para 45) The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences noted that despite the Government’s efforts to ensure that all children were duly registered at birth, only 40.9 per cent of children under 5 years of age had a birth certificate. That significantly exposed them to the risk of becoming victims of child labour, child marriage and other forms of exploitation, as children without birth certificates were generally more vulnerable to human rights violations and experienced disproportionate limitations in accessing their rights.
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State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:RejectedContents:Repeal provisions of the Criminal Code, which criminalise sexual conduct between persons of the same sexExplanationThe recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Togo and would thus be noted. -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW recommended that Togo adopt without delay the draft law establishing quotas for women at elected and administrative positions. [Para 23] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:NeglectedContents:CEDAW urged Togo to implement the recommendations of the report of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission regarding the political violence, including violence against women that occurred from 1958 to 2005. [Para 59] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:26th session, November 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:Female victims face great difficulties in accessing justice. AFPT recommended improving access to justice for women through legal aid. [Para 25] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual harassment
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:NeglectedContents:Accord priority to [...] enacting legislation on [...] sexual harassment [of women and girls]. Such legislation should ensure that victims have access to immediate means of redress and protection and that perpetrators are prosecuted and punished. [Para 35; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:N/AContents:The proportion of births assisted by qualified health personnel rose from 51 per cent in 1998 to 62 per cent in 2006. [Para 67] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Birth registration
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:N/AContents:A number of constraints are impeding the Government from fulfilling its international commitments. Among them: … low birth registration rates, particularly in rural areas; … low level of female representation in decision-making bodies; ... persistence of violence against women and children; exploitation of girls in domestic service; lack of training for health personnel on the reproductive health of women with disabilities; ... [Para 107] -
State Under Review:TogoTogoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFSource Of Reference:TurkeyTurkeyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to effectively fight against child trafficking and access to education of children with disabilities, and especially girls.