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State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:RecommendationSession:39th Session, November 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Improve implementation of national legislation and policies to reduce gender- based violence and protect victims and survivors, including improving staff training for the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s Gender-based Violence Unit. -
State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:PanamaPanamaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:39th Session, November 2021Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Sign the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action and ratify the OP-CRC-SC and the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Abortion
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Right to health
Type:RecommendationSession:39th Session, November 2021Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Encourage the public and parliamentary debates necessary for the revision of the law of voluntary interruption of pregnancy under a human rights approach, especially to allow this procedure in cases of rape, incest, fetal malformation or when pregnancy threatens the women’s life or health.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ensure the adoption and coordinated implementation of the National Policy on Gender and Development.ExplanationThe newly appointed Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development is currently working on developing a national gender policy which addresses gender issues and those relating to discrimination against high risk groups. The Draft National Policy on Gender and Development has gone through many stages of review and consultation with civil society groups. Thus, the Government is committed to finalizing this policy in the near future.ImplementationMid Term Progress report:
The National Gender Policy is currently before Cabinet for approval.
UN Compilation:
Para 1) According to the United Nations country team, the draft national gender policy, which had been pending for almost 15 years, had yet to be implemented. Cabinet had twice deferred action on an omnibus national gender policy, which had been the subject of considerable consultation and resources, and which was intended to achieve domestication of CEDAW. A draft version of the 2012 national policy on gender and development had not yet been adopted.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 3) SOGIE1 noted that the Cabinet twice deferred action on an omnibus national gender policy before it, which had been the subject of considerable consultation and resources, and intended to achieve domestication of CEDAW. However religious opposition to recognition of the rights to LGBTI persons, to decriminalization of abortion, and to recognition of gender as a social construct were widely reported as the barriers to government leadership in moving it forward. In September 2015, a new government took office and has adopted its manifesto as government policy. That manifesto declares an intention to enact an older, 2009 gender policy document which states explicitly in its executive summary that it "does not provide measures dealing with or relating to...same-sex unions, homosexuality or sexual orientation" -
State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts to effectively implement the legislation in force on the subject of gender violence in order to reduce the current percentages of mistreated women. Put in place awareness raising campaigns to combat rejection in society and increase protection for victims.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 85) With regard to the eradication of violence against women, in February 2014, the Cabinet approved the establishment of the Central Registry on Domestic Violence for the purpose of collecting, collating, and analysing data on gender-based violence as a basis for informing policy and programmes aimed at reducing gender-based violence. An Inter- Ministerial Committee was also established in that same year to oversee the setting up of the Registry.
Para 86) Other initiatives in relation to the eradication of violence against women include the review of the Domestic Violence Act, 1999 which was conducted in 2014-2015 with a view to introducing reforms for the greater protection of victims of domestic violence; the construction of 6 new safe house facilities for victims of domestic violence to be completed in 2015; and the implementation of Women City Centres which will provide integrated services for women relating to violence against women, economic autonomy, sexual and reproductive health, community education and child care.
Mid Term Progress Report:
As regards the eradication of all forms of violence against women and gender-based violence, the Government has adopted a multi-faceted approach:
-A multi-sectoral Committee on Domestic Violence produced a Procedural Manual for Police Officers and a Report including comprehensive recommendations for addressing domestic violence. The Procedures Manual was approved by Cabinet.
-The Gender Affairs Division of the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development conducts ongoing training and public education using various media, to reduce the incidence of gender-based violence. A large volume of publications is produced each year aimed at public information and sensitization.
-The Institute of Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) at the University of the West Indies implemented a highly successful "Breaking the Silence" project which conducted research and raised awareness nationally and in communities on the incidence of incest.
-The Government Information Service (GIS) Radio Unit produced and broadcasted a series of radio programmes that focused on violence against women and addressed traditional stereotypes regarding the role of women and men in society. Specific programmes that encouraged the public to discuss these issues and become proactive in finding solutions included: "Women Can," "Balancing the Sexes/Female Empowerment," "Family Time, Let's Talk," "Domestic Violence," "Domestic Violence - What is Love?," and "Healing our Families."
-The Family Court initiative, which was piloted in 2003, provides victims of domestic violence with access to mediation and redress. Currently the Judiciary is in the process of reviewing the Family Court project with a view to expanding it throughout Trinidad and Tobago. Victims of domestic violence are able to have their cases heard in the Family Court, in an environment that is more private, and less adversarial than the Magistrate Courts or the High Court.
-Increased sensitization on the Domestic Violence Act, 1999 which provides Protection Orders for victims, as well as penalties, fines and possible imprisonment for breaches of the Protection Order.
-Increased media attention to domestic violence has resulted in a clear shift in public opinion from views of the past, which considered domestic violence in the home as a private matter.
-Increased emphasis has been placed on the implementation of Masculinity Programmes to equip men with strategies to cope with their changing roles and responsibilities, encourage shared family responsibilities, and reduce the incidence of gender-based violence. -
State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:EcuadorEcuadorRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:Unclear ResponseContents:View positively the reconsideration of the denunciation of the OP-ICCPR.ExplanationThe GOTT undertook to examine with a view to signing, ratifying and implementing as applicable, ... OP1-ICCPR ...
The GOTT is unable, at this time, to accept the recommendations to sign, ratify and implement the 1st and 2nd Optional Protocols to the ICCPR or the CAT. Becoming a party to these international legal instruments will require significant domestic legislative changes in Trinidad and Tobago because some of their provisions either conflict materially with existing legislation or make the implementation of such legislation more difficult. A decision to become a party to these instruments would, therefore, require national dialogue, consultation and consensus as a precursor in order to permit the adoption of the policy contained in these instruments and the alteration or abandonment of the policy contained in such existing legislation as, for example, that concerning capital punishment or corporal punishment in Trinidad and Tobago. National dialogue on these matters is ongoing. -
State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:N/AContents:In 2010, Trinidad and Tobago established the HIV/AIDS Advocacy and Sustainability Centre (HASC), within the Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development. The Centre, whose mandate is to implement the National Workplace Policy on HIV and AIDS to ensure the fundamental human rights of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS are respected, is pioneering in the Western Hemisphere. [Para 57] -
State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:N/AContents:Following consultations with civil society, there was a recommendation for NGOs to collaborate with government agencies to provide training to police units in treating with domestic violence, which is receiving the consideration of the Government. [Para 109] -
State Under Review:Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & TobagoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASACSCommonwealthSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:12th session, October 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:AI also recommended that Trinidad and Tobago re-accede without reservations to the first Optional Protocol to the ICCPR [Para 1] -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Adopt legislative and policy measures to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identityExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:N/AContents:During 2016 Tunisia presented its reports to (...) the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). [Para 9] -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:NeglectedContents:The Special Rapporteur on truth and justice recommended that Tunisia find ways to ensure that the voices of society, particularly victims, were taken into account in an ongoing manner and make effective efforts to remedy shortcomings in consultations, such as by reaching out to all sectors of society in a non-discriminatory manner, including women, so as to bridge the gap between the urban coastal and the interior regions of the country. [Para 52] -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:The participation of Tunisian women in the political and economic spheres remained low. [Para 68] -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Right to marry
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS6 recommended increasing the decision-making power of women by repealing the 1973 marriage prohibition on Tunisian Muslims seeking to marry non- Muslims. [Para 59] -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:27th Session May 2017Status:Reference AddressedContents:HRW also indicated that Tunisia noted all recommendations related to gender parity in inheritance matters during its 2012 UPR review. HRW recommended reforming the personal status code to eliminate all forms of discrimination between men and women. [Para 72] -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:JordanJordanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Continue cooperation with civil society organizations to reduce the phenomena of violence against women.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 74) Since 2012 Tunisia has been implementing a national strategy to combat violence against women adopted in 2008, in cooperation with a number of United Nations organizations and civil society associations. It focuses on four areas: monitoring and assessment of the phenomenon of violence against women; provision of appropriate and diverse services to respond to the needs of women victims of violence: social mobilization and awareness-raising with a view to changing conduct and eliminating the phenomenon of violence against women; and advocacy of a review of the legislation and support for a legal system that prevents and criminalizes violence against women.
Para 75) Al-Aman shelter for the protection of women against violence was established in 2015 and is run in partnership with civil society. A map of services rendered to women victims of violence and women in situations of vulnerability has been produced and circulated. Steps have been taken to continue implementing the pilot project on “Multisectoral care for women victims of violence in the area of Greater Tunis”, which was launched in 2014. -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:AcceptedContents:Engage in an all-inclusive and participatory reform process and ensure that all sections of the population, including women ... are brought on board. -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Repeal article 230 of the Criminal Code criminalizing homosexuality, and all the articles invoked to arrest and bring to trial LGBTI persons.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Adopt measures to prevent the criminalization and discrimination of LGBTIQ people, so that they can live free of violence and access their rights.
ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:EgyptEgyptRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Continue working to protect women’s rights and promote equal opportunities for both men and women in various fields.
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State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:N/AContents:As part of its follow-up to recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child after consideration of Tunisia's second periodic report, Tunisia passed Act No. 2007-32 of 14 May 2007 amending certain provisions of the Personal Status Code, which established the same minimum age of marriage for girls and for boys, setting it at 18 for both sexes ... [Para 16] -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:UruguayUruguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Allocate more economic and human resources for the implementation of Organic Law 58/2017, on the elimination of violence against women.
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State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:41st session, November 2022Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, recommended that Tunisia consider ratifying the OP-ICESCR. [Para 6]
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State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:1st session, April 2008Status:NeglectedContents:CRC expressed concern at the disparity in the minimum age of marriage for boys and girls, particularly that the age for girl is set at 17 years, although noting with appreciation that it was raised from 15 years. CRC thus recommended that this disparity be rectified. [Para 15] -
State Under Review:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:13th session, June 2012Status:N/AContents:Organizations and associations active in civil society have submitted numerous recommendations, of which the most important are: Ratify OP-ICESCR; support positive discrimination in favour of ... rural and divorced women in the economic, social and health spheres; affirm the principle of gender equality and fairness in all spheres and create mechanisms in the constitution to ensure that women share political and social responsibility; [Para 122]