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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"The following aspects of the programme are worthy of note: an increase of 37 per
cent in its budget in comparison with 2006, a 50 per cent reduction in the cost of reagents
for HIV, a 65 per cent increase in access to medication for people living with HIV/AIDS
(PLH)41 in comparison with 2010, the distribution of 2,800,000 condoms, expanded
coverage of HIV screening for pregnant women from 4 per cent in 2005 to 64 per cent in
2007, when an estimated 1,100,000 pregnant women were screened and a 33 per cent
improvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV between 2005 and
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:The CAT recommended preventing all forms of violence against women and girls, particularly sexual abuse, domestic violence and violent killings of women, including by adopting a law to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women. [Para 29] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW recommended that Paraguay implement equal education opportunities for indigenous girls. [Para 73] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Amend the penal code and domestic abuse laws to prohibit all forms of domestic abuse, not just abuse deemed habitual or excessive.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 72) Act No. 5378/2014 amending article 229 of the Criminal Code relating to family violence, together with Act No. 1160/97 as amended by Act No. 4628/12, established a new definition of the crime of family violence which dispensed with the need for the violence to be habitual and for victim and perpetrator to be living together; they also increased the maximum penalty from three to six years imprisonment. The executive branch is considering a bill on comprehensive protection for women against all forms of violence.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 23) AI indicated that although all recommendations to uphold the rights of women and girls and to protect them from violence were accepted, legislation to prevent and punish violence against women has yet to be passed. -
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 Act provides for a national programme to prevent and combat trafficking and to
assist victims and for a fund, with resources from the budget of the Ministry for Women set
aside starting in 2018, for prevention, reporting and protection through campaigns and
outreach, inter-institutional coordination, the creation of departmental and district offices and the provision of assistance to victims. [Para 32] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:The United Nations country team recommended that Paraguay ensure that ... staff of public institutions received ongoing training in human rights, sexual diversity and gender identity. [Para 54]
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Adolescent pregnancy
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS18 stated that adolescent health services should be expanded to areas with higher teenage pregnancy rates. ... [Para 61]
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:MalaysiaMalaysiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen efforts aimed at combating trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation of women and children ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 61) Paraguay has a national policy to prevent and combat trafficking in persons 2010-2019, and Act No. 4788/12 concerns comprehensive efforts to combat trafficking in persons. On the basis of this Act, the inter-agency round table to prevent and combat trafficking in persons was set up to serve as an advisory body to the Government and to coordinate joint action by different departments. A national plan is under preparation.
Para 62) Care for women victims of trafficking in persons is provided by the Ministry for Women (MINMUJER), via the Directorate-General to Combat Trafficking in Women, 4 referral centres and a temporary shelter for victims of trafficking in persons.
Para 63) The National Secretariat for Children and Adolescents (SNNA) presides over the coordinating body for the protection of victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation of children and adolescents and for their care. Inter alia, the temporary shelters provide psychological care together with medical care and assistance with judicial formalities addressed to the Public Defender for Children and Adolescents. The Public Prosecution Service has a unit specialized in combating trafficking in persons and the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. Its training centre also provides a training module on trafficking in persons. The following activities are currently under way: a virtual course on trafficking in persons; preparation of a manual on criminal investigation of cases of trafficking in persons, of a procedural manual and of a guide to services for the victims of trafficking and to diagnosis of the situation of trafficking in Paraguay, in particular as regards women and girls.
Para 80) The National Commission to Prevent and Comprehensively Address Violence Affecting Children and Adolescents in Paraguay has launched the "Decent Treatment for Boys and Girls" campaign, to encourage a positive approach to upbringing that eschews mental or physical punishment to discipline children. The meetings of the intersectoral round table to combat abuse and sexual exploitation of children and adolescents were revived; this body monitors the National Plan to Prevent and Eradicate the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents 2012-2017, in which connection is organized the one-week campaign "My Voice is Your Voice - Let's Denounce Sexual Violence".
UN Compilation:
Para 7) ... Appreciating the Criminal Code provisions prohibiting the sale of children, child pornography and child commercial sexual exploitation, and Act No. 4788/12 on human trafficking ...
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:NicaraguaNicaraguaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Guarantee gender equality, especially in reducing the wage gap between men and 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:ChinaChinaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Effectively combat violence against women and girls as well as organized crime and human trafficking, and safeguard the rights of women and children.
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:UkraineUkraineRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Step up efforts to prevent, combat and punish femicides and all acts of violence against women, girls and adolescents.
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.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:United KingdomUnited KingdomRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUCommonwealthIssue:
- Sexuality education
- Adolescent pregnancy
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Undertake measures to prevent high incidence of early, unintended pregnancy, including comprehensive sexuality education in schools and access to services in support of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Beyond constitutional efforts to address discrimination, adopt a law against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify OP-ICESCR.ExplanationLa República del Paraguay acepta la recomendación 102.1, el instrumento se encuentra en proceso de consultas entre las diversas instancias gubernamentales para considerar su eventual ratificación y condiciones de aplicabilidad.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 106) The ratification of the OP-ICESCR is still under analysis.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Move towards the adoption of a comprehensive law against all forms of discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, that punishes and prohibits all forms of discrimination in public and private settings.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:DjiboutiDjiboutiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen and accelerate legislative and educational actions to prevent violence against women and girls, especially domestic violence.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 141) At all levels and in all modes of education, the curriculum takes a rights-based approach and promotes proper treatment and the equality of men and women, with emphasis on the prevention of violence against children and women.
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 168) The second National Plan to Combat Violence against Women (2015–2020) was adopted by Decree No. 5140/16, which also established the Inter-Agency Board for the Prevention of Violence against Women. Eighteen agencies from the three branches of government, as well as civil society organizations, are represented on the Board; it is coordinated by the Ministry for Women, which is the advisory body for implementation of Act No. 5777/2016. The implementing regulations were adopted in 2019.
Para 169) The Women’s Support Service provides comprehensive care, information and counselling to women in situations of domestic, sexual, physical, economic and psychological violence in the regional women’s centres and at the Ciudad Mujer Centre Ñande Kerayvoty Renda. The provision of these support services for a life from violence is coordinated by the Ministry for Women.
Para 170) The National Houses of Justice Programme provides free legal advice. An office in Asunción provides advice and legal representation as a result of an agreement between the Ministry of Justice and American University (Paraguay).
Para 171) In 2016, the Civil Service Secretariat adopted a protocol for intervention and guidelines for responses to discrimination and harassment in the workplace (decision No. 516). In 2018, the Secretariat drafted a protocol for action in cases of workplace violence and a guide to ensuring that internal rules are informed by a gender perspective and the imperatives of non-discrimination and respect (decisions No. 387 and No. 388). In 2019, it set up a permanent commission of inquiry and an office for confidential advice in respect of workplace violence.
Para 172) In 2019, the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security created an office to respond to and prevent workplace violence and defined a procedure for responses to such violence (including physical violence, psychological violence or mobbing and sexual violence).
Para 173) The health services follow the instructions in a handbook on comprehensive assistance to victims of domestic and gender-based violence, in which uniform procedures for such assistance and for the collection of evidence are laid out. The Mercedes Sandoval House for Women ensures care and protection by providing housing, security, psychological support, legal assistance, medical care, educational support for children and opportunities to generate income.
Para 174) The Ministry for Women administers the free helpline 137, an operating system designed to provide security for women victims of violence that has nationwide coverage and is available 24 hours a day. Since 2019, the Observatory on Women’s Right to a Life Free from Violence has monitored and conducted research on violence against women with a view to designing public policies, informed by data collected in coordination with other observatories, for the prevention and elimination of such violence.
Para 175) The Public Prosecution Service has a specialized unit that investigates cases of domestic violence and a technical gender office that has a facility for the reception of complaints at the Centre Ciudad Mujer. The Service’s General Instruction No. 9/11 provides for immediate assistance to women victims within the framework of investigations into domestic and gender-based violence.
Para 176) The Ministry of the Interior’s Comprehensive Management of Public Safety Programme contributes to the prevention of domestic violence. The Department for the Assistance of Victims of Domestic Violence was created in 2018.
Para 177) Following a competitive examination, the Council of the Judiciary hired 16 defence lawyers specializing in matters relating to gender-based violence (2018) to work in 11 departments and the Capital District. Public defenders receive ongoing training in this area at the Education and Training Centre for Public Defenders.
Para 178) Since 2017, the Judicial Secretariat for Gender Issues has monitored the application of Act No. 5777/16 by courts and tribunals in order to build a database of relevant jurisprudence. It collects information on equality indicators, which are published by the Gender Observatory. Since 2019, the Secretariat, serving as a link to the court system, has been more heavily involved in cases at the Centre Ciudad Mujer.
Para 179) Through the Regional Programme to Combat Violence against Women in Latin America, the Supreme Court conducts analyses and provides training for magistrates and other officials of judicial districts to ensure the proper application of the Act. A memorandum of understanding was signed with United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in 2018. In October 2020, magistrates from magistrates’ courts and employees of the Office for the Assistance of Victims of Violence – an office created pursuant to agreement No. 642/2010 and made a part of the magistrates’ courts of Central Department in accordance with agreement No. 1415/2020 – began receiving training on nonworking days or outside working hours.
Para 180) Several institutions undertook outreach and awareness-raising initiatives in connection with violence against women and the related legal framework, including by organizing campaigns, training sessions and publications or by taking other steps.
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.
Para 182) The project “Paraguay Protects Women, Children and Adolescents from Violence in the Context of the COVID-19 Emergency”, promoted by the United Nations Development Programme, facilitated the development of protocols for the issuance of protection orders by magistrates’ courts in cases of domestic violence and responses to workplace harassment, sexual harassment and mobbing in the judicial sphere.
UN Compilation:
Para 14) The United Nations country team noted that, in a historic 2019 judgment, a person had been convicted of femicide in the death of a trans woman. However, discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression remained pervasive in the practice of public institutions.
Para 53) [HR Committee] was concerned about the increase in domestic and sexual violence against women, girls and adolescents and about reports of an alarming number of femicides. The fact that only a very small number of femicides had been investigated since it was established as a crime in 2016 was of particular concern. The United Nations country team was of the view that the 78 per cent rise in the number of calls to the domestic violence centre between 2019 and 2020 was a sign of the stress families were under.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 15) JS9 emphasized … the double discrimination faced by women of African descent, who are vulnerable to various forms of sexual violence.
Para 74) Two submissions reported that Act No. 5777/16 on the Comprehensive Protection of Women from All Forms of Violence established femicide as a criminal offence; however, the fact that the Act contained no reference to gender was detrimental to transgender and lesbian women and could lead to it being applied in a discriminatory way. KR added that political violence against women had not been defined as a specific offence.
Para 75) Several submissions noted that during the COVID-19, gender-based violence and child abuse and mistreatment had increased. JS12 added that the State had done little to provide protection and the courts had done nothing. UC was concerned about the limited provision of prevention and support services for women.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:BelgiumBelgiumRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Incorporate child sex tourism explicitly as a criminal offence in order to bring national legislation in conformity with the OP-CRC-SC.ExplanationLas recomendaciones referidas al combate de todas las formas de violencia contra niños aceptadas por el Paraguay son las siguientes: 102.91, 102.92. Recientemente ha sido presentada oficialmente la Campaña 'Respetá mis derechos. Denunciá la violencia sexual', iniciativa que busca concienciar a todos los actores sobre la importancia de denunciar los hechos que involucren vulneración de los derechos de niños, niñas y adolescentes.
ImplementationNational Report:
Para 189) … Trafficking in persons, including for purposes of sexual exploitation, is a crime pursuant to Act No. 4788/12, which also provides for the relevant penalties.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the OP-CRC.ExplanationNoted. Por otro lado, el Paraguay toma nota de las recomendaciones 105.1 y 105.2 en razón de su formulación imprecisa, teniendo en cuenta que el Paraguay ha ratificado los dos Protocolos de la Convención del Niño y ha firmado el tercer protocolo cuyo trámite de ratificación está en curso. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"... In addition, the legal mediation service was extended to 14 sites in Paraguay and in 2010 the Secretariat for Gender Issues was set up within the Supreme Court and charged with ensuring women’s rights are incorporated and institutionalized into the administration of justice. [Para 38]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt the necessary measures to eliminate discrimination against women, both in law and practice, including with regard to remuneration, employment opportunities, access to educational and health services.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 7) ... Act No. 5446/15 on public policies on behalf of women in rural areas.
Para 8) ... Act No. 4675/12 to upgrade the Secretariat for Women into a Ministry.
Para 67) The Ministry for Women was organized by Act No. 4675/12, which established it as the body responsible for directing, setting standards for and coordinating government policy to promote equal rights and opportunities for men and women and for encouraging full participation by women in politics, the economy, society, culture and civil life within the framework of the third national plan for 2008 to 2017 to provide equal opportunities for men and women.
Para 68) The plan determined three strategic lines of action for poverty reduction based on empowerment and social inclusion: a) design of models for action to incorporate the gender perspective into sectoral public policies and to improve the competitiveness of small-scale producers of stevia-ka'a he'e (Stevia rebaudiana) and to increase its exports, b) a social programme to empower women in peri-urban settlements, c) support for women entrepreneurs on family farms.
Para 69) Act No. 5446/15 on public policies on behalf of rural women underpins efforts to promote the economic, political, social and cultural rights of women living in rural areas for their empowerment and advancement. A total of 2,711 women benefited from the project to encourage women's participation in the labour market in the departments of de San Pedro, Caazapá and Canindeyú and it has been extended to include the departments of Alto Paraguay, Paraguarí and Misiones for the direct benefit of 1,686 women.
Para 70) Steps have been taken to encourage women to stand as candidates for decisionmaking positions as part of the programme to improve women's capacity to participate in politics. Work is also under way to develop an agenda to further the political rights of women, to train women holding elected positions and to raise awareness among men. The legislative branch is examining a bill to amend article 32, paragraph r) of Act No. 834/96, on the Paraguayan Electoral Code in respect of the percentage of women in elected positions.
Para 108) The National Career Development Service (SNPP) has provided training for a total of 1,792 women in the different geographical regions of Paraguay; the highest percentages were in Central (27 per cent) and Itapuá (17 per cent) departments (2014). In the same year, as part of its policy to ensure that at least 50 per cent of its trainees are women, the National Professional Skills and Training System (SINAFOCAL) held six courses for women in rural areas. In 2015, 58 courses are being organized. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Inappropriate content
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:ADF recommended that Paraguay continue to recognize and protect the family as the natural and fundamental group unit of society; and to protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman. [Para 37] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"Under the Programme to Provide Support for Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons, and especially Women and Girls, the Directorate-General for Statistics, Surveys and Censuses has set up a statistical register of victims of trafficking in persons, covering institutions involved in providing them with assistance. The register has made it possible to
develop a database and to map routes used by trafficking. Periodically updating the database is another challenge that will have to be met. [Para 98]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The CAT recommended implementing the National Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents. [Para 16] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"In 2005, CEDAW recommended a national consultation with civil society groups, including women's groups, to address the issue of abortion, which was illegal and a cause of high mortality rates. [Para 58]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW expressed concern ... at wage disparities between women and men. [Para 55]