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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Review existing legislation and programs to prevent and eradicate violence and sexual exploitation against children and adolescents, to ensure they meet international best practices.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 35) The specialized unit of the Public Prosecution Service investigates all forms of trafficking in persons. In 2018, the scope of the unit’s work was expanded to include efforts to combat the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. There is a reporting system, including an online portal, involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry for Women, the Ministry for Children and Adolescents and the National Police. A national prosecutorial office was set up to coordinate investigations.
Para 189) Under article 223 of the Criminal Code, trafficking in minors is made a punishable offence, and exposing them to the risk of sexual or labour exploitation is an aggravating circumstance. 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.
Para 190) The Programme for the Comprehensive Care of Child and Adolescent Victims of Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation ensures the provision of psychological, legal and social support to children and adolescents with a view to helping them return to their families and sponsors outreach and prevention activities. The Rosa Virginia home for child and adolescent victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation has been operating since 2015. In 2019, the Ministry for Children and Adolescents entered into an agreement with the government of Central Department to set up centres for the protection and comprehensive care of child and adolescent victims.
Para 191) The National Policy on Children and Adolescents 2014–2024 provided the framework for the Plan for the Prevention and Eradication of the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents 2012–2017, the Abrazo Programme, the project Building Bridges to Combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Children and Adolescents, the Arapoty Project, on developing the strength to combat trafficking in children and adolescents, and other initiatives.
Para 192) The National Secretariat for Tourism is the driving force behind awareness-raising campaigns for the prevention and reporting of the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in the context of tourism (annex XI).
Para 193) Annex XII consists of information on initiatives to prevent and combat violence against and the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. Annex XIII presents legislative developments in addition to the laws described in annex IV (items 3, 5 and 36 of section C).
Para 194) Special mention should be made of Act No. 5659/16 on the Promotion of Good Treatment, Positive Child-Rearing and the Protection of Children and Adolescents from Physical Punishment or Any Type of Violence as a Method of Correction of Discipline and Act No. 6202/18, under which rules for the prevention of sexual violence and for the comprehensive care of sexually abused children and adolescents were adopted.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 42) JS1 noted that sex trafficking remained a problem in Paraguay. JS18 added that indigenous girls and adolescents were particularly affected by trafficking in persons and sexual and labour exploitation. JS18 reported that convictions were rare and psychosocial support was limited.
Para 49) Two submissions stated that trafficking of children was often conducted through their use for labour, including the criadazgo (domestic work of young children). Victims of criadazgo were at higher risk of maltreatment/sexual abuse.
Para 78) … JS1 noted that efforts to combat violence of this kind and sexual exploitation were insufficient.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:PanamaPanamaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Reduce the high rate of maternal mortality.ExplanationSe encuentra en proceso de validación el Plan Nacional de Salud Integral de la Niñez 2016-2021, de manera a identificar nuevos ejes estratégicos que contemple las necesidades y problemas prioritarios, con enfoque de derecho, género e interculturalidad, considerando como prioridad la visión integrada de la salud y en particular la salud integral de la niña y el niño en todas las políticas.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 133) The Family Planning Programme, designed to reduce maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality, and the Plan for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Mortality, which has an implementation committee that in 2020 presented the Plan’s lines of action and indicators, have been launched pursuant to article 61 of the Constitution. The aim of the National Sexual and Reproductive Health Plan 2019–2023 is to ensure universal access, without discrimination, to sexual and reproductive health.
Para 137) The curriculum of the Ministry of Education and the Sciences provides for sex education at different educational levels and at educational institutions of different kinds, while respecting the psychological development of students and the domestic legal framework.
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Para 39) CEDAW was concerned about the high rates of maternal mortality, mainly owing to unsafe abortions and health professionals refusing to conduct therapeutic abortions. The HR Committee expressed similar concerns.
Para 40) Two Committees and the Special Rapporteur on health noted that the legislation on voluntary termination of pregnancy was extremely restrictive.
Para 45) … The absence of comprehensive sex education in the formal system remained a shortcoming repeatedly pointed out by the authorities.
Para 56) The CEDAW, while welcoming the adoption of a national adolescent health plan covering the period 2016–2021, was concerned at the negative effect on the development of adolescents, specifically on their physical and mental health, their education and their future opportunities for decent work, of the high pregnancy rates among girls aged 10–19 years and the high rates of sexual violence against adolescent girls. The United Nations country team reported that the pregnancy rate among girls aged 10–19 years remained worrying, as did the high maternal mortality rate among 15- to 19-year-olds.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 60) ADF International stated that maternal mortality remained a pressing concern.
Para 61) Several submissions informed about the alarming number of girls and adolescent pregnancies. JS18 reported that indigenous girls and adolescents were the most vulnerable.
Para 70) JS9 was concerned that the lack of comprehensive sex education had resulted in high rates of sexual abuse, early sexual initiation and early pregnancy. JS9 added that church representatives provided faith-based sex education in public schools and incited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Two submissions mentioned that the Ministry of Education and Science had suspended the implementation of the comprehensive sex education teaching framework and had adopted an anti-gender stance through its decisions No. 29664/17 and No. 1761/19.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:SwitzerlandSwitzerlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOIFIssue:
- Abortion
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Establish and effectively apply the legal provisions authorizing abortion, in cases when pregnancies are due to rape or incest, or when it is established that the foetus is not viable, or when the life or the health of the mothers is at risk.ExplanationNoted. El Paraguay toma nota de las recomendaciones 105.3, 105.4, 105.5, 105.6 por ser incompatibles con las disposiciones constitucionales y obligaciones internacionales derivadas de los instrumentos internacionales que garantizan el derecho a la vida.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 39) CEDAW was concerned about the high rates of maternal mortality, mainly owing to unsafe abortions and health professionals refusing to conduct therapeutic abortions. The HR Committee expressed similar concerns.
Para 40) Two Committees and the Special Rapporteur on health noted that the legislation on voluntary termination of pregnancy was extremely restrictive.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Abortion
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:AI noted that abortion is criminalized on all counts, except when the life of the woman or girl is at risk. However, abortion is not permitted under any other circumstances - including where the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, when the foetus is not viable or when the health of the woman or girl is at risk. Women and girls who undergo an abortion, as well as anyone carrying out the procedure, face imprisonment. Sentences range from two to eight years.
CODEHUPY recommended the implementation of the recommendations of the human rights treaty bodies to review criminal legislation on abortion. [Paras 48,49] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:The CAT was concerned about conditions in the psychiatric ward of Tacumbú prison, the arbitrary use of solitary confinement as a punishment and allegations of discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in prisons. [Para 28] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Adolescent pregnancy
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:NeglectedContents:The CEDAW recommended that Paraguay implement legislation to facilitate school enrolment and continuation during pregnancy and maternity. [Para 72] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Abortion
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Repel legislation criminalizing women and girls for having abortion and to take measures to allow legal and safe abortions in cases of rape and incest, in cases where life or health of women and girls is at risk or when the foetus is not viable, as previously recommended.
ExplanationNoted ... el Paraguay toma nota de las mismas por ser incompatibles con las disposiciones constitucionales vigentes, que garantizan el derecho a la vida.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to consolidate the national mechanisms that allow greater participation and equality of women on an equal footing as well as the promotion and protection of the rights and welfare of women and girls.
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:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Combat all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls and promote awareness on gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health.
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:MauritiusMauritiusRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Remove all exceptions to the age of marriage.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Sexuality education
- Contraception
- Adolescent pregnancy
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Implement the commitment made at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 to expand the supply of combined oral contraceptive methods, incorporate sexuality education in all formal and non- formal education, and promote prevention programs to reduce the high rate of adolescent pregnancies.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:IsraelIsraelRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Violence on the basis of sexual orientation
- Violence on the basis of gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:AcceptedContents:Take measures to eliminate violence against LGBTI people.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:N/AContents:"In connection with Paraguay’s desire to assess the impact of government policies through a differential approach, we still have to introduce statistical information systems to generate data differentiated by gender and to increase the budget of the Presidential Office for Women’s Affairs. [Para 82]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"CEDAW was concerned at the failure to take adequate steps to implement the recommendations regarding several concerns, particularly: the low participation of women in decision-making bodies and in public life, and the high illiteracy and dropout rates among women. [Para 15]" -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Conclude as soon as possible the ratification process of OP-ICESCR. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Costa RicaCosta RicaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Continue affirmative action measures to strengthen the participation of women in publicly elected posts.ImplementationNational Report:
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 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. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexuality education
Type:Review DocumentationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:NeglectedContents:University curriculum should cover gender and human rights issues. [Para 40] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:DjiboutiDjiboutiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the 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:National ReportIssue:
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:N/AContents:The Referral Centre provides comprehensive social, psychological and legal support
to victims, while the temporary shelter for women victims has a multidisciplinary team that
provides protection, food and clothing. The aim of the Social Reintegration Programme, for
its part, is social reintegration through empowerment and support for physical, psychological,
social and community recovery. [Para 33] -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Reference AddressedContents:The HR Committee recommended that Paraguay strengthen its efforts to ensure that all children born in its territory were registered and received an official birth certificate. It should continue its efforts to establish civil registry offices in maternity and children’s hospitals and in rural and indigenous communities. [Para 55]
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:38th Session, May 2021Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Two submissions called for the adoption of the 2008 bill on sexual, reproductive, maternal and perinatal health. [Para 61]
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:CubaCubaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Promote the approval of the comprehensive law on violence against women.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 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 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.
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State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Continue the work on inter-family violence and the implementation of public policies for rural women.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 158) Stand-alone thematic area four of the fourth National Equality Plan (2018–2024) informs economic empowerment efforts driven by shared responsibility, employment, financing and entrepreneurship, while prioritizing rural women, indigenous women, girls and adolescents.
Para 166) Decree No. 3678/2020139 contained the implementing regulations for Act No. 5446/15 on Public Policies for Rural Women, the fifth implementation report on which is available online.
UN Compilation:
Para 51) The United Nations country team indicated that 31.1 per cent of young rural women were neither in school nor employed, making them vulnerable to unwanted pregnancy, economic dependency and forced migration. Moreover, rural women had higher rates of illiteracy (53.5 per cent) and unemployment (44.7 per cent) because they engaged in domestic work.
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 22) JS15 asserted that climate change particularly affected indigenous women.
Para 69) Two submissions reported that illiteracy had increased, especially among indigenous women. JS5 added that the school dropout rate was high.
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:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
Type:RecommendationSession:10th session, February 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Take the necessary measures to effectively combat discrimination based on sexual orientation in law as well as practice.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 117) The Ministry of Health has upgraded the care it provides for vulnerable people such as LGTBI persons.
Para 118) The Ministry of Education and Culture has implemented a project to encourage pupils to complete basic education in Asunción and in Central department and a project to promote literacy and encourage completion of basic education among sexually diverse persons in Asunción. In the national curriculum (third cycle programmes), the competencies, skills and content relevant to the preventio n of all types of discrimination have been mainstreamed into the system.
Para 119) Training courses on human rights in education were provided for teachers, headmasters and pupils (1,040 teachers, 234 headmasters and 907 students) nationwide, together with courses in the capital on educational programmes free from sexual bias. A project to combat bullying in schools began in 2011 and materials to support the project have been designed, such as a protocol to help educational establishments deal with cases of violence and bullying in schools, which has been issued to 94 per cent of schools, a teaching manual to prevent bullying and five guidebooks for teachers.
Para 120) The Ministry of Justice has a protocol applicable to transgender person deprived of their liberty.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 15) AI noted that in 2014, the draft anti-discrimination law that had been tabled in the Senate was rejected ...
Para 17) SOMOSGAY highlighted the lack of legal protection against discrimination and violence, which was a source of fear for the LGBT population. JS1 said that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity had been compounded by the hate speech legitimized by the State. The recommendations adopted in that regard during the first universal periodic review had not yet been implemented. -
State Under Review:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEISource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:24th session, January 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:CLCGS noted that resources for the implementation of the National Plan for Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents are not sufficient. CLCGS recommended that Paraguay protect victims and punish perpetrators, and create shelters for victims of abuse and sexual exploitation. [Para 29]