Annex 2: Implementation status of first cycle UPR recommendations

No	Country	Recommendation	Response	Implementation
1	Republic of Moldova	Ratify the OPCAT	Accepted	Not implemented
2	Azerbaijan	Speed up process of ratification of OPCAT	Accepted	Not implemented
3	Maldives	Ratify OPCAT and designate a National Preventive Mechanism	Accepted	Not implemented
4	New Zealand	High priority ratification of the OPCAT and establish a National Preventative Mechanism	Accepted	Not implemented
5	Mexico	Establish an independent supervision mechanism with access to all detention centres to facilitate prompt ratification of OPCAT	Accepted	Not implemented
6	Denmark	Ratify OPCAT without further delay	Accepted	Not Implemented
7	Thailand	Accede to the remaining core human rights instruments to which it is yet to become a party, especially CED	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
8	France	Sign and ratify CED	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
9	Argentina	Study the possibility of signing and ratifying CED and ICRMW	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
10	Algeria, Bolivia, Turkey, Philippines, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Consider acceding to ICRMW; ratify ICRMW; complete the ratification process of ICRMW; engage in consultations with a view to possible accession to ICRMW; ratify ICRMW	Rejected
11	Bolivia	Ratify ILO Convention No. 169 and incorporate it into its national norms	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
12	Norway	Consider ratifying ILO Convention No. 169	Accepted	Not implemented
13	Hungary	Withdraw reservations to CRC	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
14	Republic of Korea	Consider withdrawing reservations to article 4 (a) of ICERD	Accepted	Not implemented
15	South Africa	Withdraw reservations to article 4 (a) of ICERD	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
16	Denmark	Withdraw reservations to ICERD, CEDAW, ICCPR and CRC (Denmark)	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
17	Sweden	Bring its legislation and practices into line with international obligations	Accepted	Partly implemented
18	France	Incorporate human rights obligations into domestic law	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
19	Jordan	Incorporate human rights obligations into domestic law	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
20	Argentina	Continue efforts in strengthening mechanisms for the effective incorporation of international human rights obligations and standards into its domestic legislation	Accepted	Partly implemented
21	Timor-Leste	Incorporate human rights obligations into domestic law	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
22	Canada, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Norway	Consider a comprehensive Human Rights Act; incorporate international human rights obligations into domestic law through a comprehensive, judicially enforceable human rights act; incorporate international human rights obligation s in domestic law through the adoption of a comprehensive justiciable law on human rights; implement a federal human rights act	Rejected
23	United States	Focus on nationwide enforcement of its existing anti-discrimination law	Accepted	Partly implemented
24	Norway	Fully implement the Racial Discrimination Act and the revision of federal laws to be compatible with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
25	Canada	Consider re-instating the Racial Discrimination Act into the Northern Territory Emergency Response and other subsequent arrangements	Accepted	Partly implemented
26	Slovenia	Consult with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and take into consideration the guidelines proposed by the Australian Human Rights Commission before considering suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act for any future intervention affecting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Accepted	Partly implemented
27	Bolivia	Facilitate the provision of sufficient funding and staffing for the Australian Human Rights Commission and different commissioners	Accepted	Partly implemented
28	New Zealand	Establish a National Children's Commissioner	Accepted-in-part	Implemented
29	Poland	Consider establishing an independent commissioner for child rights	Accepted	Implemented
30	Azerbaijan	Continue measures for the adoption of the new National Action Plan on Human Rights	Accepted	Partly implemented
31	Maldives	Adopt a rights-based approach to climate change policy at home and abroad, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to safe levels that are consistent with the full enjoyment of human rights	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
32	Ghana	Develop a comprehensive poverty reduction and social inclusion strategy, which would integrate economic, social and cultural rights	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
33	Pakistan	In line with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommendation, develop a comprehensive poverty reduction and social inclusion strategy, which would integrate economic, social and cultural rights	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
34	France	Adopt the necessary legislation to ensure that no one is extradited to a State where they would be in danger of the death penalty	Accepted	Implemented
35	Austria	Follow-up on the implementation of recommendations of human rights mechanisms	Accepted	Partly implemented
36	Jordan	Consider implementing the recommendations of human rights treaty bodies and special procedures concerning indigenous people	Accepted	Partly implemented
37	Norway	Implement the recommendations made by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people after his visit in 2009	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
38	Jordan	Consider implementing the recommendations of UNHCR, human rights treaty bodies and special procedures with respect to asylum-seekers and irregular immigrants especially children	Accepted	Not implemented
39	Denmark, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany	Comply with recommendations of CRC and CEDAW Committee’s concerning the sterilization of women and girls with disabilities; enact national legislation prohibiting non-therapeutic sterilization of children, regardless of whether they have a disability, and of adults with disability without their informed and free consent; repeal all legal provisions allowing sterilization of persons with disabilities without their consent and of non-therapeutic reasons; abolish non-therapeutic sterilization of women and girls with disabilities	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
40	Botswana	Continue pursuance of the draft National Disability Strategy and share it’s experience;	Accepted	Implemented
41	Republic of Moldova	Complete a general framework of measures to ensure equality of chances for people with disabilities	Accepted	Implemented
42	United Kingdom	Ensure efforts to harmonize and consolidate Commonwealth anti-discrimination laws address all prohibited grounds of discrimination and promote substantive equality	Accepted	Not implemented
43	Pakistan; India	Enact comprehensive equality at the federal level; grant comprehensive protection to rights of equality and non-discrimination in federal law	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
44	South Africa	Enact comprehensive legislation which prohibits discrimination on all grounds to ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights by every member of society	Accepted	Partly implemented
45	Argentina	Continue its efforts to harmonize and consolidate its domestic legislation against all forms of discrimination	Accepted	Not implemented
46	Morocco	Strengthen the federal legislation to combat discrimination and ensure an effective implementation with a view to a better protection of the rights of vulnerable persons, in particular, children, persons in detention and persons with disabilities	Accepted	Partly implemented
47	Viet Nam	Adopt firm measures to end discrimination and violence against women, children and people from vulnerable groups so as to enhance a better respect for their dignity and human rights	Accepted	Partly implemented
48	Islamic Republic of Iran	Put an end, in practice and in law, to systematic discrimination on the basis of race in particular against women of certain vulnerable groups	Accepted	Partly implemented
49	Cambodia	Further ensure that everyone is entitled to equal respect and to a fair participation with full enjoyment of equal rights and opportunities in economic, political, social and cultural developments as incorporated in the laws and plans of action	Accepted	Partly implemented
50	Viet Nam	Take appropriate measures to reduce the development gap and social disparities so as to enhance the full enjoyment of all human rights for all Australian people, especially in the areas of economic, cultural and social rights	Accepted	Partly implemented
51	Norway	Intensify its efforts to further combat gender discrimination	Accepted	Partly implemented
52	Israel	Strengthen the Sex Discrimination Act as indicated in the national report, and consider the adoption of temporary special measures as recommended by CEDAW Commitee	Accepted	Not implemented
53	South Africa	Develop and implement policies to ensure gender equality and strengthen the promotion and protection of the rights of women, especially women from indigenous communities	Accepted	Partly implemented
54	Japan	Persist in efforts to redress remaining gender inequalities, in particular with regard to the employment of women in the private sector	Accepted	Partly implemented
55	Norway	Adopt targets of 40 per cent representation of women on public and private sector boards	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
56	Botswana	Remain steadfast in pursuing its policies towards gender equality, in particular through its Fair Work Act	Accepted	Partly implemented
57	Thailand	Further strengthen its efforts to promote equality, non-discrimination and tolerance through the monitoring of racially motivated violence and inclusion of human rights education in school and university curriculum	Accepted	Partly implemented
58	Japan	Step up measures, such as human rights education in schools, so as to promote a more tolerant and inclusive society	Accepted	Partly implemented
59	Algeria	Strengthen further the measures to combat discrimination against minority communities, including Muslim communities in Australia	Accepted	Partly implemented
60	Sweden	Take measures towards ensuring the equal and the full enjoyment of the basic rights of all its citizens including persons belonging to indigenous communities, and to effectively prevent and, if necessary, combat racial discrimination	Accepted	Partly implemented
61	Singapore	Continue efforts to promote multicultural and racial tolerance through initiatives such as the Australian Multicultural Advisory Council and the Diversity and Social Cohesion Programme	Accepted	Partly implemented
62	Malaysia	Take more effective measures to address discrimination and other problems related to racial and ethnic relations including by developing and implementing appropriate policy and programmes to improve and strengthening relations between races and cultures	Accepted	Partly implemented
63	Morocco	Strengthen its measures and continue its efforts in promoting multiculturalism and social inclusion	Accepted	Partly implemented
64	Yemen	Continue the great efforts to put an end to all practices likely to interfere with the peaceful coexistence among the different groups of the multi-ethnic society of Australia	Accepted	Partly implemented
65	Russian Federation	Implement additional measures to combat discrimination, defamation and violence (including cyber racism) against the Arab population and Australian Muslims, against recently arrived migrants (primarily from Africa) and also foreign students (essentially coming from India)	Accepted	Partly implemented
66	Colombia	Continue to implement the harmonization and consolidation of anti-discriminatory laws and to move forward with the promulgation of laws protecting persons against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender	Accepted	Partly Implemented
67	Switzerland	Introduce a national legal provision prohibiting discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender	Accepted	Implemented
68	New Zealand	As a high priority, introduce federal law which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation	Accepted	Implemented
69	United Kingdom	Take measures to ensure consistency and equality across individual States in recognizing same-sex relationships	Accepted	Implemented
70	Norway	Amend the Marriage Act to allow same-sex partners to marry and to recognize same-sex marriages from overseas	Rejected
71	Hungary	Enact legislation to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners	Accepted	Not implemented
72	United States	Strengthen efforts to combat family violence against women and children with a particular focus on indigenous communities	Accepted	Partly implemented
73	Islamic Republic of Iran	Adopt special legislation to prevent and combat violence against women and girls and to prosecute and punish the perpetrators	Accepted	Partly implemented
74	Switzerland	Adapt its legislation to ensure greater security for women and children	Accepted	Partly implemented
75	Russian Federation	Introduce a full prohibition of corporal punishment within the family in all states and territories	Rejected
76	Azerbaijan	Speed up the process for the adoption of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children	Accepted	Partly implemented
77	Canada	Take steps, in partnership with State, Territory and Local governments, to further advance and accelerate implementation of the National Action Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and Their Children, so as to effectively address prevalence of violence against these vulnerable groups	Accepted	Partly implemented
78	Switzerland	Implement a national action plan to reduce violence against women and children	Accepted	Partly implemented
79	Norway	Implement immediately the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children	Accepted	Partly implemented
80	Mexico	Implement the National Action Plan to reduce violence against women and their children, including through an independent supervision mechanism that involves civil society organizations and take into account the specific situation of indigenous women and migrants	Accepted	Partly implemented
81	Philippines	Effectively implement the national policy to reduce violence against women	Accepted	Partly implemented
82	Hungary	Ensure that all victims of violence have access to counselling and assistance with recovery	Accepted	Partly implemented
83	Thailand	Continue to work and coordinate with countries in the region to strengthen the regional framework to deal with irregular migration and human trafficking in a comprehensive and sustainable manner	Accepted	Partly implemented
84	Indonesia	Strengthen further its commitment to the Bali process as the principal mechanism in the region which deals with people smuggling and trafficking (Indonesia)	Accepted	Implemented
85	Philippines	Consider using the OHCHR's Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking as a guide in its anti-trafficking measures	Accepted	Implemented
86	Azerbaijan	Increase its efforts to fight human trafficking	Accepted	Partly implemented
87	United States	Increase efforts to criminally prosecute trafficking offenders	Accepted	Implemented
88	Islamic Republic of Iran	Take effective legal measures to prohibit the use of excessive force and the use of “Tasers” by the police against various groups of peoples	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
89	Malaysia	Further improve the administration of justice and the rule of law including by setting up appropriate mechanisms in order to ensure adequate and independent investigation of police use of force, police misconduct and police-related deaths	Accepted	Not implemented
90	Russian Federation	Implement specific steps to combat the high level of deaths of indigenous persons in places of detention	Accepted	Partly implemented
91	New Zealand	Introduce a requirement that all deaths in custody be reviewed and investigated by independent bodies tasked with considering prevention of deaths and implement the recommendations of Coronial and other investigations and enquiries	Accepted	Partly implemented
92	Bolivia	Increase the provision of legal advice to indigenous peoples with due translation services reaching especially indigenous women of the most remote communities	Accepted	Not implemented
93	Austria	Implement measures in order to address the factors leading to an overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the prison population	Accepted	Partly implemented
94	Austria	Examine possibilities to increase the use of non-custodial measures	Accepted	Partly implemented
95	Austria	Enhance the contacts and communication between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and representatives of the law enforcement officials and enhance the training of those officials with respect to cultural specificities of the above communities	Accepted	Partly implemented
96	United States	Improve the human rights elements of its training for law enforcement personnel	Accepted	Partly implemented
97	Slovenia	Establish a National Compensation Tribunal to provide compensation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that are negatively affected by the assimilation policy	Rejected
98	Brazil	Take regular measures to prevent hate speech, including prompt legal action against those who incite discrimination or violence motivated by racial, ethnic or religious reasons	Accepted	Partly implemented
99	Israel	Develop a national pay strategy to monitor pay gaps mechanisms and establish a comprehensive childcare policy, as recommended by the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
100	Israel	Remove, in law and in practice, restrictions on the rights of workers to strike, as recommended by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
101	Malaysia	Step up efforts to ensure that people living in the remote and rural areas, in particular the indigenous peoples, receive adequate support services relating to accommodation and all aspects of health and education	Accepted	Partly implemented
102	United Kingdom	Reform the Native Title Act 1993, amending strict requirements which can prevent the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from exercising the right to access and control their traditional lands and take part in cultural life	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
103	Slovenia	Institute a formal reconciliation process leading to an agreement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Slovenia)	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
104	France	Continue the process of constitutional reform in order to better recognize the rights of indigenous peoples	Accepted	Partly implemented
105	Colombia	Continue to implement its efforts to attain the constitutional recognition of indigenous peoples	Accepted	Partly implemented
106	Bolivia; Ghana; Hungary; Denmark	Revise its Constitution, legislation, public policies and programmes for implementation of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; ensure effective implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, including in the Northern Territory, and provide adequate support to the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples to enable it to address the needs of indigenous people; develop a detailed framework to implement and raise awareness about the Declaration in consultation with indigenous peoples; take further steps to ensure the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
107	Guatemala	Launch a constitutional reform process to better recognize and protect the rights of the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders which would include a framework covering the principles and objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and would take into account the opinions and contributions of indigenous peoples	Accepted	Partly implemented
108	Bolivia	Include in its national norms recognition and adequate protection of the culture, values and spiritual and religious practices of indigenous peoples (Bolivia)	Accepted	Partly implemented
109	Bolivia	Promote the inclusion and participation of indigenous peoples and Torres Strait Islanders in processes or decision-making that may affect their interests	Accepted	Not implemented
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Strengthen efforts and take effective measures with the aim of ensuring enjoyment of all rights for indigenous people, including participation in decision-making bodies	Accepted	Not implemented
111	Mexico	Ensure that its legislation allows for processes of consultations in all actions affecting indigenous peoples	Accepted	Not implemented
112	Indonesia	Continue to engage with the Aboriginal population and Torres Strait Islanders and ensure the equal protection of their fundamental rights	Accepted	Not implemented
113	Austria	Increase the participation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the process of closing the gap in opportunities and life outcomes	Accepted	Not implemented
114	France	Continue the implementation of policies aimed at improving the living standards of indigenous peoples and take all the necessary measures to eradicate discrimination against them	Accepted	Partly implemented
115	Singapore	Continue its efforts to narrow the gap in opportunities and life outcomes between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians	Accepted	Partly implemented
116	Thailand	Intensify its on-going efforts to close the gap in opportunities and life outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, especially in the areas of housing, land title, health care, education and employment	Accepted	Partly implemented
117	Jordan	Continue addressing effectively the socio-economic inequalities faced by indigenous people	Accepted	Partly implemented
118	Belgium	Carry out, in consultation with the communities concerned, a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of actions and strategies aimed at improving socio-economic conditions of indigenous peoples and if necessary correct these actions	Accepted	Partly implemented
119	Islamic Republic of Iran	Take immediate legal measures to remove restrictions against access of indigenous women and children to appropriate health and education services and employment opportunities	Accepted	Partly implemented
120	Morocco	Continue efforts to increase the representation of indigenous women in decision-making posts	Accepted	Partly implemented
121	Sweden	Safeguard the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers	Accepted	Partly implemented
122	Slovenia	Honour all obligations under articles 31 and 33 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and ensure that the rights of all refugees and asylum-seekers are respected, providing them access to Australian refugee law	Accepted	Partly implemented
123	Norway	Ensure the processing of asylum-seekers’ claims in accordance with the United Nations Refugee Convention and that they are detained only when strictly necessary	Accepted	Partly implemented
124	Slovenia	Cease the practice of refoulement of refugees and asylum-seekers, which puts at risk their lives and their families’ lives	Accepted	Not implemented
125	Ghana	Ensure in its domestic law that the principle of non-refoulement is respected when proceeding with the return of asylum-seekers to countries	Accepted	Not implemented
126	Pakistan; Guatemala	Repeal the provisions of the Migration Act 1958 relating to the mandatory detention; revise the Migration Law of 1958 so that federal initiatives do not penalize foreign migrants in an irregular situation	Rejected
127	Ghana	Review its mandatory detention regime of asylum-seekers, limiting detention to the shortest time reasonably necessary	Accepted	Not implemented
128	Philippines	Address the issue of children in immigration detention in a comprehensive manner	Accepted	Not implemented
129	Brazil	Ensure that no children are held in detention on the basis of their migratory status and that special protection and assistance is provided to unaccompanied children	Accepted-in-part	Not implemented
130	Islamic Republic of Iran	Take efficient measures to improve the harsh conditions of custody centres in particular for minorities, migrants and asylum-seekers (Islamic Republic of Iran)	Accepted	Not implemented
131	Brazil	Consider alternatives to the detention of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, limit the length of detentions, ensure access to legal and health assistance and uphold its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations	Accepted-in-part	Partly implemented
132	Switzerland	Do not detain migrants other than in exceptional cases, limit this detention to six months and bring detention conditions into line with international standards in the field of human rights	Rejected
133	Timor-Leste	Ensure all irregular migrants have equal access to and protection under Australian law	Rejected
134	Thailand	Continue to work and coordinate with countries in the region to strengthen the regional framework to deal with irregular migration and human trafficking in a comprehensive and sustainable manner, bearing in mind international human rights and humanitarian principles	Accepted	Partly implemented
135	Algeria	Protect Official Development Assistance from budgetary cuts in the context of the international crisis and make every effort to bring it to the internationally agreed target of 0.7 per cent of GDP (Algeria)	Accepted	Not implemented
136	Brazil	Investigate allegations of torture in the context of counter-terrorism measures, give publicity to the findings, bring perpetrators to justice and provide reparation to the victims	Accepted	Implemented
137	Russian Federation	Carry out a review of all 50 newly adopted laws since 2001 on combating terrorism, and of their application in practice so as to check their compliance with Australia’s human rights obligations	Accepted	Partly implemented
138	Belgium	Review the compatibility of its legislative framework to combat terrorism with its international obligations in the field of human rights and remedy any possible gaps	Accepted	Partly implemented
139	Republic of Moldova	Continue to ensure that its legislation and methods to combat terrorism are in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	Accepted	Partly implemented
140	Switzerland	Ensure, in particular through its Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, that its national legislation is in keeping with its international obligations in the field of human rights	Accepted	Partly implemented
141	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	Continue to share its experiences for the promotion of human rights in the region and the world	Accepted	Implemented
142	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	Actively continue to implement the best practice and policy for the promotion and protection of the rights and living conditions, and to narrow the gap in living standards in favour of the vulnerable groups in the country (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)	Accepted	Partly implemented
143	Poland	Continue the consultation with civil society in a follow-up to its universal periodic review	Accepted	Implemented
144	Cambodia	Continue to promote and protect human rights internationally to enhance human rights capacity regionally across the Asia-Pacific and globally through the AusAID programme	Accepted	Partly implemented
145	Chad	Continue its efforts for the promotion and protection of human rights in the world and in their country	Accepted	Partly implemented

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Annex 2: Implementation status of first cycle UPR recommendations