UPR of Poland(2nd Cycle – 13th session)Thematic list of recommendations Page 1 of 1

Recommendation / Position / Full list of themes / Assessment/comments on level of implementation
Right or area: 2.1. Acceptance of international norms
90.1. Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance ( Spain );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.1 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
13.2 Enforced disappearances
Affected persons:
- disappeared persons
90.2. Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol ( Spain );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.2
Comments: A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 states: 90.2. Partially accepted; Poland is going to finish shortly the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; once CRPD has been ratified, the Optional Protocol will be examined with a view to possible signature and ratification in due course; / Supported/Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
16 Right to an effective remedy, impunity
30.3 Children: protection against exploitation
31.1 Persons with disabilities: definition, general principles
Affected persons:
- persons with disabilities
90.3. Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( Spain );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.3 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
12.4 Death penalty
Affected persons:
- general
90.4. Ratify the Protocol to the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ( Spain );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.4 / Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
16 Right to an effective remedy, impunity
21 Economic, social & cultural rights - general measures of implementation
Affected persons:
- general
90.5. Ratify the second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, abolishing the death penalty ( Switzerland );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.5 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
12.4 Death penalty
Affected persons:
- general
90.6. Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR ( Estonia );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.6 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
12.4 Death penalty
Affected persons:
- general
90.7. Swiftly finalize the ratification of CRPD and its Optional Protocol ( Estonia );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.7
Comments: A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 states: 90.7. Partially accepted (see recommendation 2) ... 90.2 Poland is going to finish shortly the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; once CRPD has been ratified, the Optional / Supported/Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
16 Right to an effective remedy, impunity
31.1 Persons with disabilities: definition, general principles
Affected persons:
- general
- persons with disabilities
90.8.Ratify the second Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, abolishing the death penalty, signed in 2000 ( France );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.8 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
12.4 Death penalty
Affected persons:
- general
90.9. Ratify the second Optional Protocol to ICCPR ( Uzbekistan );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.9 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
12.4 Death penalty
Affected persons:
- general
90.10. Reconsider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all the Migrant Workers and Members of their Families ( Mexico );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.10 / Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
34 Migrants
Affected persons:
- migrant workers
90.11. Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families ( Morocco );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.11 / Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
34 Migrants
Affected persons:
- migrant workers
90.12. Consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families ( Peru );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.12 / Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
34 Migrants
Affected persons:
- migrant workers
90.13. Reiterates the recommendation for Poland to consider ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families ( Philippines );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.13 / Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
34 Migrants
Affected persons:
- migrant workers
90.14. Reiterates the recommendation for Poland to consider ratifying ILO Convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers ( Philippines );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.14 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
23.2 Right to just and favourable conditions of work
Affected persons:
- general
90.15. Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families ( Egypt );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.15 / Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
34 Migrants
Affected persons:
- migrant workers
90.16. Make efforts for early ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (The Republic of Korea );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.16 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
31.1 Persons with disabilities: definition, general principles
Affected persons:
- persons with disabilities
90.17. Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ( Slovakia );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.17 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
31.1 Persons with disabilities: definition, general principles
Affected persons:
- persons with disabilities
90.18. Consider new measures to increase respect for the rights of persons with disabilities and continue to strengthen its efforts to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ( Argentina );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.18 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
31.1 Persons with disabilities: definition, general principles
Affected persons:
- persons with disabilities
90.19. Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ( Austria );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.19 / Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
16 Right to an effective remedy, impunity
31.1 Persons with disabilities: definition, general principles
Affected persons:
- persons with disabilities
90.20. Accede to the Convention against Enforced Disappearance ( Uruguay );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.20 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
13.2 Enforced disappearances
Affected persons:
- disappeared persons
90.21. Recognize the competence of the Convention against Enforced Disappearance’s monitoring body to receive and consider communications submitted by individuals claiming to be victims of violations of the provisions of this Convention, in compliance with Article 31 (Uruguay) ;
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.21 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
13.2 Enforced disappearances
16 Right to an effective remedy, impunity
Affected persons:
- disappeared persons
90.22. Intensify its efforts to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances ( Argentina );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.22 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
31.1 Persons with disabilities: definition, general principles
Affected persons:
- disappeared persons
90.23. Re-evaluate the ratification of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ( Chile );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.23 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
13.2 Enforced disappearances
Affected persons:
- disappeared persons
90.24. Sign and ratify the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ( France );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.24 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
13.2 Enforced disappearances
Affected persons:
- disappeared persons
90.25. Consider an early ratification of the newest international human rights instrument – the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on communication procedure ( Slovakia );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.25 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
16 Right to an effective remedy, impunity
30.1 Children: definition; general principles; protection
Affected persons:
- children
90.26. Ratify the Kampala amendment to the Rome Statute, if possible with a view to contributing to the activation of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the crime of aggression at the beginning of 2017 (Liechtenstein);
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.26 / Noted / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
16 Right to an effective remedy, impunity
Affected persons:
- general
- persons affected by armed conflict
90.27. Consider signing and ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence ( Norway );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.27 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
29.1 Discrimination against women
29.2 Violence against women, trafficking and exploitation of prostitution
Affected persons:
- women
90.28. Sign the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence ( Austria );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.28 / Supported / 2.1 Acceptance of international norms
29.1 Discrimination against women
29.2 Violence against women, trafficking and exploitation of prostitution
Affected persons:
- women
Right or area: 3.2. Cooperation with special procedures
90.42. Confirm in deed the status of a standing invitation to the special procedures, in particular, issue an invitation for thematic visits of the special rapporteur on torture, working group on arbitrary detention and the working group on disappearances (Belarus);
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.42 / Supported / 3.2 Cooperation with special procedures
12.5 Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
13.2 Enforced disappearances
13.3 Arbitrary arrest and detention
Affected persons:
- disappeared persons
- general
- persons deprived of their liberty
Right or area: 5.1. Constitutional & legislative framework
90.29. Take the necessary measures to give full effectiveness to the ICESCR in Poland ’s domestic legal system ( Uruguay );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.29 / Supported / 5.1 Constitutional and legislative framework
21 Economic, social & cultural rights - general measures of implementation
Affected persons:
- general
90.86. Adopt immediate measures, including legislative to eradicate sexual exploitation of children and recruitment of adolescents into prostitution. Provide for the relevant legal protection for child victims of human trafficking in the framework of judicial process ( Belarus );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.86 / Supported / 5.1 Constitutional and legislative framework
30.3 Children: protection against exploitation
30.4 Juvenile justice
Affected persons:
- children
Right or area: 5.2. Institutions & policies
90.32. Continue to allocate sufficient financial and human resources to the human rights institutions in order for them to be able to fulfil their mandate ( Morocco );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.32 / Supported / 5.2 Institutions & policies - General
Affected persons:
- general
90.33. Provide the Ombudsperson’ s office, which is responsible under the legislation for assisting alleged victims of discrimination and conducting independent research and issuing recommendations to achieve equal treatment, with the additional financial resources necessary to fulfil its new obligations (Norway);
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.33 / Supported / 5.2 Institutions & policies - General
8 Equality & non-discrimination
Affected persons:
- general
90.34. Provide the Ombudsman with the necessary material resources in compliance with the Paris Principles ( Spain );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.34 / Supported / 5.2 Institutions & policies - General
Affected persons:
- general
90.35. Ensure the Office of the Ombudsperson is sufficiently resourced to carry out anti-discrimination functions ( Australia );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.35 / Supported / 5.2 Institutions & policies - General
8 Equality & non-discrimination
Affected persons:
- general
90.37. Establish a national plan or programme that favour the full enjoyment of all the human rights by the women ( Mexico );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.37 / Supported / 5.2 Institutions & policies - General
29.1 Discrimination against women
Affected persons:
- women
Right or area: 8. Non-discrimination
90.30. Persist with the actions undertaken by the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment ( Republic of Moldova );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.30 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
Affected persons:
- general
90.46. Adopt additional measures in order to avoid the crime of incitement to hate and to promote the fight against discrimination and racism ( Peru );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.46 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
9 Racial discrimination
14.3 Freedom of opinion and expression
Affected persons:
- general
- minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups
90.47. Strengthen measures to prevent racist violence, hate crimes and discrimination against foreigners, especially Muslims, Roma and the people of African origin ( Republic of Korea );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.47 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
9 Racial discrimination
13.1 Liberty and security - general
Affected persons:
- minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups
- non-citizens
90.50. Enact public awareness campaigns and government training, as well as increased enforcement of anti-discrimination and hate crime laws, in order to decrease anti-Semitism and discrimination against members of ethnic minority groups (United States of America );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.50 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
6 Human rights education, trainings
7.1 Context, statistics, budget, dissemination, civil society
9 Racial discrimination
Affected persons:
- minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups
90.52. Consider establishing in its domestic legal system norms that strengthen the fight against discrimination ( Argentina );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.52 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
5.1 Constitutional and legislative framework
9 Racial discrimination
Affected persons:
- general
90.53. Further strengthen its policies and programmes aimed at combating discrimination and intolerance and ensure that incidents are subject to prompt and independent investigation and effective prosecution ( Austria );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.53 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
5.2 Institutions & policies - General
9 Racial discrimination
16 Right to an effective remedy, impunity
Affected persons:
- general
90.54. Strengthen measures to eradicate incitement to ethnic or religious hatred and xenophobia ( Iraq );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.54 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
9 Racial discrimination
14.2 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
14.3 Freedom of opinion and expression
Affected persons:
- general
- minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups
90.55. Adopt strong anti-discrimination policies and address hate crimes by ensuring that such incidents are thoroughly investigated ( Brazil );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.55 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
5.2 Institutions & policies - General
9 Racial discrimination
13.1 Liberty and security - general
Affected persons:
- general
- minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups
90.66. Include sexual orientation and gender identity in the hate speech provisions of the national Criminal Code, and adopt appropriate legal measures making sexual orientation and gender identity as possible discrimination grounds in any context (Slovenia);
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.66 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
Affected persons:
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT)
90.67. Guarantee the full enjoyment of the rights of the LGBT community ( Spain );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.67 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
Affected persons:
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT)
90.68. Recognize gender identity as possible ground for discrimination and gender identity and sexual orientation as an aggravating circumstance for hate crime (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.68 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
Affected persons:
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT)
90.69. Adopt regulations recognising the rights of same-sex couples and of self-defined gender or transgender persons ( Australia );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.69 / Noted / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
5.1 Constitutional and legislative framework
Affected persons:
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT)
90.70. Strengthen anti-discrimination laws with regard to a better protection of LGBT persons and persons with disabilities ( Austria );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.70 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
5.1 Constitutional and legislative framework
31.1 Persons with disabilities: definition, general principles
Affected persons:
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT)
- persons with disabilities
90.71. The adoption of policies that safeguard the rights of LGBT people and fight discrimination based on sexual orientation ( Brazil );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.71 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
5.2 Institutions & policies - General
Affected persons:
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT)
90.94. Institute outreach by police and law enforcement to LGBT persons and communities to increase reporting of hate crimes ( United States of America );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.94 / Supported / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
13.1 Liberty and security - general
Affected persons:
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT)
90.97. Pass legislation giving same-sex couples the possibility to enter into a civil union contract ( France );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.97 / Noted / 8 Equality & non-discrimination
5.1 Constitutional and legislative framework
19 Rights related to marriage & family
Affected persons:
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT)
Right or area: 9. Racial discrimination
90.40. Take immediate steps in order to assure that acts of interethnic violence will not be repeated and promote understanding between different national groups ( Lithuania );
Source of position: A/HRC/21/14 - Para. 90 & A/HRC/21/14/Add.1 - Para. 90.40 / Supported / 9 Racial discrimination
13.1 Liberty and security - general
Affected persons:
- general
- minorities/ racial, ethnic, linguistic, religious or descent-based groups
90.45. Redouble its efforts to address racially motivated hate crimes by ensuring that all such incidents are thoroughly investigated and that perpetrators are brought to justice, and to continue to raise awareness of its people on this issue (Malaysia);