While many developing countries commended the successes that Singapore has demonstrated in providing its citizens with high levels of economic and social development, a number of recommendations on key areas of human rights were made during the review, particularly: on establishing an independent national human rights institution in compliance with the Paris Principles; ensuring the right to adequate housing for low income persons and families; repealing criminal defamation and censorship legislations to ensure the full enjoyment of freedoms of expression, assembly and association; reviewing preventive detention laws to guarantee the rights to legal counsel and fair trial for detainees; imposing a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty; as well as a diverse range of recommendations on the protection of the rights of migrant workers, including amending legislative frameworks to ensure their adequate working conditions and a prohibition of corporal punishment for those undocumented. Full story
UN’s Human Rights Review of Singapore
While many developing countries commended the successes that Singapore has demonstrated in providing its citizens with high levels of economic and social development, a number of recommendations on key areas of human rights were made during the review, particularly: on establishing an independent national human rights institution in compliance with the Paris Principles; ensuring the right to adequate housing for low income persons and families; repealing criminal defamation and censorship legislations to ensure the full enjoyment of freedoms of expression, assembly and association; reviewing preventive detention laws to guarantee the rights to legal counsel and fair trial for detainees; imposing a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty; as well as a diverse range of recommendations on the protection of the rights of migrant workers, including amending legislative frameworks to ensure their adequate working conditions and a prohibition of corporal punishment for those undocumented. Full story
