As such it is disheartening that these elections and after acknowledging a readiness to change – the government has not supported the civil and political liberty recommendations (38 of the 114 in the Working Group on the UPR report ((A/HRC/18/11) in the outcome report.
There was also no support for the setting up in due course of a national human rights institution or the ratification of International Treaties such as the ICCPR or the ICESCR or the Optional Protocols to CEDAW or CRC. ( Recommendation 96.22 – 96.24; 96.1- 96.18)
Thus much will remain status quo – defamation laws, Newspaper Printing and Publishing Act, laws for preventive detention, no moratorium on the death penalty, no anti-discrimination laws. Full story
