The Pakistan delegation states its legislative progress
- Amended protection against harassment in workplace act 2012 to include non conventional workplaces
- Anti-rape act 2021
- Enforcement of women's property act 2022
- Transgender Bill 2018
-Persons with Disabilities 2020
- Amended protection against harassment in workplace act 2012 to include non conventional workplaces
- Anti-rape act 2021
- Enforcement of women's property act 2022
- Transgender Bill 2018
-Persons with Disabilities 2020
- ICT Senior Citizens Act 2022
- Zainab Alert Response and Recovery Act
- Legislation prohibiting child labour in effect
- Ratified Optional Protocol on Transnational Convention on Trafficking in 2022
#UPR42 #UPRPAK #UPR
- Zainab Alert Response and Recovery Act
- Legislation prohibiting child labour in effect
- Ratified Optional Protocol on Transnational Convention on Trafficking in 2022
#UPR42 #UPRPAK #UPR
For issues of torture and fair trial
- The Torture and Custodial Death (Protection and Prevention) Act 2022
- Construction of new jails to reduce prison overcrowding
- Parole laws being amended to ensure conditions provided by the Mandela and Bangkok rules are practiced
#UPR42
- The Torture and Custodial Death (Protection and Prevention) Act 2022
- Construction of new jails to reduce prison overcrowding
- Parole laws being amended to ensure conditions provided by the Mandela and Bangkok rules are practiced
#UPR42
The Pakistan delegation states that there is "zero tolerance for Enforced Disappearances and claims that the COIED has a 70% "dismissal of case rate." #UPR42 #UPR #UPRPAK
The Death Penalty
- Moratorium was lifted after the attack on the Army Public School in 2014
- The death penalty is only executed for the most serious crimes under due process of law under competent court
- There have been no executions since Dec 2019
- Moratorium was lifted after the attack on the Army Public School in 2014
- The death penalty is only executed for the most serious crimes under due process of law under competent court
- There have been no executions since Dec 2019
- The Supreme Court overturned death penalty in 78% of cases and barred the execution of prisoners with mental disabilities.
- We are also narrowing the scope of the death penalty by reviewing colonial era laws
- We are also narrowing the scope of the death penalty by reviewing colonial era laws
"Pakistan believes in cooperation with HRC and regularly reports to the treaty bodies of commissions to which it is a state party. We have extended political and financial support to OHCHR"
ITALY: welcomes measures to legislate against torture and calls upon Pakistan to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
JAPAN: welcomes the disability act and torture act, and calls upon Pakistan to improve access to education, especially girls and vulnerable groups, and to sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
JORDAN: calls upon Pakistan to continue to draft laws to promote and protect vulnerable groups, children, women, older persons and reduce violations.
CHINA: We commiserate with Pakistan for the floods that it has faced and call upon them to strengthen steps for poverty reduction and protect the rights of disadvantaged groups.
KUWAIT: We call upon Pakistan to continue measures to ensure employment opportunities and to streghtnen social security and provide sickness insurance and healthcare; we also call for protection against climate change.
KYRGYZSTAN: We recommend that Pakistan to combat poverty through effective implementation through the Benazir Income Support Scheme and strengthen the role of NCHR and to continue its cooperation including treaty bodies.
LATVIA: We are concerned with the continued use of the death penalty and we recommend that Pakistan extend a standing invitation to mandate holders.
LEBANON: We welcome the bill to criminalize Enforced Disappearances and recommend all steps are taken to protect rights of women, children, and minorities.
LIBYA: We recommend that there be continued efforts to promote rights of persons with disabilities and eliminate all forms of child labour and provide education opportunities for all.
LICHTENSTEIN: We recommend that Pakistan abolish the death penalty; accede to the Rome Statute 2010 and prevent trafficking of women and girls, and protect them against sexual exploitation, forced marriage and forced labour.
LUXEMBOURG: Place a moratorium on the death penalty and strengthen the education system in rural areas. Implement laws and policies to ensure children stay in education; to also ratify the Rome Statute.
MALAWI: We call upon Pakistan to continue to address GBV issues and continue drafting of policies to promote interfaith harmony.
MALAYSIA: We recommend the implementation of legislation to protect women against GBV and neonatal and maternal mortality. All children must have equal access to education, particularly girls in rural areas. Calls for protection of the most vulnerable comm against climate change.
MALDIVES: We recommend training and capacity building for persons responsible for human rights and to protect vulnerable communities from climate change.
MALI: We recommend that Pakistan take measures to improve pre-natal care for women especially in rural areas.
MALTA: We recommend that Pakistan ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; aim for the abolition of death penalty and decriminalize consexual sexual activity of adults.
MAURITIUS: We recommend that Pakistan ratify the UNESCO Convention and improve measures on access to education.
MEXICO: We recommend that Pakistan abolish the death penalty for drug related crimes and restore moratorium on the death penalty; and decriminalize same-sex consensual sexual activity and decriminalize abortion.
MONTENEGRO: Strengthen Human Rights institutions and strengthen efforts on implementation of CEDAW.
NEPAL: We recommend that Pakistan human rights institutions and protect children against child labour.
NEPAL: We recommend that Pakistan human rights institutions and protect children against child labour.
NETHERLANDS: We recommend that Pakistan adopt legal and practical measures for practical safeguards against blasphemy laws; and amend Art 25 and 27.
NIGER: We recommend Pakistan ratify International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
NORWAY: We recommend that Pakistan investigate all reports of violence against journalists and HRDs, raise the legal age to 18 to all provinces for marriage; protect all religious minorities from discrimination or persecution; reinstate moratorium on the death penalty.
OMAN: We recommend that Pakistan continue efforts to achieve SDGs; improve right to health and basic health through small scale health insurance policy; and to standardize education.
PANAMA: We call upon Pakistan to build on education, jobs for women, establish an anti-trafficking mechanism and bolster capacity of tribunals on GBV.
PARAGUAY: We recommend Pakistan ratify the ED convention, and the migrant workers convention and abolish the death penalty.
PERU: We recommend redoubling efforts against the murder of journalists and raise the minimum age of marriage to 18.
PHILLIPINES: We recommend that Pakistan enhance laws and policy to prevent discrimination against women and girls; protect them against honor killings and implement protections for journalists and safeguards against child domestic labour.
Philippines*
POLAND: We recommend that Pakistan reform its blasphemy laws; and raise the minimum age of marriage
PORTUGAL: We ask Pakistan to consider a death penalty moratorium as a step towards complete abolition.
QATAR: We recommend Pakistan further efforts to achieve SDGs; protect journalists; enact laws to protect women and children from violence.
KOREA: We recommend Pakistan continue efforts to protect women and girls from child marriage; bring right to fair trial in line with international standards and maintain safeguards against journalists and HRDs. #UPR42 #UPRPAK #UPR
ROMANIA: We recommend that Pakistan criminalize all forms of GBV; protect all religious communities and treat them equally and enhance climate crisis impact protection for people. #UPRPAK #UPR42
SAMOA: We recommend that the NCHR is adequately resourced and is fully compliant with the Paris Principles; and take legal measures against enforced disappearances. #UPR42 #UPRPAK
SAUDI ARABIA: We recommend alleviating poverty and enforcing sustainable development; help integration of persons with disabilities.
SENEGAL: We recommend Pakistan ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance #UPR42 #uprpak
SERBIA: We recommend that Pakistan enhance the participation of minorities in all aspects of public life; strengthen health systems and improve maternal mortality rates. #UPR42
SIERRA LEONE: We recommend that the draft interfaith harmony policies help improve the state of minorities in Pakistan.
The Pakistan delegation points to the participation of women in leadership positions in the cabinet, courts, ministries, parliament and the senate.
"98% of all police stations in Punjab have women-friendly help desks," says Hina R Khar who is heading the Pakistan delegation. #UPR42
We have established shelters for women, Rs 400 million subsidies for motorbikes for working women and students, and have improved reproductive health facilities.
"Our commitment to human rights is underscored by the fundamental rights guaranteed by Pakistan's constitution," states the Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights #UPR42 #UPRPAK
The Ministry of Human Rights has identified 69 actions under 8 priorities to ensure protections in the area of business and human rights, states Ali Bhutta of the Pakistan delegation. #UPR42 #uprpak
MOHR updated its National Action Plan on human rights in 2020 based on research and have developed a policy on VAW, drafted in consultation with Civil Society and UN agencies. #UPR42 #UPRPAK
In 2020, we established human rights awareness programs to educate office bearers, a 24/7 helpline to redress HR grievances and a mobile app, states the Pakistan delegation. #UPR42 #UPRPAK
SINGAPORE: We welcome Pakistan's commitment to provide basic healthcare services through the Sahulat Program; nutrition interventions in South Punjab; approve of the Single National Curriculum; we recommend that it continues efforts to improve access to education.
SLOVAKIA: The situation of minorities remains concerning; forced marriages must stop; we recommend ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
SLOVENIA: We wish to recommend to abolish the death penalty; to take targeted action to improve women's participation in the work force and leadership positions
SOMALIA: We recommend that Pakistan continue efforts to fight unemployment; national efforts to combat all forms of terrorism. #uprPak #UPR42
SOUTH AFRICA: Enact the Domestic Protection (Protection and Prevention) Bill; review legislation related to prisons to bring in line with Mandela Rules
SPAIN: We recommend reintroducing the moratorium on the death penalty; repeal the blasphemy laws and commute all death sentences that have been issued by CrPC Section 295-C; forced marriages must be legislated against by all provinces.
SRI LANKA: We recommend that Pakistan consider allocating resources to achieve SDGs; take effective mitigation efforts to deal with climate change; alleviate poverty and prioritize its flood victims
PALESTINE: We recommend efforts to strengthen efforts to improve access to education; eliminate child labour.
SUDAN: We recommend continuing policies to protect and support refugees; achieve SDGs.
SWEDEN: Enact legislation against domestic violence, and VAW, reduce impunity for crimes against journalists, revise child marriage to set minimum age of marriage at 18
SWITZERLAND: Broaden legislation to enforce protections against all violence against women; recommend reviewing article 263 against Ahmadis; amend articles that undermine Freedom of Religious Belief.
SYRIA: We recommend Pakistan continue alleviating poverty; reduce school drop out rates and provide rehabilitative support for flood affected areas.
TAJIKISTAN: Continue engaging with UN Treaty Body mechanisms; improve social, health and education systems for most vulnerable groups.
THAILAND: We recommend Pakistan promote access to education for all, enhance efforts to provide safety for journalists; conduct human rights awareness for law enforcement officers.
TIMOR LESTE: We recommend Pakistan continue its efforts to improve the participation of women in leadership; continues efforts to address challenges of climate change.
TOGO: We recommend that Pakistan continue its efforts to adopt the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
TURKEY: Continue to undertake legislative and policy amendments on Human Rights
TURKMENISTAN: Enhance efforts to protect minorities and strengthen education system and ensure universal education
UKRAINE: We recommend that Pakistan ratifies the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; take all steps to combat violence against women and children and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice. #UPR42 #uprPak
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Ensure appropriate support for medical insurance
UNITED KINGDOM: We remain concerned by the conditions of minorities; define domestic violence as a crime; ensure school textbooks are inclusive of all religious minorities; end impunity for attacks against journalists.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: We encourage Pakistan to comply with its obligations under international human rights law; we recommend that the blasphemy laws be repealed; end use of enforced disappearances, especially against journalists.
URUGUAY: We recommend that the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act does not interfere with Freedom of Expression; ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; legislate against domestic violence and bring perpetators to justice.
UZBEKISTAN: Continue efforts to provide free and compulsory education for all children.
VENEZUELA: We recommend that it continue to consolidate women's rights and eradicate any gender disparity; step up social policies for education and free healthcare; assistance for the vulnerable.
VIET NAM: We recommend Pakistan continue efforts to reduce poverty and continue implementation of the right to work #uprPak #UPR42
YEMEN: We call upon Pakistan to continue efforts to promote human rights, including Freedom of Expression. #UPR42 #uprPak
ZAMBIA: Ensure that the NCHR is in full compliance with the Paris Principles and that there is effective implementation on legislation against GBV.
AFGHANISTAN: We are concerned with the imminent deportation of civil society activists in Pakistan to Afghanistan; we recommend Pakistan ensure the human rights of refugees and that communications with de facto authorities are centered around women, children and minorities.
ALBANIA: We recommend that Pakistan criminalize against GBV and strengthen its education system.
ALGERIA: We recommend that Pakistan improve the social, education and health of its most vulnerable groups.
ARGENTINA: We recommend that it adopts the necessary measures to ratify the ED convention, bolster education and guarantee universal education; step up efforts to reduce school drop out rates; and ensure its anti terrorism measures are aligned with human rights standards.
AUSTRALIA: We welcome the Transgender Rights Act 2018 and the SC ruling barring the execution of the mentally ill; we recommend that death-eligible crimes are reduced; protect journalists
AZERBAIJAN: We recommend that Pakistan continue its poverty alleviation efforts; support human rights education and training.
THE BAHAMAS: Recognize Pakistan's unprecedented climate challenges; we recommend that Pakistan allocate resources to address inequality; water access and hygiene promotion.
BAHRAIN: We recommend that Pakistan continue efforts to support the rights of migrants and uphold fundamental freedoms.
BAHRAIN: We recommend that Pakistan continue efforts to support the rights of migrants and uphold fundamental freedoms.
BANGLADESH: We recommend Pakistan continue efforts to establish rights of women and girls; eliminate child marriage and workplace harassment.
BELGIUM: We recommend that Pakistan adopt legislation to criminalize all GBV, including domestic violence; protect against honour killings; ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
BOLIVIA: Combat the effects of the climate change; continue to implement protection of children and minorities. #UPR42
BRAZIL: We are concerned with the increase in enforced disappearances; redouble efforts to combat GBV, domestic violence and marital rape; ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
BRUNEI: We propose the pursuit of poverty alleviation
BULGARIA: We recommend the implementation of policies aimed at poverty alleviation; improve capacity of human rights institutions; take further steps for women empowerment; continue to adopt initiative to protect the rights of the child.
BURKINA FASO: We call upon Pakistan to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; eliminate discrimination through awareness campaigns
The Government of Pakistan takes serious notice of cases of forced conversions and swiftly addresses them with the law, the delegation states.
Law Enforcement Agencies have standing orders to take action against hate speech being perpetrated anywhere, states the Pakistan delegation.
Appropriate security measures are in place at places of worship; security is beefed up on important religious days of all minorities.
"We believe in the free flow of information and welcome criticism," states the Pakistan delegation.
Steps that Pakistan has taken to protect journalists; provision of welfare for journalists aged 60 and above; grants of up to Rs 100,000; 145 families received disbursements; widows were given Rs 10,000 a month; 85 journalists have benefits from this scheme.
These were implemented by the KP government, states the Pakistan delegation.
The response of the delegation of Pakistan to concerns surrounding enforced disappearances: Pakistan's constitution, under Article 9, protects against enforced disappearance. We are diligently dealing with all cases and have made progress since our last UPR.
Pursuant to the accepted recommendations, a bill criminalizing ED is underway in parliament.
"The Commission of Inquiry of Enforced Disappearance, a legal forum to lodge complaints; any citizen can submit a case on the website form and the system is free and complainants are not required to engage lawyers. The COIED has full authority to summon law enforcement officials"
"The COIED has disposed most of its cases; 7000 cases out of 9200 cases since its establishment."
In response to FORB concerns, the delegation adds that blasphemy laws exist in many countries including 25 European nations and that the govt takes any complaint of misuse of blasphemy law seriously: it continues to take legal, administrative and policy measures to prevent misuse
CANADA: We recommend that the NCHR's independence is maintained; establish human rights courts; implement the Protection of Journalists Act, develop a strong policy to register women voters.
CHILE: We recommend that a broad definition for discrimination against women; adopt measures to ensure NCHR can function without any obstacles; decriminalize homosexuality.
KAZAKHSTAN: Enhance access to healthcare; implement the National Action Plan with the full participation of civil society
COLOMBIA: Step up measures to help HRDs do their work; ratify optional protocol for the convention of all forms of discrimination against women and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
COSTA RICA: Ensure access to modern contraceptive measures; protect journalists and HRDs and protect the right to freedom of expression; and protect the right to privacy; abolish death penalty.
CYPRUS: We recommend that Pakistan accede to the Rome Statute; reduce the amount of capital crimes; strengthen independence of national human rights institutions; safeguard freedom of expression.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Implement legislation against GBV; establish independent commissions for protection of journalists; revise number of capital offenses; prevent misuse of blasphemy laws. #uprPak #UPR42
DENMARK: Minorities must be protected from discrimination and persecution; amend clauses in penal codes that enable discrimination
DJIBOUTI: Pursue the alignment of human rights protections with international law; intensify efforts to combat trafficking against women and girls; sanction the perpetrators of violence against women.
ECUADOR: Ratify the Second Optional Protocol for Civil and Political Rights; ensure HRDs enjoy adequate protections; safeguards against trafficking.
EGYPT: We recommend continued efforts to protect women from all forms of violence; step up efforts to protect the rights of minorities.
ESTONIA: We call upon Pakistan to reinstate the moratorium on executions; take steps to criminalize enforced disappearance and protect women against high maternal mortality rates.
FINLAND: We recommend that Pakistan abolish the death penalty and immediately implement a moratorium; adopt legislation against forced conversions; pass and implement legislation to protect women and girls from GBV in line with international human rights law.
FRANCE: We are sensitive to the context within which the review takes place; we recommend that Pakistan step up rights of women; uphold the moratorium on the death penalty; ratify International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
GAMBIA: Implement legislation against GBV; put steps in place to protect women from unsafe abortion processes.
GERMANY: We remain deeply concerned by the increasing implementation of blasphemy laws and the prevailing impunity for enforced disappearances. We recommend to implement nationwide legislation to protect women and girls against forced marriage.
GEORGIA: We recommend that Pakistan continue strengthening the NCHR; double efforts to prevent trafficking.
GREECE: Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
ICELAND: We recommend abolishing the death penalty; criminalize all forms of GBV against women and girls; amend abortion laws; provide safe abortion access; decriminalize all same-sex relations
INDONESIA: We recommend that Pakistan strengthen eliminate violence against women and provide adequate support to victims; continue elimination of poverty
IRAN: We recommend that Pakistan must continue its social security schemes to alleviate poverty; continue mitigation and adaptation efforts to combat climate change.
IRAQ: We recommend that Pakistan pursue efforts to eliminate the gender wage gap; bring the NCHR in line with the Paris Principles
IRELAND: We recommend that Pakistan establish an independent inquiries into all cases of enforced disappearances and bring perpetrators to account
Concluding remarks from the Pakistan delegation: We value today's substantive feedback; the UPR mechanism serves as a solid platform for meaningful dialogue; we have truly benefited from the UPR platform.
As a developing country, we are aware of our resource constraints and the need for progress. But our direction is clear. In furtherance of these core national priorities, we will thoroughly consider the recommendations. We will take them back home and meaningfully regard them.
We reaffirm our strong, steadfast commitment to human rights, focusing more on strengthening our implementation. Advancing sustainable development, enhancing civil society participation, and inclusive approach remain our hallmarks.
With that, we bring our live tweets of Pakistan's UPR to an end. We hope this thread proves useful and thank our followers for their support. #UPR42 #UPRPak
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