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🇹🇴 #Tonga’s Universal Periodic Review @UN 🇺🇳 Human Rights Council #UPR43

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At #UPR43 @fekita_u, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Tourism, said that #Tonga🇹🇴 had made efforts to prioritize the ratification of the
-Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
-Convention Against Torture

At #UPR43 @fekita_u, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Tourism, said that #Tonga🇹🇴 had:
-became a party to the UN Convention Against Corruption in 2020
-re-established in 2020 a Universal Periodic Review Working Group to monitor the implementation of the UPR recommendations.

At #UPR43 @fekita_u, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Tourism, said that #Tonga 🇹🇴 had:
-developed multiple national human rights frameworks to protect the rights of vulnerable groups.
-taken steps to move forward on the establishment of a National Human Rights Institution.

At #UPR43, @fekita_u, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Tourism, said that #Tonga🇹🇴 had:
-introduced policies & legal frameworks to promote the inclusiveness of persons w/ disabilities.
-established a national child protection policy committee that includes children w/ disabilities.

At #UPR43, @fekita_u, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Tourism, said that #Tonga 🇹🇴 had:
-implemented several water & sanitation projects. #WASH
-enacted the Water Resources Act to ensure effective monitoring of water resources & quality.

At #UPR43, @fekita_u, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Tourism, said that #Tonga🇹🇴 had:
-advanced in the implementation of its National Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equality Policy
-continued to support & empower the participation of women in senior government & political positions

At #UPR43, @fekita_u, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Tourism, said that #Tonga🇹🇴 had:
-set up several programs & policies to address sexual & gender-based violence & protect women from discrimination
-recently ratified the @ilo Convention N.182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour.

At #UPR43, States commended #Tonga🇹🇴 on
-its commitment to the UPR process & on the implementation of UPR's recommendations
-the implementation of policies to promote gender equality & to combat gender-based violence
-the ratification of @ilo Convention 182 on Child Labour

At #UPR43, States commended #Tonga🇹🇴 on
-implementing a Climate Change Policy & an early warning system for climate disasters
-approving several universal health coverage policies including protection of elderly people & w/ disabilities
-its efforts to eliminate human trafficking

At #UPR43, States commended #Tonga🇹🇴 on
-implementing a Climate Change Policy & an early warning system for climate disasters
-approving several universal health coverage policies including protection of elderly people & w/ disabilities
-its efforts to eliminate human trafficking

At #UPR43, States recommended #Tonga 🇹🇴
-ratifies main international conventions, including CEDAW, Convention Against Torture & CRPD
-abolishes the death penalty
-eliminates policies that discriminate women & girls and guarantee their access to public & private sectors

At #UPR43, States recommended #Tonga 🇹🇴
-decriminalizes same sex relations & removes discrimination against LGTBIQ+ persons
-strengthens legislation against slavery and human trafficking
-includes a human rights approach to its Climate Change Policy

At #UPR43, States recommended #Tonga 🇹🇴
-establishes an independent human rights national institution in accordance with the Paris Principles
-adopts a comprehensive Child Rights Law
-continues efforts to combat corruption

The Universal Periodic Review of #Tonga 🇹🇴 has now concluded.

59 States spoke at the meeting.

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The #UPR43 Working Group is set to adopt the report on Friday, 5 May at 15:30 (GMT+2).