Recommendation
Position
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, SAMOA
Samoa’s Second Universal Periodic Review
Implementation Comments
74.2.Endorse and promote the National Policy for Women, which addresses issues of
discrimination against women, and ensure the speedy enactment of the Family Safety Bill 2009
(Canada);
74.8.Finalize the National Policy for Women within a reasonable time frame (Hungary);
Supported
Implemented
Supported
Implemented
74.3.Continue the process towards a speedy implementation of the Family Safety Bill, currently
being considered, which will render effective the relevant provisions of the Convention on the
Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of
the Child relating to domestic violence issues (Chile);
76.5.Give men and women equal right of inheritance (Norway).
Supported
Partly
implemented
Noted
Not implemented
74.30.Introduce necessary measures in the field of anti-discrimination and equal remuneration
for men and women for work of equal value (Turkey);
Supported
Partially
implemented
75.38.Fulfil its commitment to equality and non-discrimination by repealing all legal provisions
that criminalize sexual activity between consenting adults and investigate all cases of
discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (Canada);
75.39.Repeal laws criminalizing relations between consenting adults of the same sex (France);
Noted
Not implemented
Noted
Not implemented
75.40.Repeal all provisions which may be applied to criminalize sexual activity between
consenting adults and adopt appropriate legislative measures to include sexual orientation and
gender identity in equality and non-discrimination laws (Norway);
75.41.Continue its reconsideration of laws that restrict the human rights of individuals based on
sexual orientation or gender identity, and repeal all such laws (United States);
Noted
Not implemented
Noted
Not implemented
75.42.Make public, upon its completion, the report of the Commission of Inquiry set up to
investigate alleged violations of religious freedom (Ireland);
Supported
(See para.
32,
addendum
p. 7)
Implemented
75.43.Adopt domestic laws and administrative regulations aimed at eradicating all forms of
discrimination against persons of foreign origin, members of ethnic or linguistic minorities,
refugees, asylum-seekers and migrant workers, by ensuring the enjoyment of their
fundamental rights, irrespective of their migration status (Ecuador).
Death penalty
75.4.Confirm its commitment towards the abolition of the death penalty by ratifying the Second
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which abolishes
the death penalty under all circumstances (France);
Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
75.35.Ensure that the Professional Standards Unit of the Police complete its investigations in a
Noted
Unable to
comment
Supported
Not implemented
Supported
Partly
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See report paras [14] – [15].
See comment 74.2.
See comment 75.29.
See report para [35].
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