Position
Recommendation
OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, SAMOA
Samoa’s Second Universal Periodic Review
Implementation Comments
violence.
74.18.Implement policies to ensure the promotion of the rights of women and children,
specifically with regard to combating domestic violence and ending discrimination against
women (South Africa);
Supported
Partly
implemented
See report paras [12] – [23].
Supported
Partly
implemented
See report paras [17] – [23].
See comment 75.36.
Supported
Partly
implemented
Corporal punishment is
banned in schools by s.23 of
the Education Act 2009. See
report paras [22] – [23].
74.22.Design policies which strengthen the rights of the child, and in that regard, sensitize the
population to end corporal punishment and child labour (Spain);
Supported
Partly
implemented
See comment 74.20.
74.23.Address the elimination of child labour in the ongoing 1972 Labour and Employment Act
review (Slovakia);
Supported
Partly
implemented
Child labour is regulated
through s.51 of the Labour
and Employment Relations
Act 2013 and ss.20-21 of the
Education Act 2009. Further
restrictions on child labour are
included in the Child Care and
Protection Bill currently before
Parliament. See report para
[21].
75.37.Equalize the legal minimum age of marriage for girls and boys (Norway);
Supported
Not implemented
This is sought to be addressed
through the Child Care and
Protection Bill, currently before
Parliament.
Children: protection against exploitation
74.19.Adopt and implement appropriate, efficient policy to address the sexual exploitation of
children (Slovakia);
Supported
Partly
implemented
See comment 75.37.
74.24.Continue and intensify the fight against social scourges, with a focus on reducing
domestic violence and juvenile delinquency (Algeria);
Supported
Partly
implemented
Children: definition, general principles, protection
74.20.Implement fully the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child,
including by taking measures to address the issue of child labour, prohibiting corporal
punishment, and raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility to an internationally
acceptable level (Slovenia);
74.21.Ban corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure in schools and in homes, and
conduct awareness campaigns so as to reduce the scope of such action (Norway);
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