2.1 - Status of international instruments
CCPR/CO/82/BEN (HRC, 2004)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Recommendations
r) limit death penalty to most serious crimes
r) consider abolishing death penalty and acceding to ICCPR-OP2
r) commute all existing death sentences into terms of imprisonment
r) immediately verify conditions of detention of those on death row and ensure that UN Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners are respected in all situations
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 11.3 - Death penalty
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • 12.2 - Conditions of detention
  • persons deprived of their liberty
  Paragraph(s) 13
CCPR/CO/82/BEN (HRC, 2004)
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) ratification of OP-CEDAW in December 2004
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 144 bis
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)
Recommendations
r) accept as soon as possible, amendment to art. 20, paragraph 1 CEDAW concerning meeting time of CEDAW
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 164 bis
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)
Observations
n) State's adherence to seven major international human rights instruments enhances enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 168 bis
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying treaty to which it is not yet party, namely ICRMW
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • migrant workers
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 168 bis
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)
CRC/C/BEN/CO/2 (CRC, 2006)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) ratification of or accession to number of international human rights instruments, including:
- OP-CRC-SC, on 25 May 2000
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 6
CRC/C/BEN/CO/2 (CRC, 2006)
Observations
w) ratification of or accession to number of international human rights instruments, including:
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing Convention; Protocol against smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing Convention, and Protocol against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing Convention, on 6 November 2003
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • children
  • general
  • migrants
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 6
CRC/C/BEN/CO/2 (CRC, 2006)
Observations
w) ratification of or accession to number of international human rights instruments, including:
- Optional Protocol to Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, on 20 September 2006
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • children
  • general
  • persons deprived of their liberty
  Paragraph(s) 6
CRC/C/BEN/CO/2 (CRC, 2006)
Observations
w) ratification of or accession to number of international human rights instruments, including:
- Convention No. 138 concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment of ILO of 1973, on 11 June 2001
- ILO Convention No. 182 concerning Prohibition and Immediate Action for Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour, on 28 May 2001
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 6
CRC/C/BEN/CO/2 (CRC, 2006)
Observations
w) ratification of or accession to number of international human rights instruments, including:
- OP-CRC-AC, on 25 May 2000
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.5 - Children in armed conflict
  • children
  • persons affected by armed conflict
  Paragraph(s) 6
CRC/C/BEN/CO/2 (CRC, 2006)
Recommendations
r) ratify Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Inter-country Adoption of 1993
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.2 - Children: family environment and alternative care
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 45
CRC/C/BEN/CO/2 (CRC, 2006)
CAT/C/BEN/CO/2 (CAT, 2008)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) State party’s efforts to reform its legal and institutional system
In particular, the Committee notes with satisfaction the following positive developments:
w) ratification, on 20 September 2006, of the OP-CAT(“the Convention”)
w) ratification, on 22 January 2002, of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
w) ratification, on 31 January 2005, of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
w) recent efforts to strengthen the national legal framework, including:
- publication of the full text of the Convention in the Official Journal on 5 September 2007
- adoption on 30 January 2006 of Act No. 2006‑04 on conditions for the displacement of minors and the suppression of child trafficking in Benin
- adoption on 3 March 2003 of Act No. 2003‑07 on the suppression of female genital mutilation in Benin
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 4.1 - Legal framework
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • children
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 4
CAT/C/BEN/CO/2 (CAT, 2008)
E/C.12/BEN/CO/2 (CESCR, 2008)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 13 December 2006 and the Optional Protocol thereto
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • persons with disabilities
  Paragraph(s) 34
E/C.12/BEN/CO/2 (CESCR, 2008)
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying ILO Convention No. 102 (1952) concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 28 - Right to social security
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 37
E/C.12/BEN/CO/2 (CESCR, 2008)
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying ILO Convention No. 169 (1989) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • indigenous
  Paragraph(s) 51
E/C.12/BEN/CO/2 (CESCR, 2008)
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying CMW
  • Benin
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • migrant workers
  Paragraph(s) 52
E/C.12/BEN/CO/2 (CESCR, 2008)
2.3 - Derogation
CAT/C/BEN/CO/2 (CAT, 2008)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
c) there is no clear provision in the State party’s criminal legislation to ensure that the absolute prohibition against torture is non‑derogable (arts. 2 and 15)
  • Benin
  • 2.3 - Derogation
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 7
CAT/C/BEN/CO/2 (CAT, 2008)
Recommendations
r) incorporate the principle of absolute prohibition of torture into criminal legislation, which should provide that an order from a superior officer may not be invoked as a justification of torture, and prohibit the use of confessions obtained through torture
  • Benin
  • 2.3 - Derogation
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 7
CAT/C/BEN/CO/2 (CAT, 2008)
3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies
E/C.12/1/ADD.78 (CESCR, 2002)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Recommendations
r) publicize concluding observations widely among all sectors of society
r) give details of all it has done to respond to them
r) involve NGOs and other members of civil society in preparation of second report
  • Benin
  • 3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 48
E/C.12/1/ADD.78 (CESCR, 2002)
Recommendations
r) submit second report
i) action taken in response to recommendations made in concluding observations
  • Benin
  • 3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 49
E/C.12/1/ADD.78 (CESCR, 2002)
CCPR/CO/82/BEN (HRC, 2004)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Recommendations
r) submission of 2nd periodic report on 1 November 2008
r) texts of initial report and present concluding observations to be published and widely disseminated
r) 2nd periodic report to be brought to attention of NGOs operating in country
  • Benin
  • 3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies
  • 4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 26
CCPR/CO/82/BEN (HRC, 2004)
Recommendations
i) submit within one year information on follow-up given to HRC's recommendations in paragraphs 11, 15, and 17
i) include in next periodic report information on remaining recommendations and on implementation of ICCPR as a whole
  • Benin
  • 3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 27
CCPR/CO/82/BEN (HRC, 2004)
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) process of preparation of report and in particular use of coordinating body to ensure inter-ministerial collaboration and input from NGOs in preparation of report
  • Benin
  • 3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 142 bis
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)
Recommendations
r) ensure wide participation of all ministries and public bodies in, and consult with NGOs during preparation of next report
r) involve Parliament in discussion of report before submission to CEDAW
  • Benin
  • 3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies
  • 4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 165 bis
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)
Recommendations
r) wide dissemination of present concluding comments in order to make people of Benin, including government officials, politicians, parliamentarians and women's and human rights organizations, aware of steps that have been taken to ensure de jure and de facto equality of women, as well as further steps that are required in that regard
r) continue to disseminate widely, in particular to women's and human rights organizations, CEDAW, OP-CEDAW, CEDAW's general recommendations, Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century"
  • Benin
  • 3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies
  • 4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 169 bis
A/60/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2005)