STRENGTHENING CONCRETE
Appendix 2: Implementation of SRHR related recommendations of Member States reviewed during 13th-16th sessions of the UPR working group
(based on the SRI database)
Country Session Total
recommendations
Accepted recommen-dations
Recommendations State reported implementing
Additional recommendations being implemented Accepted
Unclear response
No
response Rejected Accepted No
response Rejected Bahrain
13th
5 5 5
Ecuador 4 4 4
Tunisia 5 5 5
Morocco 2 2 2
Indonesia 2 2 2
Finland 5 5 5
UK 3 3 3
India 8 2 2 6
Brazil 2 2 1
Philippines 5 2 2 1
Algeria 9 5 4
Poland 12 0 0 9
Netherlands 8 6 1
South Africa 15 0 0 6
Czech Republic
14th
11 11 9
Argentina 7 7 7
Gabon 10 0 0 10
Ghana 29 25 25
Peru 4 0 0 3
Guatemala 10 10 6
Benin 12 11 9
Republic of
Korea 12 10 8 2
Switzerland 13 9 7 1
Pakistan 34 30 30
Zambia 16 13 5 2
Japan 13 11 10
Ukraine 8 7 6
Sri Lanka 5 5 5
Country Session Total
recommendations
Accepted recommen-dations
Recommendations State reported implementing
Additional recommendations being implemented Accepted
Unclear response
No
response Rejected Accepted No
response Rejected France
15th
6 1 0 2
Tonga 22 16 15 1
Mali 24 15 15 9
Romania 20 20 16
Botswana 34 15 15
Bahamas 22 15 9 1 1
Burundi 38 16 8 8
Luxembourg 17 3 1 8 1
Barbados 17 6 4
Montenegro 14 14 12
UAE 17 6 6 1
Israel 11 5 5
Liechtenstein 10 8 8
Serbia 13 9 9 3 1
Burkina Faso
16th
20 17 15
Cape Verde 20 20 12
Turkmenistan 8 4 4 1 1
Uzbekistan 9 4 4 1
Colombia 9 9 8
Tuvalu 25 23 21 1
Azerbaijan 17 17 9 1
Bangladesh 29 24 16
Cameroon 28 20 8 2
Canada 29 26 17
Cuba 19 11 11
Djibouti 19 12 7 5 1
Germany 12 10 10 1 1
Russia 13 10 8 1
TOTAL 791 548 436 55 19 4 6 6 2
50 LESSONS FROM THE FIRST CYCLE OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
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