Sao Tome and Principe

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Overview

São Tomé and Príncipe is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for Central Africa (CARO)/UN Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa. The Office supports the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy through research, advocacy, human rights mainstreaming, advisory services and technical cooperation to national authorities, national human rights institutions, civil society, and international and regional organizations. It also analyzes and monitors the human rights situation, informing on trends, and promoting prevention.

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News & Statements

Latest news

12 Dec 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Committee on Migrant Workers publishes findings on Kyrgyzstan, Sao Tome and Principe, and Uruguay

08 Dec 2023

Treaty bodies

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Concludes Thirty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan and São Tomé and Príncipe

01 Dec 2023

Treaty bodies

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Welcome Efforts by São Tomé and Príncipe to Hold the Dialogue, Ask about a National Human Rights Institute and Support Offered to Migrant Workers Abroad

24 Nov 2023

Treaty bodies

UN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan, and Sao Tome and Principe

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Latest statements & messages

08 Mar 2017

Multiple Mechanisms

High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his Office and recent human rights developments

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CMW/C/STP/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Sao Tome and Principe

CRC/C/STP/CO/5-6: Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Sao Tome and Principe

CEDAW/C/STP/CO/1-5: Concluding observations on the combined initial and second to fifth reports of Sao Tome and Principe

CRC/C/STP/CO/2-4: Concluding observations on the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Sao Tome and Principe, adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fourth session

CRC/C/15/Add.235: Concluding observations: Sao Tome and Principe

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures

External Resources

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice African Union

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Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 9220

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