1st cycle Benin
Date of first review: 7 May 2008 The troika consisted of Nicaragua, Madagascar and Germany.
Date of next review: 25 October 2012, 9:00-12:30 The troika will consist of Kuwait, Romania and Botswana.
Report submitted by Benin
National report http://www.upr-info.org/IMG/pdf/NR_F.pdf
NGO Contributions - Benin
NGOs which have submitted a report:
- Amnesty International
- Association des Femmes Juristes du Bénin
- Franciscans International
- Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
- International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (Joint Submission)
- International Lesbian and Gay Association (Joint Submission)
- World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
Among these NGOs, three have dealt with education:
- Franciscans International
- Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
- World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
For the 2nd cycle see « Une coalition pour l'EPU du Bénin »
HRC Summary - Benin
Le résumé des informations de la société civile aborde la question de l'éducation aux points 47 et 48
Excerpts from the summary by the High Commissioner for Human Rightse
47. FI (Franciscans International) noted that boys are given preference where education is concerned. As a result, many children are not enrolled in schools. Some go with their parents to the pasturing grounds.
48. L’OMCT (World Organization Against Torture) recommended that the Government of Benin reinforce the action of NGOs working for the promotion and the defence of women's rights by investing towards the elimination of illiteracy, the education and instruction of girls and women, notablyy in the northern part of the State.
HRC Recommendations - Benin
A total of 34 recommendations have been made, five on education and two on human rights education.
A - 4. Reinforce measures to ensure that women are no longer subjected to forced marriage. This could be supported by developing and implementing comprehensive educational measures on the provisions of the Persons and Family Code and on other relevant laws (Denmark);
A - 11. Develop an awareness campaign to address traditional beliefs that are harmful to the rights of children, especially their right to life (Holy See);
A - 22. Give more importance to the schooling of girls in its education programmes, which would certainly contribute to combat female genital mutilation (Mauritania);
A - 24. Consider, with targeted international support, the extension of free education up to the secondary level, and continue the information campaign in favour of admitting girls to school. (Algeria);
A - 25. Continue its efforts to ensure greater promotion of the rights of women in particular those of girls in the areas of education and health care (Tunisia);
A - 26. Intensify its efforts to favour support and material assistance to the most marginalized families and the most underprivileged families to effectively guarantee the rights of children through a sufficient standard of living and the right to education inter alia (Belgium).
Follow-up of Recommendations - Benin
Benin has submitted a mid-term report on the implementation of the recommendations in the framework of the UPR (march 2012).
