Iceland

UPR 40, January 24, 2022
Recommendations by Canada

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Thank you Madam President,

Canada congratulates Iceland for achieving the best performance in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap index for the twelfth year, and encourages Iceland in its continuing efforts to close the gender pay gap by 2022.

Canada recommends that Iceland:

1. Adopt and implement a comprehensive action plan on combatting the trafficking of human beings in support of the government’s 2019 Emphasis on Actions to Combat Human Trafficking and Other Forms of Exploitation.
2. Take measures to establish a National Human Rights Institution compliant with the Paris Principles, which will enhance the implementation of related policies and programs and build on the resource base of existing Icelandic human rights partner organizations.
3. Facilitate the ability of existing mechanisms for the protection of human rights to receive complaints on the grounds of discrimination until such a time as an Icelandic National Human Rights Institution is established to lead on the response to such complaints. 

Canada thanks the Government of Iceland for its continued efforts to promote human rights and to work toward the ratification of the various UN conventions in support of this. Nevertheless, Canada encourages the Government of Iceland to undertake further measures to combat human trafficking and promote the protection of human rights.