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Forms of Discrimination against Women;
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
11. Notes that Gabon has enacted laws to promote and protect fundamental human
rights and freedoms, including the law to provide social protection to children with
disabilities, the Nationality Code which promotes the rights of women and children,
the law on pre-trial detention and compensation for unlawful detention, the law on
preventing and combating child trafficking, and the law on preventing and
combating female genital mutilation;
12. Commends the Gabonese Republic for passing a law abolishing the death penalty;
13. Welcomes the establishment of organs and institutions to ensure the promotion and
protection of human rights, namely:
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The National Human Rights Commission;
The Office of the Ombudsman;
The National Communication Council (CNC);
The National Council for Religious Denominations (CNCR); and
The Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Observatory;
14. Commends the Government for its free and compulsory primary education policy;
15. Commends the Government’s commitment to ensure the right to education by
passing laws and regulations governing education;
16. Notes with satisfaction the political will demonstrated by the Gabonese Government
in promoting the right to employment, in particular through the ratification of about
thirty Conventions, eight (8) of which are ILO Conventions, the implementation of
employment, vocational training and re-integration policies, as well as increasing
the minimum wage to 150,000 CFA francs;
17. Appreciates the efforts made by the Gabonese Government to improve health care
for the population, including by rehabilitating, constructing and equipping health
facilities, and establishing a National Social Medical Insurance and Pension Scheme;
18. Commends the Government’s efforts and achievements in combating the HIV
pandemic in the country, including the construction of some health centres for the
treatment of HIV/AIDS, four (4) of which are mobile treatment centres, the adoption
of a national health development plan (PNDS) in the public health sector, and the
adoption of a national health action plan (PNAS) comprising the provision of both
curative and palliative health care for persons living with HIV;
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