ADVANCE QUESTIONS TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA – second batch
MEXICO
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Is Antigua and Barbuda considering the inclusion of nondiscrimination clauses in national
legislation? How is it guarantee that no one is discriminated on the basis of disability, language,
sexual orientation, gender identity or social status? What are the legal safeguards to avoid such
discrimination?
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Are there plans to review the minimum age for criminal responsibility? How is Antigua and
Barbuda intending to integrate the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Family Law and
Domestic Violence Legal and Judicial Reform Project results into national legislation?
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Is the government envisaging the creation of an institution for generating or collecting
information for monitoring the fulfillment of the State’s obligations on human rights? What are
the current strategies to collect the necessary statistical information for designing public policies?
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