DEC/40/114 Outcome of the universal periodic review: Malta
Document Type: Final Decision
Date: 2019 Mar
Session: 40th Regular Session (2019 Feb)
Agenda Item: Item6: Universal Periodic Review
GE.19-04687(E)
Human Rights Council Fortieth session
25 February–22 March 2019
Agenda item 6
Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council on 15 March 2019
40/114. Outcome of the universal periodic review: Malta
The Human Rights Council,
Acting in compliance with the mandate entrusted to it by the General Assembly in its
resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, and with Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1 of 18
June 2007 and 16/21 of 21 March 2011, and President’s statement PRST/8/1 of 9 April
2008, on the modalities and practices for the universal periodic review process,
Having conducted the review of Malta on 14 November 2018 in conformity with all
relevant provisions contained in the annex to Council resolution 5/1,
Adopts the outcome of the review of Malta, comprising the report thereon of the
Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review,1 the views of the State concerning the
recommendations and/or conclusions made, and its voluntary commitments and replies
presented before the adoption of the outcome by the plenary to questions or issues not
sufficiently addressed during the interactive dialogue held in the Working Group.2
38th meeting
15 March 2019
[Adopted without a vote.]
1 A/HRC/40/17.
2 A/HRC/40/17/Add.1; see also A/HRC/40/2, chap. VI.