A/HRC/43/8/Add.1 Recommendation Fiji’s position Comments recommendation 140.2 140.88 Noted Following Fiji’s UPR in November 2019, Fiji withdrew its reservation on Article 1 of UNCAT on 28 January 2020. Fiji repeats its comments in recommendation 140.2 with respect to Fiji’s position on the ratification of the UNCAT Optional Protocol. 140.99 Accepted 140.1010 Accepted 140.1111 140.1212 Noted Fiji withdrew its reservation on Article 1 of UNCAT on 28 January 2020 and will consider removing the remaining reservations in future. Fiji repeats its comments in recommendation 140.11. Accepted 140.1313 Noted Fiji repeats its comments in recommendation 140.11. 140.1414 Noted Fiji repeats its comments in recommendation 140.11. 140.1515 Noted Fiji repeats its comments in recommendation 140.11. 140.1616 Noted Fiji repeats its comments with respect to recommendation 140.11. Noted Fiji has robust anti-discrimination provisions under section 26 of the Fijian Constitution which includes the intersecting forms of discrimination on various grounds inclusive of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. These provisions are also translated into our employment legislations. 140.1717 Accepted 140.1818 Accepted 140.1919 Accepted 140.2020 Accepted 140.2121 Accepted 140.2222 Accepted 140.2323 With respect to gender based violence, or violence of any kind against any person, perpetrators of violence are charged accordingly under the Fijian Crimes Act. 140.2424 Noted Fiji repeats its comments in recommendation 140.23. 3