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CEDAW is an international human rights treaty adopted in 1979. The UK ratified (agreed to follow) CEDAW in 1986. By...
Government should: Within one year of adopting the present recommendations, provide an update to the CRPD Committee on progress in...
Government should: (a) Bring anti-discrimination laws into line with CRPD. Bring into force any outstanding Equality Act 2010 provisions, including...
Government should: Legally protect people from multiple and intersectional discrimination, including on the grounds of migrant, refugee or other status....
Government should: Amend its abortion law. Guarantee women's right to reproductive and sexual autonomy without legalising selective abortion due to...
Government should: Develop a measurable action plan to improve the lives of disabled people across the UK. The Committee recommends...
Government should: (a) Put disabled people's rights into practice across the UK, and make the CRPD part of UK (and...
Government should: (a) Take action to increase the number of women in decision-making roles in the workplace and reduce women's...
Government should: Take specific steps to increase the numbers of women in general, and ethnic minority women and disabled women...
Government should: Engage with the media to eliminate images that stereotype or objectify women, take steps to end negative gender...
Government should: Share the recommendations widely among disabled people, their families and organisations, including in sign language and accessible formats,...
Government should: Involve, and provide funding for, disabled people's organisations in preparing the next periodic report. The Committee strongly encourages...
Government should: Implement the present recommendations and distribute them to members of Government and Parliament, relevant ministries, devolved administrations, overseas...
Government should: Set up a process for implementing and acting on the CRPD Committee's recommendations following its inquiry into the...
Government should: (a) Ratify and implement the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind,...
Government should: Consult with disabled children's organisations to develop and put into practice policies for: (a) Tackling high poverty levels...
Government should work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Develop a fully-funded action plan to improve disabled people’s access to...
Government should: Reverse all laws and practices allowing any form of forced medical care or surgery. Ensure disabled people (especially...
Government should: (a) End the use of restraint for reasons relating to disability. Prevent the use of Tasers against disabled...
Government should: (a) Remove laws allowing people to be detained and treated without their consent on the basis of their...
Government should: Put an end to all forms of substituted decision-making, by changing or introducing laws and policies on mental...
Government should: Introduce an action plan to challenge perceptions of disabled people not having ‘a good and decent life’, and...
Government should work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Improve and enforce legal accessibility standards across all areas of life,...
Government should: Consider allowing people who feel their rights have been breached to take complaints to the UN by ratifying...
Government should: Ensure older people receive an adequate pension, care and treatment. Educate all health care workers on the rights...
Government should: (a) In line with UN advice on children's right to rest, leisure, play and cultural life, ensure all...
Government should: (a) Take action to reduce the impact of social background or disabilities on children's achievements in school. Guarantee...
Government should: (a) End child poverty and ensure accountability (including through concrete targets). Monitor and report results. (b) Put children...
Government should: Embed the rights of disabled women and girls into disability and gender equality policies. Fully consult on this...
Government should: Take further action to raise awareness to tackle negative stereotypes and prejudices against disabled people (especially those with...
Government should: (a) Collect data on child mental health, paying particular attention to children in vulnerable situations. (b) Adequately fund...
Government should: Support the independent monitoring of the implementation of the CRPD across the UK, including by funding disabled people's...
Government should: Do more to support disabled people in finding work. Implement measures in support of enhanced participation of people...
Government should: in line with advice issued by the UN on gender-based violence: (a) Ratify the Istanbul Convention. (b) Take...
Government should: (a) Strengthen the capacity of the Government Equalities Office so that it can provide national leadership on women's...
Government should: Ensure that women, particularly women in vulnerable situations such as disabled women, ethnic minority women, asylum-seeking and refugee...
Government should: (a) Change laws in Northern Ireland to ensure women there have the same protections as those elsewhere in...
Government should: (a) Ensure there is sufficient housing (especially social housing), particularly for the most disadvantaged groups, including those on...
Government should: In line with UN advice on poverty and the ICESCR, guarantee support to all those living in (or...
Government should: Provide information on the impact of the national strategy on gender-based violence (particularly with regard to violence against...
Government should: (a) Review conditions attached to social security benefits. Reverse the cuts introduced by the Welfare Reform Act 2012...
Government should: Review its employment policies to address the root causes of unemployment. Develop an action plan focusing specifically on...
Government should: Use all available resources to make economic, social and cultural rights a reality for everyone. In line with...
Government should: Submit the UK's next State Report to the UN by 8 July 2023. The Committee requests the State...
Government should: Establish and fund a structure for focal points to coordinate the implementation of CRPD across the UK. The...
Government should: (a) Produce a thorough plan for reducing the risk of disasters. Develop strategies to ensure disabled people can...
Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Promptly update the UK Department for International Development’s Disability Framework and...
Government should: Increase the availability of high-quality data disaggregated by: income, sex, age, gender, race, ethnic origin, migrant, asylum-seeking and...
Government should: Take further action, in consultation with disabled people's organisations, to guarantee accessibility regardless of impairment, remove restrictions of...
Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations, and in line with the CRPD Committee's recommendations following its inquiry into the...
Government should: Consult disabled people's organisations to: (a) Ensure all disabled children get an inclusive education in their own communities....
Government should: Withdraw its reservation to CRPD article 24 (2) (a) and (b) on the right to inclusive education. The...
Government should: (a) Ensure disabled parents get the support they need to look after their children, and that disability is...
Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Raise legal standards for making digital information services accessible for all....
Government should: (a) Recognise disabled people’s right to live independently and be included in the community in UK laws, so...
Government should: Withdraw its reservation to CRPD article 18 (liberty of movement and nationality). The Committee recommends that the State...
Government should: work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Ensure disabled people (particularly women, children, intersex people and older people)...
Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Develop programmes to make judges, prosecutors, police officers and prison staff...
Government should: (a) Collect and publish data on psychotropic drugs (Ritalin, Concerta etc.) prescribed to children. (b) Ensure drugs are...
UK Government actions In August 2021, the UK Government responded to a consultation on increasing selected court fees. In July...
UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government published a new policy to support the needs of perinatal women...
UK Government actions: In July 2022, the UK Government published a response to its consultation on raising accessibility standards for...
The introduction of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (the VAWDASV Act) and the...
There have been important recent reforms to strengthen the policy and legal framework, and it will take time for their...
The UK Government has committed to introducing a new Mental Health Bill and implementing new laws to prevent the use...
The implementation of ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies marked a reduction in human rights protections and court cases have found failures...
Limited time out of cells, overcrowding, poor conditions, use of force, solitary confinement and self-harm in prisons are commonplace and,...
The UK Government has taken important steps to improve victim support and access to legal aid, including the Victims’ Code...
UK Government actions: In August 2022, the UK Government published its Women’s Health Strategy for England, detailing ambitions for improvements...
UK Government actions: In June 2022, the UK Government published a draft Mental Health Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. This aims...
UK Government actions: In April 2022, the Elections Act gained Royal Assent. The stated purpose of the Act is to...
UK Government actions: In September 2022, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy introduced the Retained EU Law (Revocation...
UK Government actions: In September 2022, Department for Education (DfE) revised guidance on behaviour in schools and on suspensions and...
UK Government actions: In March 2022, the UK Government published the Online Safety Bill to establish a regulatory regime for...
UK Government actions: The UK Government resumed the use of school exams in summer 2022, with exam boards instructed to...
Although rates of relative poverty have remained static for working-age adults, the number of children living in relative poverty and...
UK Government actions In March 2021, the census for England and Wales was carried out, on a ‘digital-first’ basis. The...
UK Government actions In October 2020, the UK Government updated the ‘headteachers’ standards’, which set baseline expectations for professional practice...
UK Government actions In its March 2021 budget, the UK Government announced measures to address regional inequalities, including the Levelling...
UK Government actions In March 2021, as part of its Build Back Better plan for growth and 2021 Budget, the...
UK Government actions In June 2021, the UK Government committed to raise the minimum age for people to marry in...
UK Government actions In March 2021, regulations were passed to introduce a new ‘multi-channel approach to health assessments’ for a...
UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published the National Disability Strategy, which included plans to reduce the...
UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced significant new funding arrangements for health and social care; £5.4...
UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced new funding arrangements for health and social care, including: a...
UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced the new Health and Social Care Levy to help pay...
UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published its health and disability green paper to explore how the...
UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published its National Disability Strategy, which made commitments to improve the...
UK Government actions In September 2021, Public Health England published updated guidance on preventing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in...
The proportion of disabled pupils attending special schools has been steadily increasing for several years. In response, the Welsh Government...
Wales has the highest levels of poverty in the UK, with no significant improvements in people’s outcomes over recent years....
Government should: (a) Ban non-statutory stop-and-search checks against children. (b) Ensure statutory stop-and-search checks are proportionate (considering the age and...
The UK Government has introduced some measures to increase the employment of certain protected characteristic groups, including in specific sectors,...
UK Government action taken in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic led to decreases in homelessness and rough sleeping. Levels...
Women, ethnic minorities and disabled people remain under-represented in politics, and diversity data is inadequate, although the number of women...
The UK Government set out a number of actions to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes in the NHS Long...
The UK Government has taken welcome steps to address gaps in the existing policy and legal framework regulating the use...
Policy reforms and increased investment in mental health services have improved access to support and treatment. However, this has occurred...
Measuring changes in attainment is difficult due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on forms of assessment and...
There have been changes to the policy and legal framework to increase political participation and improve the diversity of political...
The Welsh Government has taken action to prevent and reduce homelessness, protect tenants’ rights, improve housing conditions and increase the...
While the Welsh Government has updated its guidance on the procedures for school exclusion, there have been no significant legal...
In England, measuring changes in attainment is difficult due to GCSE and A level reforms over recent years and the...
Despite the implementation of wide-ranging reforms since 2014, children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities (SEND) still face barriers...
The UK Government has introduced various measures to improve the collection of equality data, with specific action to improve ethnicity...
The UK Government has taken some action aimed at strengthening institutional, policy and economic frameworks related to human rights and...
The UK Government has made commitments to ensure fair conditions at work, including to tackle sexual harassment. However, it has...
The UK Government’s new relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education guidance is welcome, as is action taken in...
The UK Government has taken some policy and legislative steps to address aspects of violence, abuse and neglect, including its...
The UK Government has introduced some positive reforms in relation to family life, including action to tackle child marriage and...
Several permanent welfare reforms introduced by the UK Government, including the two-child limit, have adversely affected the enjoyment of human...
Employment is mainly a reserved issue, which limits the action that the Welsh Government can take. The employment rate in...
In recent years, the employment rate has increased overall, employment rates have improved for some, but not all, ethnic groups,...
Changes to the legal and policy framework are welcome in the areas of transport, housing and social care, and an...
There are persistent barriers affecting disabled people’s right to live independently as part of the community. The UK Government has...
There have been some welcome reforms to the policy and legal framework for social care in Wales in recent years,...
Amid rising demand and funding constraints, more people were being declined care in the years prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
There is evidence that certain groups experience persistent inequalities in accessing healthcare in Wales, but a lack of data separated...
Record NHS waiting lists and worsening waiting times before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have limited access to healthcare. There is...
Employment is mainly a reserved issue, which limits the action that the Welsh Government can take. The Welsh Government has...
Government should: Adopt a human rights-based approach to disability, set up a strategy for the inclusion of disabled children in...