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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

CEDAW is an international human rights treaty adopted in 1979. The UK ratified (agreed to follow) CEDAW in 1986. By...

UN treaty

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 73

Government should: Within one year of adopting the present recommendations, provide an update to the CRPD Committee on progress in...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 17

Government should: (a) Bring anti-discrimination laws into line with CRPD. Bring into force any outstanding Equality Act 2010 provisions, including...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 15

Government should: Legally protect people from multiple and intersectional discrimination, including on the grounds of migrant, refugee or other status....

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 13

Government should: Amend its abortion law. Guarantee women's right to reproductive and sexual autonomy without legalising selective abortion due to...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 9

Government should: Develop a measurable action plan to improve the lives of disabled people across the UK. The Committee recommends...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 7

Government should: (a) Put disabled people's rights into practice across the UK, and make the CRPD part of UK (and...

UN recommendation

CEDAW concluding observations 2019, paragraph 44

Government should: (a) Take action to increase the number of women in decision-making roles in the workplace and reduce women's...

UN recommendation

CEDAW concluding observations 2019, paragraph 38

Government should: Take specific steps to increase the numbers of women in general, and ethnic minority women and disabled women...

UN recommendation

CEDAW concluding observations 2019, paragraph 28

Government should: Engage with the media to eliminate images that stereotype or objectify women, take steps to end negative gender...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 77

Government should: Share the recommendations widely among disabled people, their families and organisations, including in sign language and accessible formats,...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 76

Government should: Involve, and provide funding for, disabled people's organisations in preparing the next periodic report. The Committee strongly encourages...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 75

Government should: Implement the present recommendations and distribute them to members of Government and Parliament, relevant ministries, devolved administrations, overseas...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 74

Government should: Set up a process for implementing and acting on the CRPD Committee's recommendations following its inquiry into the...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 63

Government should: (a) Ratify and implement the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind,...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 21

Government should: Consult with disabled children's organisations to develop and put into practice policies for: (a) Tackling high poverty levels...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 55

Government should work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Develop a fully-funded action plan to improve disabled people’s access to...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 41

Government should: Reverse all laws and practices allowing any form of forced medical care or surgery. Ensure disabled people (especially...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 37

Government should: (a) End the use of restraint for reasons relating to disability. Prevent the use of Tasers against disabled...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 35

Government should: (a) Remove laws allowing people to be detained and treated without their consent on the basis of their...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 31

Government should: Put an end to all forms of substituted decision-making, by changing or introducing laws and policies on mental...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 27

Government should: Introduce an action plan to challenge perceptions of disabled people not having ‘a good and decent life’, and...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 25

Government should work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Improve and enforce legal accessibility standards across all areas of life,...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.1

Government should: Consider allowing people who feel their rights have been breached to take complaints to the UN by ratifying...

UN recommendation

ICESCR concluding observations 2016, paragraph 60

Government should: Ensure older people receive an adequate pension, care and treatment. Educate all health care workers on the rights...

UN recommendation

CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraphs 75

Government should: (a) In line with UN advice on children's right to rest, leisure, play and cultural life, ensure all...

UN recommendation

CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 73

Government should: (a) Take action to reduce the impact of social background or disabilities on children's achievements in school. Guarantee...

UN recommendation

CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 71

Government should: (a) End child poverty and ensure accountability (including through concrete targets). Monitor and report results. (b) Put children...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 19

Government should: Embed the rights of disabled women and girls into disability and gender equality policies. Fully consult on this...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 23

Government should: Take further action to raise awareness to tackle negative stereotypes and prejudices against disabled people (especially those with...

UN recommendation

CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 61

Government should: (a) Collect data on child mental health, paying particular attention to children in vulnerable situations. (b) Adequately fund...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 71

Government should: Support the independent monitoring of the implementation of the CRPD across the UK, including by funding disabled people's...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.209

Government should: Do more to support disabled people in finding work. Implement measures in support of enhanced participation of people...

UN recommendation

CEDAW concluding observations 2019, paragraph 30

Government should: in line with advice issued by the UN on gender-based violence: (a) Ratify the Istanbul Convention. (b) Take...

UN recommendation

CEDAW concluding observations 2019, paragraph 26

Government should: (a) Strengthen the capacity of the Government Equalities Office so that it can provide national leadership on women's...

UN recommendation

CEDAW concluding observations 2019, paragraph 24

Government should: Ensure that women, particularly women in vulnerable situations such as disabled women, ethnic minority women, asylum-seeking and refugee...

UN recommendation

CEDAW concluding observations 2019, paragraph 16

Government should: (a) Change laws in Northern Ireland to ensure women there have the same protections as those elsewhere in...

UN recommendation

ICESCR concluding observations 2016, paragraph 50

Government should: (a) Ensure there is sufficient housing (especially social housing), particularly for the most disadvantaged groups, including those on...

UN recommendation

ICESCR concluding observations 2016, paragraph 48

Government should: In line with UN advice on poverty and the ICESCR, guarantee support to all those living in (or...

UN recommendation

ICESCR concluding observations 2016, paragraph 46

Government should: Provide information on the impact of the national strategy on gender-based violence (particularly with regard to violence against...

UN recommendation

ICESCR concluding observations 2016, paragraph 41

Government should: (a) Review conditions attached to social security benefits. Reverse the cuts introduced by the Welfare Reform Act 2012...

UN recommendation

ICESCR concluding observations 2016, paragraph 30

Government should: Review its employment policies to address the root causes of unemployment. Develop an action plan focusing specifically on...

UN recommendation

ICESCR concluding observations 2016, paragraph 19

Government should: Use all available resources to make economic, social and cultural rights a reality for everyone. In line with...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 78

Government should: Submit the UK's next State Report to the UN by 8 July 2023. The Committee requests the State...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 69

Government should: Establish and fund a structure for focal points to coordinate the implementation of CRPD across the UK. The...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 29

Government should: (a) Produce a thorough plan for reducing the risk of disasters. Develop strategies to ensure disabled people can...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 67

Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Promptly update the UK Department for International Development’s Disability Framework and...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 65

Government should: Increase the availability of high-quality data disaggregated by: income, sex, age, gender, race, ethnic origin, migrant, asylum-seeking and...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 61

Government should: Take further action, in consultation with disabled people's organisations, to guarantee accessibility regardless of impairment, remove restrictions of...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 59

Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations, and in line with the CRPD Committee's recommendations following its inquiry into the...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 57

Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations, and in line with the CRPD Committee's recommendations following its inquiry into the...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 53

Government should: Consult disabled people's organisations to: (a) Ensure all disabled children get an inclusive education in their own communities....

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 51

Government should: Withdraw its reservation to CRPD article 24 (2) (a) and (b) on the right to inclusive education. The...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 49

Government should: (a) Ensure disabled parents get the support they need to look after their children, and that disability is...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 47

Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Raise legal standards for making digital information services accessible for all....

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 45

Government should: (a) Recognise disabled people’s right to live independently and be included in the community in UK laws, so...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 43

Government should: Withdraw its reservation to CRPD article 18 (liberty of movement and nationality). The Committee recommends that the State...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 39

Government should: work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Ensure disabled people (particularly women, children, intersex people and older people)...

UN recommendation

CRPD concluding observations 2017, paragraph 33

Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Develop programmes to make judges, prosecutors, police officers and prison staff...

UN recommendation

CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 63

Government should: (a) Collect and publish data on psychotropic drugs (Ritalin, Concerta etc.) prescribed to children. (b) Ensure drugs are...

UN recommendation

Access to justice, including fair trials – Government action

UK Government actions In August 2021, the UK Government responded to a consultation on increasing selected court fees. In July...

Government action

Criminal justice institutions – Government action

UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government published a new policy to support the needs of perinatal women...

Government action

Housing – Government action

UK Government actions: In July 2022, the UK Government published a response to its consultation on raising accessibility standards for...

Government action

Violence against women and girls – Welsh Government assessment

The introduction of the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (the VAWDASV Act) and the...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Violence against women and girls – UK Government assessment

There have been important recent reforms to strengthen the policy and legal framework, and it will take time for their...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Mental health detention – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has committed to introducing a new Mental Health Bill and implementing new laws to prevent the use...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Immigration – UK Government assessment

The implementation of ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies marked a reduction in human rights protections and court cases have found failures...

Progress assessment Regression

Criminal justice institutions – UK Government assessment

Limited time out of cells, overcrowding, poor conditions, use of force, solitary confinement and self-harm in prisons are commonplace and,...

Progress assessment Regression

Access to justice, including fair trials – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has taken important steps to improve victim support and access to legal aid, including the Victims’ Code...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Health outcomes and experience in the healthcare system – Government action

UK Government actions: In August 2022, the UK Government published its Women’s Health Strategy for England, detailing ambitions for improvements...

Government action

Mental health – Government action

UK Government actions: In June 2022, the UK Government published a draft Mental Health Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. This aims...

Government action

Political and civic participation, including political representation – Government action

UK Government actions: In April 2022, the Elections Act gained Royal Assent. The stated purpose of the Act is to...

Government action

Equality and human rights legal framework – Government action

UK Government actions: In September 2022, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy introduced the Retained EU Law (Revocation...

Government action

School exclusions and managing ‘challenging behaviour’ – Government action

UK Government actions: In September 2022, Department for Education (DfE) revised guidance on behaviour in schools and on suspensions and...

Government action

Hate crime and hate speech – Government action

UK Government actions: In March 2022, the UK Government published the Online Safety Bill to establish a regulatory regime for...

Government action

Educational attainment – Government action

UK Government actions: The UK Government resumed the use of school exams in summer 2022, with exam boards instructed to...

Government action

Adequate standard of living and poverty – UK Government assessment

Although rates of relative poverty have remained static for working-age adults, the number of children living in relative poverty and...

Progress assessment Regression

Data collection and recording – Government action

UK Government actions In March 2021, the census for England and Wales was carried out, on a ‘digital-first’ basis. The...

Government action

Human rights education, trainings and awareness raising – Government action

UK Government actions In October 2020, the UK Government updated the ‘headteachers’ standards’, which set baseline expectations for professional practice...

Government action

Institutional, policy and economic frameworks – Government action

UK Government actions In its March 2021 budget, the UK Government announced measures to address regional inequalities, including the Levelling...

Government action

Occupational segregation – Government action

UK Government actions In March 2021, as part of its Build Back Better plan for growth and 2021 Budget, the...

Government action

Family life, and rest, leisure and cultural activities – Government action

UK Government actions In June 2021, the UK Government committed to raise the minimum age for people to marry in...

Government action

Social security (welfare benefits) – Government action

UK Government actions In March 2021, regulations were passed to introduce a new ‘multi-channel approach to health assessments’ for a...

Government action

Access to employment – Government action

UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published the National Disability Strategy, which included plans to reduce the...

Government action

Independent living – Government action

UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced significant new funding arrangements for health and social care; £5.4...

Government action

Social care – Government action

UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced new funding arrangements for health and social care, including: a...

Government action

Access to healthcare – Government action

UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced the new Health and Social Care Levy to help pay...

Government action

Adequate standard of living and poverty – Government action

UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published its health and disability green paper to explore how the...

Government action

Inclusive education – Government action

UK Government actions In July 2021, the UK Government published its National Disability Strategy, which made commitments to improve the...

Government action

Mental health detention – Government action

UK Government actions In September 2021, Public Health England published updated guidance on preventing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in...

Government action

Inclusive education – Welsh Government assessment

The proportion of disabled pupils attending special schools has been steadily increasing for several years. In response, the Welsh Government...

Progress assessment Regression

Adequate standard of living and poverty – Welsh Government assessment

Wales has the highest levels of poverty in the UK, with no significant improvements in people’s outcomes over recent years....

Progress assessment Regression

CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 38

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...

UN recommendation

Occupational segregation – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has introduced some measures to increase the employment of certain protected characteristic groups, including in specific sectors,...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Housing – UK Government assessment

UK Government action taken in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic led to decreases in homelessness and rough sleeping. Levels...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Political and civic participation, including political representation – UK Government assessment

Women, ethnic minorities and disabled people remain under-represented in politics, and diversity data is inadequate, although the number of women...

Progress assessment No progress

Health outcomes and experience in the healthcare system – UK Government assessment

The UK Government set out a number of actions to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes in the NHS Long...

Progress assessment Limited progress

School exclusions and managing ‘challenging behaviour’ – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has taken welcome steps to address gaps in the existing policy and legal framework regulating the use...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Mental health – UK Government assessment

Policy reforms and increased investment in mental health services have improved access to support and treatment. However, this has occurred...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Educational attainment – Welsh Government assessment

Measuring changes in attainment is difficult due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on forms of assessment and...

Progress assessment No progress

Political and civic participation, including political representation – Welsh Government assessment

There have been changes to the policy and legal framework to increase political participation and improve the diversity of political...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Housing – Welsh Government assessment

The Welsh Government has taken action to prevent and reduce homelessness, protect tenants’ rights, improve housing conditions and increase the...

Progress assessment Limited progress

School exclusions and managing ‘challenging behaviour’ – Welsh Government assessment

While the Welsh Government has updated its guidance on the procedures for school exclusion, there have been no significant legal...

Progress assessment No progress

Educational attainment – UK Government assessment

In England, measuring changes in attainment is difficult due to GCSE and A level reforms over recent years and the...

Progress assessment No progress

Inclusive education – UK Government assessment

Despite the implementation of wide-ranging reforms since 2014, children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities (SEND) still face barriers...

Progress assessment Regression

Data collection and recording – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has introduced various measures to improve the collection of equality data, with specific action to improve ethnicity...

Progress assessment Moderate progress

Institutional, policy and economic frameworks – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has taken some action aimed at strengthening institutional, policy and economic frameworks related to human rights and...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Just and fair conditions at work – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has made commitments to ensure fair conditions at work, including to tackle sexual harassment. However, it has...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Harassment and bullying in schools – UK Government assessment

The UK Government’s new relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education guidance is welcome, as is action taken in...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Violence, abuse and neglect, and child sexual exploitation – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has taken some policy and legislative steps to address aspects of violence, abuse and neglect, including its...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Family life, and rest, leisure and cultural activities – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has introduced some positive reforms in relation to family life, including action to tackle child marriage and...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Social security (welfare benefits) – UK Government assessment

Several permanent welfare reforms introduced by the UK Government, including the two-child limit, have adversely affected the enjoyment of human...

Progress assessment No progress

Access to employment – Welsh Government assessment

Employment is mainly a reserved issue, which limits the action that the Welsh Government can take. The employment rate in...

Progress assessment Moderate progress

Access to employment – UK Government assessment

In recent years, the employment rate has increased overall, employment rates have improved for some, but not all, ethnic groups,...

Progress assessment Moderate progress

Independent living – Welsh Government assessment

Changes to the legal and policy framework are welcome in the areas of transport, housing and social care, and an...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Independent living – UK Government assessment

There are persistent barriers affecting disabled people’s right to live independently as part of the community. The UK Government has...

Progress assessment Regression

Social care – Welsh Government assessment

There have been some welcome reforms to the policy and legal framework for social care in Wales in recent years,...

Progress assessment Limited progress

Social care – UK Government assessment

Amid rising demand and funding constraints, more people were being declined care in the years prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Progress assessment Regression

Access to healthcare – Welsh Government assessment

There is evidence that certain groups experience persistent inequalities in accessing healthcare in Wales, but a lack of data separated...

Progress assessment No progress

Access to healthcare – UK Government assessment

Record NHS waiting lists and worsening waiting times before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have limited access to healthcare. There is...

Progress assessment No progress

Just and fair conditions at work – Welsh Government assessment

Employment is mainly a reserved issue, which limits the action that the Welsh Government can take. The Welsh Government has...

Progress assessment Limited progress

CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 57

Government should: Adopt a human rights-based approach to disability, set up a strategy for the inclusion of disabled children in...

UN recommendation