ICESCR concluding observations 2025, paragraph 69
Plain English recommendation
Government should:
Share the recommendations from the 2024 review of the UK’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) with everyone, especially lawmakers, government workers and judges. It should use its next report to the Committee to update on its progress towards implementing these recommendations. Government should involve Parliament in future reports and follow-ups, because Parliament plays an important role is in implementation. Government should also keep working with National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), like the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, the Scottish Human Rights Commission and other bodies in the Crown dependencies and overseas territories. Government should also involve non-government organisations and civil society when following up on these recommendations and before submitting the next report.
Original UN recommendation
The Committee requests that the State Party, along with the devolved governments in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the Crown dependencies and the overseas territories, disseminate the present concluding observations widely at all levels of society, in particular among parliamentarians, public officials and judicial authorities, and that it inform the Committee in its next periodic report about the steps taken to implement them. The Committee emphasizes the crucial role that Parliament plays in implementing the present concluding observations and encourages the State Party to ensure its involvement in future reporting and follow-up procedures. The Committee encourages the State Party to continue to engage with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, the Scottish Human Rights Commission and other national human rights institutions in the Crown dependencies and the overseas territories, as well as with non-governmental organizations and other members of civil society, in the follow-up to the present concluding observations and in the process of consultation at the national level prior to the submission of its next periodic report.
Date of UN examination
12/03/2025
Original UN document
Download the original ICESCR concluding observations 2025 on the UN website.