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

Government should: Investigate mistreatment of prisoners and misuse of force in detention, and hold those responsible to account. Investigate ill-treatment...

Government should: Take steps to allow individual complaints under UN human rights treaties such as the Convention against Torture and...

Government should: Ensure that any changes to the Human Rights Act do not reduce access to justice. Ensure that any...

Government should: Take action to deal with structural racial discrimination. Take concrete steps in addressing structural forms of racial discrimination...

Government should: Do more to stop neo-Nazi activity, discrimination based on race or nationality, and respond properly to antisemitic incidents...

Government should: Remove barriers in society that stop racial and ethnic minorities from enjoying the same human rights without discrimination....

Government should: End racism; train law enforcement officers in human rights, discrimination and hate speech; punish anyone who commits racist,...

Government should: End Julian Assange’s arbitrary detention, as recommended by human rights bodies, and ensure he gets compensation, and guarantee...

Government should: Ensure laws dealing with the legacy of the Troubles are in line with the UK’s human rights obligations;...

Government should: (a) Ensure that all children under 18 who are victims of offences under the Optional Protocol are treated...

Investigate members of the British military who have committed serious crimes in overseas military operations, including killing civilians, torture and...

Government should: Do more to investigate any allegation of misconduct by the UK military or support investigations of others into...

Government should: Do not adopt the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which stops people from being held responsible...

Government should: Take steps to reduce rates of racially motivated hate crimes and discrimination faced by people of African descent...

Government should: Do more to investigate claims of human trafficking, and improve training for law enforcement officers, prison staff and...

Government should: Do more to identify victims of human trafficking and forced labour, give them access to legal and psychological...

Government should: Do more to identify victims of trafficking and support their recovery Take further steps to improve the identification...

Government should: (a) Consider removing the interpretative declaration on article 1; (b) Consider raising the minimum age of voluntary recruitment...

Government should: (a) Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14; (b) Take action, including by changing...

Government should: Ensure that victims of trafficking have information about their rights and what support they can get soon after...

Government should: To guarantee justice for all, ensure appropriate legal aid is available, particularly for the most marginalised groups in...

Government should: Consider aligning its corporate criminal liability law with international human rights law. Ensure UK companies operating abroad are...

Government should: Provide coroners with all necessary resources to conduct prompt and impartial investigations into deaths linked to the Northern...

Government should: Continue negotiating transitional justice issues in Northern Ireland, and put into practice transitional justice elements of the Stormont...

Government should: Put into practice recommendations of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Human Rights Committee regarding...

Government should: Apologise to the peoples and countries it colonised or attacked, and offer financial compensation. Apologize to the peoples...

Government should: Adopt laws, especially in Northern Ireland, to tackle domestic violence. Ensure all cases of domestic violence are fully...

Government should: (a) Do more to identify child victims of trafficking and to ensure that child victims are referred to...

Government should: Ensure all children can: (a) Safely make complaints about violence, abuse, discrimination and other violations of their rights,...

Government should: a) Take more action to deal with racism, xenophobia and discrimination against disadvantaged children, including: • ethnic minority...

Government should: (a) Focus on children’s rights in all systems and actions taken to prevent abuse and neglect of children;...

Government should: (a) Do more to deal with inequalities in education and improve outcomes for disadvantaged children, including by: •...

Government should: (a) Urgently change the Illegal Migration Bill: take out any provisions that would lead to violations of children’s...

Government should: (a) Remove the ‘Hostile Environment’ policy and ensure children without regular residence status can get legal help, social...

Government should: End trafficking of people, women and girls especially women and girls, and support victims. Put an end to...

Government should: Promise to set up a national program aimed at stopping women and girls being trafficked for sexual or...

Government should: Speep up the investigation into allegations of British military personnel involvement in the ill-treatment of civilians and detainees...

Government should: Take strong action to stop racist paramilitary violence and intimidation against minorities and migrants, especially in Northern Ireland....

Government should: (a) Quickly remove laws, including in the Illegal Migration Act 2023, that discriminate against migrants and that seek...

Government should: Fully protect stateless people living in the UK in line with international standards, including the 1951 Refugee Convention...

Government should: (a) Review its laws around the denial of citizenship on terrorism grounds to ensure it includes proper safeguards....

Government should: Work harder to improve access to justice by providing free legal aid to all who cannot afford it....

Government should: Review and change its laws, including the Public Order Act 2023, to ensure people can enjoy their right...

Government, including devolved governments and overseas territories and Crown dependencies, should: (a) Put in place comprehensive anti-discrimination and equality laws...

Government should take all actions necessary to prevent and combat racist hate crimes and hate speech. In particular, Government should:...

Government should: Take effective measures to prevent and combat racism and racial discrimination, hatred and violence in sports. It should...

Government should increase efforts to ensure conditions in detention align with international human rights standards, including the United Nations Standard...

Government should: Take all necessary steps, including reviewing and amending the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the...

Government should: (a) Take steps to ensure stop and search powers are used in a lawful and fair way and...

Government should: Revise the Contest and Prevent counter-terrorism strategies, including the "prevent duty". This should be done to eliminate any...

Government should: Review and remove any law that discriminates against migrant groups or that limits the rights of asylum seekers,...

Government should: Accept and implement all recommendations from the 2020 Windrush Lessons Learned Review. It must do all it can...

Government should: Make sure the CERD applies to all its territories, including the British Indian Ocean Territory. It should fully...

Government should: (a) Work harder to acknowledge past wrong and raise awareness of colonialism and the trafficking of enslaved people....

Government should: (a) Align its anti-human trafficking laws with international standards. This includes reforming the National Referral Mechanism and ensuring...

Government should: Increase efforts to remove all combustible cladding from buildings where it risks lives. It should also protect the...

Government should: Do more to deal with racial inequalities in criminal justice, employment, mental health and education. Enhance efforts to...

Government should: Do more to protect the rights of women, disabled people and LGTBI people and take action to prevent...

Government should: Take action to ensure that women and girls have access to education, healthcare and other support services in...

Government should: Deal comprehensively with the UK’s colonial legacy, including by issuing apologies and compensation for the killing of innocent...

Government should: Ensure victims of domestic violence and their families can access support and protection from further abuse. Take measures...

Government should: Ensure that all domestic violence cases are fully investigated and prosecuted and that the authorities have the training...

Government should: Fully put into practice the laws on female genital mutilation (FGM) and prosecute anyone responsible for carrying out...

Government should: Take action to increase prosecution and conviction rates for domestic violence. Take effective measures to address low prosecution...

Government should: Introduce a national strategy to improve children’s access to health, education, culture and justice, in particular for vulnerable...

Government should: Keep taking action to end inequalities affecting minorities in accessing criminal justice, employment, health and education. Keep taking...

Government should: Quickly review the 2019 Principles Relating to the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees. It must update them to...

Government should: Make it easier for migrants and asylum seekers to get suitable legal advice before decisions are made on...

Government should: Ensure that all migrants are treated in the same way when arriving in the UK, and ensure they...

Government should: Withdraw its remaining reservations to articles 10, 14, and 24 of the ICCPR. This will ensure the ICCPR...

Government should: Remove or reform the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023. The Government should adopt independent, transparent,...

Government should: Investigate, prosecute and issue sanctions as necessary for all violations by British officials and armed forces, including overseas....

Government should: (a) Do more to end all racial and ethnic discrimination. This includes in particular systemic discrimination against Gypsies,...

Government should: (a) Do more to stop hate crime by passing laws to make sure that laws prohibiting hate crime...

Government should continue work to combat violence against women and girls, including domestic and sexual violence. It should ensure comprehensive...

Government should: Introduce policies to prevent trafficking in women and girls. Guarantee a fair trial to victims of trafficking. Adopt...

Government should: Take action to combat racism and hate crimes. Ensure victims can access redress and compensation. Adopt measures aimed...

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

Government should: Collect and publish disaggregated data on all complaints and reports of torture or ill-treatment received by government authorities....

Government should: Take action to tackle violence against women, including domestic violence and sexual abuse, by: (a) prioritising introducing domestic...

Government should: (a) Introduce legal time limits on immigration detention. Ensure detention is used as a last resort and is...

Government should: (a) Ensure any limits on fair trial guarantees for national security reasons (such as court hearings held without...

Government should: (a) Raise the age of criminal responsibility to meet international standards. Follow international standards for juvenile justice. (b)...

Government should: (a) Review laws on intercepting and storing personal communications in line with the ICCPR, including article 17. Any...

Government should: Within one year, give an update on plans to implement the UN's recommendations on accountability for conflict-related violations...

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

Government should: (a) Ensure that all cases of violence, including sexual assault, against children in detention are investigated quickly and...

Government should (a) Ensure Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee appropriately balances security interests against accountability for human rights violations. Consider...

Government should: (a) Continue to improve conditions and reduce overcrowding in prisons and other detention facilities, including through the use...

Government should: Set up an independent public inquiry to investigate allegations of torture and ill-treatment by UK staff in Iraq...

Government should: Immediately set up an inquiry into alleged acts of torture and ill-treatment of detainees held overseas committed by,...

Government should: (a) Improve training for government officials who make decisions about statelessness. Carry out regular reviews of the officials’...

Government should: (a) Urgently implement the Stormont House Agreement, which was adopted by the British and Irish Governments and the...

Government should: (a) Promptly investigate cases of paramilitary violence, including against children, in Northern Ireland. Ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted...

Government should: (a) Take urgent steps to provide redress, including compensation and rehabilitation, for victims identified by the Historical Institution...

Government should: Do more to prevent and put an end to racism and xenophobia, including in the media and on...

Government should: (a) Urgently investigate events in Northern Ireland to prosecute perpetrators of human rights violations (in particular the right...

Government should: Consider changing the law to ensure that all victims of torture are able to access remedy and obtain...

Government should: Consider UN advice on business and economic, social and cultural rights. The Committee draws the attention of the...

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

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

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

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

Government should: (a) Align UK laws with the CRC so it can be enforced in UK courts and people can...

Government should: Make ICESCR part of UK law. Ensure that where rights are violated, people can take legal action see...

Government should: (a) Set up clear regulations to ensure companies operating in the UK do not infringe economic, social and...

Government should align its international development cooperation with human rights by: (a) assessing the potential human rights impacts of international...

Government should: Review its reservations to articles 10 (on separating under 18s in detention from adults), 14 (on free legal...

Government should: Review legal aid reforms to ensure everyone has access to justice and, where needed, free legal aid (especially...

Government should: (a) Ensure all migrant workers enjoy equal rights for pay, protection from unfair dismissal, rest and leisure, working...

Government should: Review the Trade Union Act 2016. Ensure all workers enjoy full trade union rights without interference. Implement the...

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

Government should: Consider UN advice on the right to social security. The Committee draws the attention of the State party...

Government should: Ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR to allow people who feel their rights have been breached to...

Government should: Consider ratifying outstanding human rights treaties including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All...

Government should: (a) Consider creating a specialist unit in the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service to strengthen the use...

Government should: (a) Provide the UN with detailed data on asylum applications that involve torture claims and the outcomes of...

Government should: Ensure any human rights reforms do not reduce the current human rights protections, and do not affect people's...

Government should: Promptly ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICCPR on a complaints procedure. Ratify promptly the Optional Protocol to...

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

Government should: Ratify any outstanding human rights treaties and optional protocols. Harmonise human rights laws across the UK's territories. Accede...

Government should: Ratify any outstanding human rights treaties and optional protocols. Consider ratifying those international human rights instruments that the...

Government should: Ratify the Optional Protocols to ICESCR and the CRC on complaints procedures; and the International Convention for the...

Government should: Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the ICCPR on a complaints procedure. Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to...

Government should: Ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICCPR on a complaints procedure. Ratify the First Optional Protocol to the...

Government should: Consider ratifying further Optional Protocols on complaints procedures. Take necessary steps to allow individual complaints mechanisms under United...

Government should: Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the ICCPR on a complaints procedure. Consider ratification of the First Optional...

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

Government should: Ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR on a complaints procedure. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International...

Government should: Approve the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure. Ratify the third optional protocol to the...

Government should: Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure. Consider the ratification of the Optional...

Government should: Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure. In order to further strengthen the...

Government should: Ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention...

Government should: Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure. Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to...

Government should: Put into practice the UN's previous recommendation on captured child soldiers for all under 18s: Ensure children can...

Government should: In the UK's next State Report, provide detailed information on steps taken to implement in particular the recommendations...

Government should: Ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure to allow children who feel their rights...

Government should: (a) Take steps to address the low prosecution and conviction rates for domestic abuse and sexual violence. Ensure...

Government should: Set a legal time limit for immigration detention. Ensure detention is used only as a last resort, and...

Government should: (a) Improve efforts to investigate claims of human trafficking, prosecute perpetrators and ensure that victims obtain compensation. Consider...

Government should: (a) Ensure that the parents or guardians of intersex children receive impartial counselling and psychological and social support....

Government should: make CERD part of UK and devolved law, and: (a) Ensure caste-based discrimination is banned by immediately bringing...

Government should: Ensure any budget cuts or legal changes to the mandates of the UK's national human rights institutions do...

Government should: (a) Investigate all reported racist hate crimes, prosecute perpetrators and provide remedies for victims. (b) Collect disaggregated data...

Government should: Ensure members of ethnic minorities can access fair and effective legal aid across the UK and in all...

Government should: Investigate the disproportionate number of black people and people of ethnic minorities within the criminal justice system across...

Government should: (a) Systematically and meaningfully involve children in decision making, both locally and nationally, in all matters relating to...

Government should: (a) Consider raising the UK army minimum recruitment age to 18. (b) Prevent the targeting and recruitment of...

Government should: Ensure CERD applies in all territories, including the British Indian Ocean Territory. Fully consult with the Chagossians (Îlois)...

Government should: (a) Collect and publish disaggregated data on child exploitation and abuse. Make reporting on child exploitation and abuse...

Government should: (a) In line with UN advice on harmful practices, ensure that marriage of 16 and 17-year-olds is based...

Government should: Provide, in the UK's next State Report, updated and detailed information on the steps being taken to combat...

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

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

Government should: Consider UN advice on unaccompanied and separated children and: (a) Collect and publish data on the number of...

Government should: Always video record interviews with child victims/witnesses during investigation. Permit the interviews as evidence in court. The Committee...

Government should: Within one year of the current recommendations being issued, provide information about implementing the recommendations in paragraphs 30...