On this page you can search and filter the UN recommendations submitted to the UK
Government should work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Improve and enforce legal accessibility standards across all areas of life,...
Government should: Revise local laws and the British Nationality Act in overseas territories to secure migrant children's right to a...
UK Government actions In June 2021, the UK Government committed to raise the minimum age for people to marry in...
Government should: Take action to ensure unaccompanied children who are refugees or resettled in the UK can be reunited with...
Government should: Change the law to help reunite child asylum seekers and refugees in the UK with their families. Reform...
Government should: Update immigration laws to limit the amount of time migrants and asylum seekers can be detained. Consider revising...
Government should: Protect the family as a core unit of society. Provide protection to the family as a natural and...
Government should: (a) Ensure child protection authorities are informed when a parent is imprisoned, to prevent children being left unattended....
Government should ensure poverty is never the sole reason for removing a child from parental care, consider UN advice on...
Government should: Assess the impact on children's rights of funding cuts for childcare and family support. Review family support policies...
Government should: Raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 years across all devolved administrations and overseas territories. The Committee...
Government should: (a) Recognise disabled people’s right to live independently and be included in the community in UK laws, so...
Government should: (a) Ensure the law provides for 'no-fault' divorce and introduce a requirement that all religious marriages, including Islamic...
Government should: (a) Ensure that affordable and accessible childcare is available throughout the UK, particularly in Northern Ireland. (b) Consider...
Government should: (a) Review laws on intercepting and storing personal communications in line with the ICCPR, including article 17. Any...
Government should: Adopt an Irish language act. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (see E/C.12/GBR/CO/5, para. 37) and recommends that...
Government should: Ensure childcare services are accessible and affordable, particularly in Northern Ireland. Review the system of shared parental leave....
Government should: (a) Ratify and implement the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind,...
Government should: Work with disabled people's organisations, and in line with the CRPD Committee's recommendations following its inquiry into the...
Government should: (a) Ensure disabled parents get the support they need to look after their children, and that disability is...
The UK Government has introduced some positive reforms in relation to family life, including action to tackle child marriage and...
