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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

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.72

Government should: Act urgently to stop violence, discrimination and hate speech violating trans people’s rights and dignity; change any law...

UN recommendation

Hate crime and hate speech – Welsh Government assessment

Read our assessment of the UK Government’s progress on hate crime and hate...

Progress assessment

CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 20

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

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.10

Government should: Withdraw the declaration about the interpretation of Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.51

Government should: Continue updating action plans on tackling hate crime and put them into practice effectively. Continue updating and ensure...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.53

Government should: Take steps to combat racism, hate crimes and Islamophobia. Adopt measures aiming at combating racism, hate crimes and...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.55

Government should: Keep improving approaches to tackling hate crimes, particularly against racial and religious minorities. Continue to refine its policies...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.60

Government should: Do more to stop racism and discrimination on the grounds of race. Scale up efforts in ensuring the...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.61

Government should: Prosecute hate crimes and deal with Islamophobic incidents. Prosecute hate crimes and address incidents of Islamophobia...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.63

Government should: Do more to tackle racism, intolerance, xenophobia, religious hatred and related crimes. Take further measures to strengthen countering...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.65

Government should: Take action against public displays of racism and intolerance based on ethnicity and nationality. Take effective measures to...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.66

Government should: Keep trying to to tackle hate crimes, by taking steps to discourage hate speech and racism. Continue its...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.69

Government should: Take action against all forms of hate crime and racism, especially against people of African descent. Put in...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.71

Government should: Do more to tackle hate crime, particularly where it is motivated by race or religion. Continue to refine...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.73

Government should: Do more to end racism, racial discrimination, Islamophobia and hate crimes, including by improving laws. Strengthen efforts, including...

UN recommendation

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

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.74

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

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.75

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

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.77

Government should: End deep-rooted racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia, and all hate crimes based on ethnic, racial, cultural or religious...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.78

Government should: Improve laws tackling discrimination of people of African and Asian descent. Strengthen laws that combat racial profiling and...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.80

Government should: Do more to deal with discrimination and prejudice towards racial, ethnic and religious minorities, including Muslim minorities. Improve...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.82

Government should: End Islamophobia and religious discrimination and intolerance. Eliminate Islamophobia and combat religious discrimination and intolerance...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.84

Government should: Improve laws and policies to end and limit the increase in racist, xenophobic, antisemitic, anti-Muslim and anti-disabled crimes....

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.85

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

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.95

Government should: Keep doing more to tackle hate crime, and share information about the best ways to do this with...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.113

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

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.116

Government should: Do more to deal with antisemitism and anti-Muslim sentiment by publicly speaking out against hate speech and violence...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.166

Government should: Do more to stop racially motivated hate crimes and discrimination against black and other ethnic minorities in schools....

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.250

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

UN recommendation

Hate crime and hate speech – UK Government assessment

The number of recorded hate crimes increased between March 2021 and March 2022, although data has been affected by improvements...

Progress assessment

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.123

Government should: Take further action to combat increasing hate speech, islamophobia and hate crimes on the basis of race. Address...

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

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.106

Government should: Collect data to better understand the scale and severity of hate crimes, and to assess the impact of...

UN recommendation

ICCPR concluding observations 2015, paragraph 10

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

UN recommendation

CAT concluding observations 2019, paragraph 63

Government should: Increase efforts to investigate alleged hate crimes and to prosecute perpetrators. These efforts should include improved training for...

UN recommendation

CERD concluding observations 2016, paragraph 16

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

UN recommendation

CERD concluding observations 2016, paragraph 48

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

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.82

Government should: Do more to end racism, xenophobia and islamophobia. End discrimination against migrants. Avoid detaining asylum seekers and stateless...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.85

Government should: Tackle religious hatred, discrimination, hostility and violence in both political discourse and in the media. Tackle advocacy of...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.99

Government should: Do more to end hate speech, and to help migrants integrate into communities. Adopt measures to condemn racist...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.100

Government should: Put into practice the 'Hate Crime Action Plan' to reduce racially and religiously motivated crimes. Ensure efficient implementation...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.101

Government should: Continue promoting cultural understanding to end hate crime against social minorities. Continue to implement measures such as promoting...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.102

Government should: Do more to end racial hatred, which leads to hate crimes. Take additional serious measures to eliminate race...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.103

Government should: Do more to tackle the sharp increase in hate-related crimes, especially those involving young people. Take appropriate measures...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.104

Government should: Take further action to end hate crimes. Better identify potential targets and vulnerable communities, improve surveillance and do...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.105

Government should: Collect data to better understand the scale and severity of hate crimes, and to assess the impact of...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.107

Government should: Do more to end incitement to hatred by some British tabloid newspapers, in line with authorities' obligations under...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.122

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

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.108

Government should: Monitor hate crime and discrimination cases, following the adoption of the Hate Crime Action Plan (2016). Continue to...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.109

Government should: Do more to end incitement to hatred within British mass media, in line with international standards. Take measures...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.110

Government should: Improve policies to tackle hate crime, particularly crimes motivated by race and religion. Share any successful strategies with...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.111

Government should: Work with parliamentarians, human rights institutions and civil society organisations to better protect ethnic and religious minorities, refugees...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.112

Government should: Do more to end racism and hate speech by encouraging dialogue and cooperation between different religions and nationalities....

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.113

Government should: Assess the impact of the 'Hate Crime Action Plan'. Prepare a report on the impact of the “Hate...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.114

Government should: Tackle the increase in violent hate crimes. Take further steps to halt and reverse the increase in the...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.115

Government should: Take further action to end religious hate crime. Ensure minority groups can access justice. Adopt effective measures to...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.116

Government should: Do more to end hate crime and xenophobia. Redoubling efforts and measures to combat hate crimes and xenophobia...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.117

Government should: Do more to support victims of discrimination and hatred, especially religious hatred, and to raise awareness of this...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.118

Government should: Strengthen laws to tackle racial discrimination, xenophobia and hate crimes. Address racial discrimination, xenophobia and hate crimes by...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.119

Government should: Review the impact of the 2016 'Hate Crime Action Plan'. Review the approaches of criminal justice agencies to...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.120

Government should: Take further action to end prejudices and punish crimes motivated by xenophobia. Continue strengthening measures to combat prejudices...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.121

Government should: Guarantee the rights of refugees and migrants. Take further action to combat hate crime. Effectively guarantee the rights...

UN recommendation

UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 44.83

Government should: Protect vulnerable groups and minorities from hate speech, keep developing remedies. Continue developing effective remedies to protect vulnerable...

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