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Government should (a) Ensure Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee appropriately balances security interests against accountability for human rights violations. Consider...
Government should: Introduce laws to hold UK companies to account for human rights violations and environmental damages across the globe....
The UK Government has continued to seek to limit its accountability for responding to allegations of human rights abuses and...
UK Government actions In April 2021, the UK Parliament passed the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act, first introduced...
Government should: Apologise to the peoples and countries it colonised or attacked, and offer financial compensation. Apologize to the peoples...
Government should: Stop evicting indigenous people from the territories they occupy. Stop the forced evictions of indigenous peoples in the...
Government should: Protect indigenous people's right to self-determination in their home territories, in line with the UN Charter. Enable indigenous...
Government should: Consider aligning its corporate criminal liability law with international human rights law. Ensure UK companies operating abroad are...
Government should: Speep up the investigation into allegations of British military personnel involvement in the ill-treatment of civilians and detainees...
Government should: Consider including in the UK's next State Report what steps have been taken to identify risks of genocide,...
Government should: To protect the right to life, carefully assess selling arms to countries where they are likely to be...
Government should: Urgently take action to monitor any negative impacts on human rights of British companies operating abroad, particularly in...
Government should: Fully apply the ban on refoulement (forcibly returning people to countries where they are likely to be persecuted),...
Government should: Put into practice the UN's previous recommendation on captured child soldiers for all under 18s: Ensure children can...
Government should: Submit an update to the UN, by 17 May 2020, on progress made in implementing the Committee against...
Government should: Consider changing the law to ensure that all victims of torture are able to access remedy and obtain...
Government should: (a) Consider creating a specialist unit in the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service to strengthen the use...
Government should: Review the ‘Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas,...
Government should: Immediately set up an inquiry into alleged acts of torture and ill-treatment of detainees held overseas committed by,...
Government should: Set up an independent public inquiry to investigate allegations of torture and ill-treatment by UK staff in Iraq...
Government should: Take steps to prevent torture in any territory under the effective control of the State, not only in...
Government should: (a) Develop compulsory training for public officials that covers the content of the CAT. (b) Ensure that all...
Government should: Within one year, give an update on plans to implement the UN's recommendations on accountability for conflict-related violations...
Read our assessment of the UK Government’s progress on human rights abuses...
