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ICESCR concluding observations 2016, paragraph 35

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

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.131

Government should: Ensure that anti-trafficking laws are in line with obligations under international law, particularly the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.124

Government should: Do more to deal with human trafficking and slavery. Intensify efforts to combat human trafficking and all forms...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.125

Government should: Do more to investigate claims of human trafficking; train law enforcement officers, prison personnel and others who may...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.126

Government should: Do more to tackle human trafficking and protect victims of trafficking. Scale up efforts in combating human trafficking...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.127

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

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.128

Government should: Keep tackling human trafficking and protect and help victims of trafficking. Continue efforts aimed at combatting human trafficking...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.129

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

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.130

Government should: Do more to tackle human trafficking, especially of women and girls. Strengthen efforts to combat human trafficking, especially...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.132

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

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.122

Government should: Give potential victims of human trafficking information about their rights, do more to identify victims, and give them...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.133

Government should: Tackle human trafficking and sexual exploitation properly. Effectively combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation...

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.134

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

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.135

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

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.183

Government should: Stop funding disinformation programmes aimed at fuelling wars and conflicts. Stop funding disinformation programmes aimed at fuelling and...

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ICCPR Recommendations 2024, paragraph 39

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

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CERD recommendations 2024, paragraph 24

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

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CERD recommendations 2024, paragraph 26

Government should: Take steps to combat the discrimination and inequalities faced by ethnic minorities, to remove barriers to rights and...

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CERD recommendations 2024, paragraph 48

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

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UPR recommendations 2022, paragraph 43.123

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

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 55

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

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CEDAW concluding observations 2019, paragraph 34

Government should: (a) Adopt in law the internationally agreed definition of human trafficking, as set out in the Palermo Protocol;...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.142

Government should: Adopt a comprehensive strategy to combat trafficking in women and girls. Reinforce the National Referral Mechanism to identify...

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CAT concluding observations 2019, paragraph 59

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

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CAT concluding observations 2019, paragraph 61

Government should: Consider ways to encourage migrant domestic workers to report abuse or ill-treatment to authorities, including giving migrant domestic...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 45

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

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 83

Government should: (a) Ensure all under 18s are protected from prostitution, pornography and trafficking. Ensure UK laws can also be...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.138

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

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.139

Government should: Put the victims at the heart of its strategy to combat human trafficking (especially of women and girls)....

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.140

Government should: Fully investigate cases of human trafficking and punish the perpetrators. Investigate thoroughly incidents of trafficking in human beings...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.141

Government should: Strengthen the National Referral Mechanism to identify and support human trafficking victims. Reinforce the National Referral Mechanism to...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.143

Government should: Strengthen measures to combat human trafficking, and ensure protection and support for victims. Strengthen the national framework to...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 52

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

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.144

Government should: Strengthen measures to combat human trafficking (specifically of women and girls), and to support and rehabilitate victims. Strengthen...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.145

Government should: Monitor the implementation of the 2015 Modern Slavery Act, including its affect on combating trafficking in women and...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.146

Government should: Continue combating human trafficking and protecting child victims. Continue strengthening the positive measures taken to combat the crime...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.147

Government should: Continue combating human trafficking and all forms of slavery. Continue efforts to fight human trafficking and all forms...

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UPR recommendations 2017, paragraph 134.220

Government should: Revise laws and policies to protect the human rights of female domestic migrant workers, particularly when their visas...

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Human trafficking and modern slavery – Government action

UK Government actions: In April 2022, the Nationality and Borders Act received Royal Assent. It includes changes to the identification...

Government action

Human trafficking and modern slavery – UK Government assessment

The UK Government has taken important steps to eradicate, and enhance understanding of, modern slavery and trafficking, such as working...

Progress assessment

Human trafficking and modern slavery – Welsh Government assessment

Read our assessment of the UK Government’s progress on human trafficking and modern...

Progress assessment

CERD recommendations 2024, paragraph 58

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

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