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Government should: Put an end to all forms of substituted decision-making, by changing or introducing laws and policies on mental...
Government should: (a) Urgently update the Mental Health Act to: • ban the detention or placement of children with mental...
Government should: Remove laws and practices that allow for non-consensual, involuntary or compulsory treatment or detention of disabled people because...
Government should continue work to combat violence against women and girls, including domestic and sexual violence. It should ensure comprehensive...
Government should: Do more to deal with racial inequalities in criminal justice, employment, mental health and education. Enhance efforts to...
Government should: Ensure that victims of trafficking have information about their rights and what support they can get soon after...
Government should: End trafficking of people, women and girls especially women and girls, and support victims. Put an end to...
Government should: Do more to identify victims of trafficking and support their recovery Take further steps to improve the identification...
Government should: Do more to identify victims of human trafficking and forced labour, give them access to legal and psychological...
Government should: Give potential victims of human trafficking information about their rights, do more to identify victims, and give them...
Government should: (a) Consider removing the interpretative declaration on article 1; (b) Consider raising the minimum age of voluntary recruitment...
Government should: (a) Ensure all adolescent girls can access family planning services, affordable contraceptives, and safe abortion care without having...
Government should: (a) Reduce the number of deaths of infants and children, including among boys in the Overseas Territories; address...
Government should work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Develop a fully-funded action plan to improve disabled people’s access to...
The Welsh Government has developed policy measures and provided investment to improve mental health outcomes. However, there are shortfalls in...
Policy reforms and increased investment in mental health services have improved access to support and treatment. However, this has occurred...
UK Government actions: In June 2022, the UK Government published a draft Mental Health Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. This aims...
Government should: Within one year of adopting the present recommendations, provide an update to the CERD Committee on progress in...
Government should: (a) Collect and publish data on psychotropic drugs (Ritalin, Concerta etc.) prescribed to children. (b) Ensure drugs are...
Government should: (a) Collect data on child mental health, paying particular attention to children in vulnerable situations. (b) Adequately fund...
Government should: Take steps to ensure people belonging to ethnic minorities have full access to quality health care. Take steps...
Government should: (a) Provide enough resources to effectively implement the Female Offender Strategy for England and Wales and ensure that...
Government should: Take action to prevent suicides, including suicides and self-harm in custody, by: (a) tackling the root causes of...
Government should: Promote a full health service (including mental health) in line with the duty introduced by the Health and...
Government should: (a) Effectively address structural inequalities and discriminatory barriers in social factors that influence health outcomes, including climate change...
