On this page you can search and filter the UN recommendations submitted to the UK
Government should: (a) End the use of restraint for reasons relating to disability. Prevent the use of Tasers against disabled...
Government should: (a) Remove non-statutory stop and search powers in Scotland and improve the process of selecting targets. Train law...
Government should: Take action to tackle violence against women, including domestic violence and sexual abuse, by: (a) prioritising introducing domestic...
Government should: (a) Continue to improve conditions and reduce overcrowding in prisons and other detention facilities, including through the use...
Government should: Ensure that the use of electrical discharge weapons (tasers) follows the principles of necessity, subsidiarity, proportionality, advance warning...
Government should: Increase efforts to investigate alleged hate crimes and to prosecute perpetrators. These efforts should include improved training for...
Government should: Ensure the governments of Northern Ireland and Wales regularly review the impact of stop and search powers on...
Government should: Investigate the disproportionate number of black people and people of ethnic minorities within the criminal justice system across...
Government should: Guarantee children’s right to freedom of movement and peaceful assembly by: (a) Banning the use of acoustic devices...
Government should: (a) Ban non-statutory stop-and-search checks against children. (b) Ensure statutory stop-and-search checks are proportionate (considering the age and...
Government should: (a) Collect and publish disaggregated data on child exploitation and abuse. Make reporting on child exploitation and abuse...
Government should: Ratify the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families....
Government should: Train public officials (particularly the police and the military) in human rights, including on the excessive use of...
UK Government actions In March 2021, the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021 gained royal assent. It allows...
Policing in England and Wales has contributed to a regression in human rights protection for certain groups. Though there is...
Read our assessment of the UK Government’s progress on...