On this page you can search and filter the UN recommendations submitted to the UK
Government should: (a) Remove laws allowing people to be detained and treated without their consent on the basis of their...
Government should: (a) Ensure all under 18s are protected from prostitution, pornography and trafficking. Ensure UK laws can also be...
We welcome the reduction in the number of children in custody in recent years, a trend that accelerated following the...
UK Government actions: In July 2022, the Cabinet Office published its Annual Report on Major Projects 2021/22. It assigned the...
Government should: Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility, in line with international standards. Raise the minimum age of criminal...
Government should: Consider raising the age of criminal responsibility, in line with international standards. In line with the recommendations of...
Government should: Consider changing the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Consider revising the minimum age of criminal responsibility...
Government should: Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to meet international standards. End automatic life sentences for offenders aged...
Government should: Consider ending automatic life sentences for offenders aged under 18. Consider abolishing the mandatory imposition of life imprisonment...
Government should: Put an end to life sentences for minors, in line with the CRC. Abolish the life sentence for...
Government should: Put into practice the UN's previous recommendation on captured child soldiers for all under 18s: Ensure children can...
Government should: (a) Consider raising the UK army minimum recruitment age to 18. (b) Prevent the targeting and recruitment of...
Government should: Align the UK's juvenile justice systems in line with UN advice and: (a) Increase the age of criminal...
Government should: (a) End the use of restraint for reasons relating to disability. Prevent the use of Tasers against disabled...
Government should: (a) Collect data on child mental health, paying particular attention to children in vulnerable situations. (b) Adequately fund...
Government should: (a) In line with UN advice, urgently ban physical punishment in the family. (b) Ensure that physical punishment...
Government should consider UN advice on children's right to freedom from all forms of violence and: (a) Ban the use...
Government should: Investigate the disproportionate number of black people and people of ethnic minorities within the criminal justice system across...
Government should: Ensure the governments of Northern Ireland and Wales regularly review the impact of stop and search powers on...
Government should: Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Adapt the youth justice system in line with advice issued by...
Government should: (a) Ensure that all cases of violence, including sexual assault, against children in detention are investigated quickly and...
Government should: (a) Raise the age of criminal responsibility to meet international standards. Follow international standards for juvenile justice. (b)...
Government should: Review its reservations to articles 10 (on separating under 18s in detention from adults), 14 (on free legal...
Government should: Promote a full health service (including mental health) in line with the duty introduced by the Health and...
Read our assessment of the UK Government’s progress on youth...