On this page you can search and filter the UN recommendations submitted to the UK
UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government published a new policy to support the needs of perinatal women...
Government should: (a) Put in place a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents, focusing on improving equality and...
There have been changes to the policy and legal framework to increase political participation and improve the diversity of political...
Policy reforms and increased investment in mental health services have improved access to support and treatment. However, this has occurred...
The UK Government has rejected several recommendations to strengthen equality and human rights legislation, including introducing the Socio-economic Duty in...
The UK Government set out a number of actions to reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes in the NHS Long...
Women, ethnic minorities and disabled people remain under-represented in politics, and diversity data is inadequate, although the number of women...
The UK Government’s actions to seek re-election to the UN Human Rights Council indicate a continued commitment to human rights...
Government should: Do more to put an end to negative stereotypes in the media, especially against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender...
The Welsh Government has legislated to make relationships and sexuality education a statutory component of the new curriculum – ensuring...
Government should: Review the Equality Act in relation to to gender identity, and ensure intersex people can access health services....
Government should: Reverse all laws and practices allowing any form of forced medical care or surgery. Ensure disabled people (especially...
Government should: (a) Fund disabled people's organisations and involve them in planning and implementing all laws affecting disabled people (including...
Government should: Legally protect people from multiple and intersectional discrimination, including on the grounds of migrant, refugee or other status....
Government should: work with disabled people's organisations to: (a) Ensure disabled people (particularly women, children, intersex people and older people)...
Government should: Increase the availability of high-quality data disaggregated by: income, sex, age, gender, race, ethnic origin, migrant, asylum-seeking and...
The UK Government has introduced various measures to improve the collection of equality data, with specific action to improve ethnicity...
While the introduction of compulsory relationships and sex education (RSE) may create further opportunities for schools to teach children about...
UK Government actions In September 2021, the UK Government announced the new Health and Social Care Levy to help pay...
The implementation of ‘hostile environment’ immigration policies marked a reduction in human rights protections and court cases have found failures...
UK Government actions In its March 2021 budget, the UK Government announced measures to address regional inequalities, including the Levelling...
UK Government actions In March 2021, the census for England and Wales was carried out, on a ‘digital-first’ basis. The...
UK Government actions In June 2021, Ofsted published the findings of a UK Government-commissioned review of sexual abuse in schools...
UK Government actions: In March 2022, the UK Government published the Online Safety Bill to establish a regulatory regime for...
UK Government actions: In August 2022, the UK Government published its Women’s Health Strategy for England, detailing ambitions for improvements...
Limited time out of cells, overcrowding, poor conditions, use of force, solitary confinement and self-harm in prisons are commonplace and,...
There have been important recent reforms to strengthen the policy and legal framework, and it will take time for their...
The UK Government has taken some action aimed at strengthening institutional, policy and economic frameworks related to human rights and...
The UK Government has made commitments to ensure fair conditions at work, including to tackle sexual harassment. However, it has...
Record NHS waiting lists and worsening waiting times before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have limited access to healthcare. There is...
There is evidence that certain groups experience persistent inequalities in accessing healthcare in Wales, but a lack of data separated...
The UK Government has taken some policy and legislative steps to address aspects of violence, abuse and neglect, including its...
The Welsh Government publishes and analyses some data by protected characteristic, although significant data gaps remain. Overall data gaps and...
The UK Government’s new relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education guidance is welcome, as is action taken in...
Government should: (a) Strengthen the capacity of the Government Equalities Office so that it can provide national leadership on women's...
