On this page you can search and filter the UN recommendations submitted to the UK
Government should: Deal with negative attitudes and behaviours rooted in colonialism, and deal with the causes of racism, xenophobia and...
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...
UK Government actions In March 2021, the census for England and Wales was carried out, on a ‘digital-first’ basis. The...
The Welsh Government has legislated to make relationships and sexuality education a statutory component of the new curriculum – ensuring...
The UK Government’s new relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education guidance is welcome, as is action taken in...
There have been a number of positive legislative and policy changes to increase education and awareness of the UN Convention...
While the introduction of compulsory relationships and sex education (RSE) may create further opportunities for schools to teach children about...
Funding cuts to the public health grant have affected sexual and reproductive health budgets, access to services across England varies,...
The UK Government has made commitments to ensure fair conditions at work, including to tackle sexual harassment. However, it has...
There have been important recent reforms to strengthen the policy and legal framework, and it will take time for their...
Government should: End discrimination against same-sex couples in Northern Ireland by aligning the law with the rest of the UK....
Government should: Do more to put an end to negative stereotypes in the media, especially against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender...
Government should: (a) Put in place a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents, focusing on improving equality and...
Government should: (a) Change laws in Northern Ireland to ensure women there have the same protections as those elsewhere in...
Government should: Legally protect people from multiple and intersectional discrimination, including on the grounds of migrant, refugee or other status....
UK Government actions In December 2020, NHS England published revised guidance on visitor restrictions in maternity units during the coronavirus...
The Welsh Government has legislated to make it mandatory for all school children aged 5–16 to learn about sexual and...
Policing in England and Wales has contributed to a regression in human rights protection for certain groups. Though there is...
The UK Government has taken some action aimed at strengthening institutional, policy and economic frameworks related to human rights and...
UK Government actions In its March 2021 budget, the UK Government announced measures to address regional inequalities, including the Levelling...
UK Government actions In June 2021, the UK Government committed to raise the minimum age for people to marry in...
The UK Government has introduced some positive reforms in relation to family life, including action to tackle child marriage and...
UK Government actions: Between May and August 2022, the UK Government submitted several reports to the UN: its report for...
The UK Government’s actions to seek re-election to the UN Human Rights Council indicate a continued commitment to human rights...
UK Government actions: In August 2022, the UK Government published its Women’s Health Strategy for England, detailing ambitions for improvements...
Policy reforms and increased investment in mental health services have improved access to support and treatment. However, this has occurred...
UK Government actions: In March 2022, the UK Government published the Online Safety Bill to establish a regulatory regime for...
Women, ethnic minorities and disabled people remain under-represented in politics, and diversity data is inadequate, although the number of women...
There have been changes to the policy and legal framework to increase political participation and improve the diversity of political...
Government should: a) Plan ways to fully put the CRC into practice in all areas, and ensure that children can...
The Welsh Government publishes and analyses some data by protected characteristic, although significant data gaps remain. Overall data gaps and...
UK Government actions In October 2020, the UK Government updated the ‘headteachers’ standards’, which set baseline expectations for professional practice...
Government should: End racism; train law enforcement officers in human rights, discrimination and hate speech; punish anyone who commits racist,...
Government should: (a) Focus on children’s rights in all systems and actions taken to prevent abuse and neglect of children;...
Government should: Improve equality and anti-discrimination laws and policies Reinforce measures to combat all forms of discrimination and inequality...
Government should: Do more to tackle hate crime, particularly where it is motivated by race or religion. Continue to refine...
Government should: Take action against all forms of hate crime and racism, especially against people of African descent. Put in...
Government should: Keep trying to to tackle hate crimes, by taking steps to discourage hate speech and racism. Continue its...
Government should: Do more to stop hate crimes which became more common during the COVID-19 pandemic. Take stronger action to...
Government should: Prosecute hate crimes and deal with Islamophobic incidents. Prosecute hate crimes and address incidents of Islamophobia...
Government should: Develop broad policies and practices that end discrimination against minorities. Advance comprehensive policies and practices to eliminate discrimination...
Government should: End the disproportionate use of force against members of minority groups, as reported to the United Nations. Put...
Government should: Keep improving approaches to tackling hate crimes, particularly against racial and religious minorities. Continue to refine its policies...
Government should: Take steps to combat racism, hate crimes and Islamophobia. Adopt measures aiming at combating racism, hate crimes and...
Government should: Continue updating action plans on tackling hate crime and put them into practice effectively. Continue updating and ensure...
Government should: (a) Do more to deal with inequalities in education and improve outcomes for disadvantaged children, including by: •...
Government should: (a) Urgently update the Mental Health Act to: • ban the detention or placement of children with mental...
Government should: (a) Introduce national strategies to stop harmful practices that affect children, such as child marriage, female genital mutilation...
Government should: Recognise the right to identity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex children. Do more to ensure that...
Government should: Protect vulnerable groups and minorities from hate speech, keep developing remedies. Continue developing effective remedies to protect vulnerable...
Government should: Keep doing more to tackle hate crime, and share information about the best ways to do this with...
Government should: Train law enforcement officials about using force proportionately, especially when engaging with minority groups. Continue training of law...
Government should: Do more to ensure that ethnic minorities and marginalised groups can access healthcare. Strengthen the implementation of programmes...
Government should: Do more to protect women from harassment at work and promote access to employment for women from marginalised...
Government should: Keep taking action to end discrimination against minorities, especially women in rural areas. Continue to strengthen mechanisms and...
Government should: Do more to protect the rights of women, disabled people and LGTBI people and take action to prevent...
Government should: Keep taking action to end inequalities affecting minorities in accessing criminal justice, employment, health and education. Keep taking...
Government should: Introduce a law banning conversion practices in all forms and settings. Adopt legislation to ban all conversion...
Government should: Introduce a law banning conversion therapy for all LGBTIQ+ people of all ages. Adopt legislation to ban all...
Government should: Combat media disinformation about the LGBTQI+ community. Combat media disinformation about the LGBTQI+ community...
Government should: Ban conversion practices for all LGBTQI+ people. Ban conversion therapy practices for all LGBTQI+ persons...
Government should: Consider moving towards the implementation of the action plan for LGBTI people, and ban conversion practices. Consider moving...
Government should: Increase protection from sexual harassment in the workplace for disabled women and LGBTIQ workers, in line with the...
Government should: Uphold and improve laws protecting LGBTQI+ people, especially transgender people. Uphold and strengthen legal protections for LGBTQI+ persons,...
Government should: a) Take more action to deal with racism, xenophobia and discrimination against disadvantaged children, including: • ethnic minority...
