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Government should: (a) Consult stakeholders on how to make civil and political rights a reality for everyone in the UK....

Government should: Remove laws and practices that allow for non-consensual, involuntary or compulsory treatment or detention of disabled people because...

Government should: (a) Do more to stop hate crime by passing laws to make sure that laws prohibiting hate crime...

Government should: Keep working to ban conversion therapy, including in Northern Ireland. It should also remove unnecessary legal requirements for...

Government should continue work to combat violence against women and girls, including domestic and sexual violence. It should ensure comprehensive...

Government should continue work to improve access to legal, effective, safe, confidential and equal access to abortion for women and...

Government should: Review its laws, including the Criminal Justice Act 1988, to remove any possible defences for torture in line...

Government should: Quickly review the 2019 Principles Relating to the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees. It must update them to...

Government should: Review its counter-terrorism laws. They must comply with the ICCPR and the principles of legality, certainty, predictability, and...

Government should: Increase efforts to remove all combustible cladding from buildings where it risks lives. It should also protect the...

Government should, in line with the Human Rights Committee's general comment No.36 (2018): (a) Make sure that laws and procedures...

Government should increase efforts to ensure conditions in detention align with international human rights standards, including the United Nations Standard...

Government should: (a) Align its anti-human trafficking laws with international standards. This includes reforming the National Referral Mechanism and ensuring...

Government should: Investigate, prosecute and issue sanctions as necessary for all violations by British officials and armed forces, including overseas....

Government should: (a) Quickly remove laws, including in the Illegal Migration Act 2023, that discriminate against migrants and that seek...

Government should: Set a legal limit on immigration detention. It should be a last resort, for the shortest time possible....

Government should: Fully protect stateless people living in the UK in line with international standards, including the 1951 Refugee Convention...

Government should: (a) Review its laws around the denial of citizenship on terrorism grounds to ensure it includes proper safeguards....

Government should: Work harder to improve access to justice by providing free legal aid to all who cannot afford it....

Government should: Take all necessary steps to ensure everyone enjoys the right to privacy and freedom of expression. This aligns...

Government should: Review and change its laws, including the Public Order Act 2023, to ensure people can enjoy their right...

Government should: (a) Ban the physical punishment of children. Remove the common law defence of 'reasonable chastisement' and strengthen promotion...

Government should: Widely share the ICCPR and its Second Optional Protocol which aims to abolish the death penalty. It should...

The Government is requested to provide, by 29 March 2027, information on implementing the recommendations in paragraphs 11, 29, and...

The Committee will send the Government its next list of issues in 2030. The Government must reply within a year....

Government should: (a) Do more to end all racial and ethnic discrimination. This includes in particular systemic discrimination against Gypsies,...

Government should: Remove or reform the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023. The Government should adopt independent, transparent,...

Government should: Review its reservations to articles 10 (on separating under 18s in detention from adults), 14 (on free legal...

Government should: Review laws to repeal any possible justification for torture, in line with international standards (including ICCPR article 7)....

Government should: Adequately fund the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The State party should provide the Northern Ireland Human Rights...

Government should: (a) Urgently investigate events in Northern Ireland to prosecute perpetrators of human rights violations (in particular the right...

Government should (a) Ensure Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee appropriately balances security interests against accountability for human rights violations. Consider...

Government should: Do more to prevent and put an end to racism and xenophobia, including in the media and on...

Government should: (a) Remove non-statutory stop and search powers in Scotland and improve the process of selecting targets. Train law...

Government should: Increase efforts towards equal representation for women in the civil service and the judiciary. Implement the recommendations of...

Government should: Take action to tackle violence against women, including domestic violence and sexual abuse, by: (a) prioritising introducing domestic...

Government should: Review counter-terrorism laws and bring them into line with the ICCPR, including: (a) Consider revising the definition of...

Government should: Review laws to ensure sufficient safeguards are in place regarding restrictions on re-entry and denial of citizenship on...

Government should: Take action to prevent suicides, including suicides and self-harm in custody, by: (a) tackling the root causes of...

Government should: Urgently amend abortion laws in Northern Ireland. Extend exceptions to the abortion ban to include cases of rape,...

Government should: Fully apply the ban on refoulement (forcibly returning people to countries where they are likely to be persecuted),...

Government should: Implement the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions' recommendations to ensure that its National Human Rights Institutions...

Government should: Take action to end physical punishment in all settings, including in the home, across the UK and all...

Government should: (a) Introduce legal time limits on immigration detention. Ensure detention is used as a last resort and is...

Government should: (a) Ensure any limits on fair trial guarantees for national security reasons (such as court hearings held without...

Government should: (a) Raise the age of criminal responsibility to meet international standards. Follow international standards for juvenile justice. (b)...

Government should: (a) Review laws on intercepting and storing personal communications in line with the ICCPR, including article 17. Any...

Government should: Change laws that deny convicted prisoners the right to vote in order to comply with the ICCPR. The...

Government should: Distribute widely the ICCPR, the UK state report and the UN's recommendations. he State party should disseminate widely...

Government should: Within one year, give an update on plans to implement the UN's recommendations on accountability for conflict-related violations...

Government should: Submit the UK's next report to the UN by 24 July 2020. The Committee requests that the State...

Government should: (a) Review laws to identify any gaps or conflicts with the ICCPR. Also, ensure full enforcement of all...

Government should: Withdraw its remaining reservations to articles 10, 14, and 24 of the ICCPR. This will ensure the ICCPR...

Government should: Change laws that stop convicted prisoners from voting to make sure the government meets the requirements for reform...