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ICESCR is an international human rights treaty adopted in 1966. The UK ratified (agreed to follow) ICESCR in 1976. By...
Government should: Ensure older people receive an adequate pension, care and treatment. Educate all health care workers on the rights...
Government should: Hold a public consultation on plans to repeal the Human Rights Act, and on the proposal for a...
Government should: (a) Set up clear regulations to ensure companies operating in the UK do not infringe economic, social and...
Government should: Consider UN advice on business and economic, social and cultural rights. The Committee draws the attention of the...
Government should align its international development cooperation with human rights by: (a) assessing the potential human rights impacts of international...
Government should: (a) Assess how recent tax policy changes have affected human rights, including the rights of disadvantaged groups. Ensure...
Government should: Use all available resources to make economic, social and cultural rights a reality for everyone. In line with...
Government should: Review legal aid reforms to ensure everyone has access to justice and, where needed, free legal aid (especially...
Government should: Increase support for asylum seekers (including daily allowances) to guarantee their economic, social and cultural rights, in particular...
Government should: Make ICESCR part of UK law. Ensure that where rights are violated, people can take legal action see...
Government should: (a) Increase the number of women in decision-making roles, in public and private sectors. (b) End the gender...
Government should: Consider UN advice on the equal right of men and women to economic, social and cultural rights. The...
Government should: Review its employment policies to address the root causes of unemployment. Develop an action plan focusing specifically on...
Government should: (a) Reduce the use of temporary employment, precarious self-employment and 'zero-hours' contracts. Create opportunities offering security and protection...
Governent should: Consider UN advice on the right to just and favourable working conditions. The Committee draws the attention of...
Government should: (a) Ensure all migrant workers enjoy equal rights for pay, protection from unfair dismissal, rest and leisure, working...
Government should: Extend the national living wage to under 25s. Set it at a level which provides workers and their...
Government should: Ensure economic, social and cultural rights are a reality for people living in the UK and in all...
Government should: Bring into force the outstanding provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to tackle socio-economic inequality and end intersectional...
Government should: Consider UN advice on the right to social security. The Committee draws the attention of the State party...
Government should: Promote a full health service (including mental health) in line with the duty introduced by the Health and...
Government should: Ensure childcare services are accessible and affordable, particularly in Northern Ireland. Review the system of shared parental leave....
Government should: Provide information on the impact of the national strategy on gender-based violence (particularly with regard to violence against...
Government should: In line with UN advice on poverty and the ICESCR, guarantee support to all those living in (or...
Government should: (a) Ensure there is sufficient housing (especially social housing), particularly for the most disadvantaged groups, including those on...
Government should: Provide local authorities with sufficient funds to reduce homelessness, particularly in England and Northern Ireland. Ensure there are...
Government should: Develop a national strategy on the right to adequate food. Promote healthy diets, including supporting breastfeeding. Introduce higher...
Government should: Ensure temporary or undocumented migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and Roma, Gypsies and Travellers can access all necessary health...
Government should: (a) Review conditions attached to social security benefits. Reverse the cuts introduced by the Welfare Reform Act 2012...
Government should: Submit the UK's next report to the UN by 30 June 2021. Update its common core document. The...
Government should: Amend abortion laws in Northern Ireland in line with women's rights to health, life and dignity. Consider UN...
Government should: Reduce achievement gaps in education, particularly among children from low income families. Take further action to avoid segregating...
Government should: Cut fees to make higher education more accessible, in accordance with capacity. Gradually introduce free higher education. The...
Government should: Adopt an Irish language act. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (see E/C.12/GBR/CO/5, para. 37) and recommends that...
Government should: Ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR to allow people who feel their rights have been breached to...
Government should: Consider ratifying outstanding human rights treaties including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All...
Government should: Develop and apply indicators and benchmarks to monitor progress on economic, social and cultural rights. Consider the UN...
Government should: Share these recommendations widely. Consult with civil society organisations in the follow-up and before submitting the UK's next...
Government should: Review the Trade Union Act 2016. Ensure all workers enjoy full trade union rights without interference. Implement the...
