CERD recommendations 2024, paragraph 30
Plain English recommendation
Government should:
Take all necessary steps, including reviewing and amending the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023, to ensure the right to peaceful assembly is exercised without discrimination. Authorities should investigate all claims of excessive force used by police at peaceful protests. They should punish those found guilty.
Original UN recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to ensure the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly without any discrimination, including by reviewing and amending the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023. It also recommends that the State party ensure that all allegations of excessive use of force during peaceful protests by law enforcement officers are investigated, prosecuted as appropriate and duly sanctioned.
Date of UN examination
24/09/2024
Original UN document
Download the original CERD concluding observations 2024 on the UN website.
Last updated on 11/04/2025