ICCPR Recommendations 2024, paragraph 17
Plain English recommendation
Government should:
(a) Do more to stop hate crime by passing laws to make sure that laws prohibiting hate crime apply to all protected groups of people. Implement the Law Commission’s 2021 report on hate crime laws in England and Wales;
(b) Encourage reporting of hate crimes. Train law enforcement, judges, and prosecutors on how to address and investigate them;
(c) thoroughly investigate hate crimes. It must ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted. If convicted, they should face appropriate punishment. Victims and their families should also receive full reparations.
Original UN recommendation
The State party should intensify its efforts to combat hate crimes and, in particular:
(a) Take steps to establish a clear and comprehensive legal framework to ensure that the prohibition of hate crimes applies to all protected groups, including by implementing the recommendations of the Law Commission’s 2021 final report on hate crime laws in England and Wales and by taking effective steps to promptly enhance hate crime legislation in Northern Ireland;
(b) Encourage the reporting of hate crimes and provide effective training to law enforcement officials, judges and prosecutors on addressing and investigating hate crimes;
(c) Investigate hate crimes thoroughly, ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted and, if convicted, punished with appropriate sanctions, and provide victims and their families with access to full reparations.
Date of UN examination
03/05/2024
Original UN document
Download the original ICCPR concluding observations 2024 on the UN website.
Last updated on 09/04/2025