ICCPR Recommendations 2024, paragraph 31

UN recommendation

Plain English recommendation

Government should:
Increase efforts to remove all combustible cladding from buildings where it risks lives. It should also protect the most vulnerable people in evacuation and housing allocation policies. It should also, without delay, investigate potential violations of the right to life and human dignity of the Grenfell Tower fire victims. If a violation is found, it should ensure legal remedies are available to those affected. This includes, where appropriate, compensation and rehabilitation.


Original UN recommendation

The State party should strengthen its efforts to ensure the removal of all combustible cladding material from buildings where there might be a risk to life, and to provide additional protective measures to meet the needs of people in the most vulnerable situations, in relation to evacuation policies and housing allocation. It should also promptly conduct effective investigations into the potential violations of the right to life and human dignity of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire and should, in the event that a violation is found, ensure that legal remedies are available to those affected, including, where appropriate, compensation and rehabilitation.

Date of UN examination

03/05/2024

Last updated on 11/04/2025