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GENEVA (8 December 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today welcomed partial reforms adopted by the UK’s House of Commons to the controversial Imprisonment for Public...

The present report contains the findings of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its visit to the UK, undertaken from 18 to 27 January 2023, in follow up to its visit to the UK in 2012.

GENEVA (11 September 2023) – UN experts today called on the Irish Government to take urgent steps to ensure access to housing and assistance for victims of trafficking, recognising the trauma endured...

GENEVA (30 August 2023) – A UN torture expert today called on the UK Government to begin an urgent review of sentences imposed on prisoners held indefinitely under the widely discredited and now...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held a dialogue with representatives of the United Kingdom Independent Monitoring Mechanism and non-governmental organisations to discuss...

GENEVA (20 July 2023) – UN experts* today urged the United Kingdom to take urgent action to halt the implementation of the Illegal Migration Bill, and bring domestic law in line with international...

GENEVA (18 July 2023 ) – The Illegal Migration Bill, which has now been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is at variance with the country’s obligations under international human rights and...

GENEVA (2 June 2023) – The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) today issued its findings on Finland, France, Jordan, Sao Tome and Principe, Türkiye and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-third session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Finland, France, Jordan, Sao Tome and Principe...