
United Kingdom
The government introduced legislation undermining the rights to protest, vote, and seek asylum while limiting judicial and parliamentary oversight of executive decisions. The government cut social security support despite clear warnings it would increase food insecurity, debt, and homelessness. New domestic violence legislation lacks adequate protections for migrant women and girls and support for Black, Asian and other minoritized survivors. The UK government’s ambition of promoting human rights and the rule of law globally is undermined by its domestic record and at times side-lined by other interests, including trade and migration control. Ongoing fossil fuel subsidies and coal mining permits contradict UK government efforts to rally international support for climate action.

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UK: Children in England Going Hungry with Schools Shut
Uneven UK Approach for Covid-19 Doesn’t Guarantee Children’s Right to Food
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Negotiations between the UK and Mauritian Governments on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago
Human Rights Watch Letter to Mr. Cleverly
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UK Should Protect the Rights to Protest and Strike, not Undermine Them
Proposed Law Would Fundamentally Restrict Right to Free Assembly
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UK’s Human Rights Report Card Marked
Joint Statement of UK Civil Society Organizations following the Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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UK’s Rights Record under Global Spotlight at UN
States Need to Press UK to Uphold Its International Commitments
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Chagos Islands: Include Long-Expelled Residents in Negotiations
Critical Opportunity for UK, Mauritius to Right Half Century of Wrongs