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Overview

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is covered by the OHCHR Regional Office for Europe (ROE), whose primary function is to advance human rights in the European Union (EU) through technical assistance, advocacy, and reporting on human rights, based on the recommendations of UN human rights mechanisms. The office works to address human rights gaps in EU legislation, budgeting and policy-making, seizing the impetus created by the Sustainable Development Agenda. Read more >

News & Statements

Latest news

30 Aug 2023

Special Procedures

UK: UN torture expert calls for urgent review of over 2,000 prison tariffs under discredited IPP sentencing scheme

28 Aug 2023

Treaty bodies

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Follow-Up Dialogue with United Kingdom Independent Monitoring Mechanism and Informal Meeting with States Parties

20 Jul 2023

Special Procedures

UN experts urge UK to halt implementation of Illegal Immigration Bill

18 Jul 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UK Illegal Migration Bill: UN Refugee Agency and UN Human Rights Office warn of profound impact on human rights and international refugee protection system

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Latest statements & messages

07 Mar 2023

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Global update: High Commissioner outlines concerns in over 40 countries

06 Nov 2019

Scotland Children’s Parliament 5th National Sitting, Edinburg, Scotland - November 6, 2019

29 Apr 2019

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Launch of the Northern Ireland Declaration on Sports and Human Rights

16 Nov 2018

Special Procedures

Statement on Visit to the United Kingdom, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

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Featured Stories

Story_Hope
17 November 2020 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Hope Laing, a Scottish teenager fighting against child poverty and inequality

“To speak at the UN has been something I've always wanted to do. As I said when I ended my speech, I will make it there. I will be in that room one day.” Hope Laing is a 16-year-old human rights defender. She recently delivered her video statement to the UN Human Rights Council’s Social Forum.
Raheem Sterling, Footballer
21 March 2020 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

#FightRacism: Interview with British football star Raheem Sterling

Raheem Sterling speaks out against racism on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles and letter by the High Commissioner to the Foreign Minister

Special Procedures

Reports

A/HRC/48/60/Add.2: Follow-up to country visits to Burundi, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Sri Lanka: Report

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his visit to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Comments by the State

A/HRC/41/54/Add.2: Visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

A/HRC/41/39/Add.1: Visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

A/HRC/36/41/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes on his mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Note by the Secretariat

A/HRC/35/28/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on his follow-up mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Note by the Secretariat

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Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

CAT/C/GBR/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CEDAW/C/GBR/CO/8: Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Advance unedited version

CRPD/C/GBR/CO/1: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Concluding observations on the initial report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CEDAW/C/UK/CO/6: Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CRC/C/GBR/CO/4: Concluding observations

CCPR/C/GBR/CO/6: Concluding observations

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures Voluntary Pledges and Commitments

External Resources

Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions Council of Europe

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Europe and Central Asia Section
Telephone: +41 22 917 9220
Email: [email protected]

 

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