Thread by @UN_HRC

🔵 TODAY at 9.00 (Geneva time)

The Human Rights Council reviews the human rights record of the #UnitedKingdom.

WATCH #UPR41 ➡️media.un.org

At #UPR41, Mike Freer, @MoJGovUK, said the UK was committed to:
- protecting human rights at home and abroad
- the rules-based international human rights system
- the success of the Universal Periodic Review as a “constructive tool”

At #UPR41, Mike Freer, @MoJGovUK, said the UK:
- was enacting a Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act 1998
- upheld the Equality Act 2010
- remained a State Party to the European Convention on Human Rights

At #UPR41, Mike Freer, @MoJGovUK, said the UK:
- was tackling violence against women & girls
- was hosting an international conference on preventing sexual violence in conflict in November 2022
- had ratified the Istanbul Convention on domestic violence in July 2022

At #UPR41, Mike Freer, @MoJGovUK, said the UK had:
- legislated to support victims of hate crimes
- updated hate crimes laws in Scotland
- acted on race, equality and disability disparities in Wales
- tackled homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime

At #UPR41, Mike Freer, @MoJGovUK, said the UK will:
- enact an Online Safety Bill to tackle crime, protect children + hold platforms to account
- consider relocating asylum seekers travelling to the UK illegally to #Rwanda
- facilitate abortion services in Northern Ireland

At #UPR41, States commended the UK for:
- its efforts to eliminate hate crimes, and promote equality and freedom of religion
- ratifying the Istanbul Convention on preventing domestic violence
- tackling violence against women and girls

At #UPR41, States commended the UK for:
- creating an Independent Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities
- steps taken to pass legislation obliging the Northern Ireland Department of Health to commission and fund abortion services

At #UPR41, States recommended that the UK:
- reform the Gender Recognition Act based on international human rights standards
- identify and eliminate barriers to access to health care and services for persons with disabilities
- protect vulnerable groups from hate speech

At #UPR41, States recommended that the UK:
- enhance efforts to address disparities among groups, as experienced on the basis of race, in criminal justice, employment, mental health and education.
- further promote efforts to protect women from gender-based violence

At #UPR41, States recommended that the UK take steps to allow individual complaints under the Convention against Torture & Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights + the Convention on the Rights of the Child

At #UPR41, States recommended that the UK:
- raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility in accordance with acceptable international standards.
- ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers

At #UPR41, States recommended that the UK:
- ensure its treatment of asylum seekers complies with international laws
- ratify the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- take further steps to combat human trafficking

The Universal Periodic Review of the #UnitedKingdom has now concluded.

The #UPR41 Working Group is set to adopt the report of the UK on 16 November 2022 at 15:30.