As an official human rights body, one of the Commission’s roles is to submit evidence and reports to the various international human rights committees, relating to the situation in Britain.
In this section you will find details of these various reports.
International human rights framework
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the status of Great Britain’s national human rights institution, which gives us a key role in engaging with the United Nations’ human rights system. Follow this link to find out more about the UN’s international human rights committees.
In 2008, the UK government will be examined on the following international conventions:
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
The Commission submitted its parallel reports to the CEDAW committee and the ICCPR committee in June 2008.
Pages in this section
Convention on the Rights of the Child - our shadow report
Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - our submissions
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - our submissions