The recommendations were contained in a four-year external review addressing the UK’s record on tackling racial discrimination – a requirement for countries signed on to international conventions.
The U.N. Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged the UK to address alleged racial profiling by police and alleged discrimination in criminal justice, housing, schools and healthcare.
It also said it was especially disappointed and concerned by the claimed persistence and in some cases “sharp increase” of hate crimes and hate speech in the UK.
The committee highlighted what they said were recurring racist acts and violence against minorities, asylum seekers and refugees, including during riots in late July and early August.
The U.N. report follows a study in 2021 that decried a disproportionate focus on the political right that has taken away the necessary…
