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E/C.12/GBR/CO/6 73. The Committee requests the State party to submit its seventh periodic report, to be prepared in accordance with the reporting guidelines adopted by the Committee in 2008 (E/C.12/2008/2), by 30 June 2021. It also invites the State party to update its common core document as necessary and in accordance with the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6, chap. I). 13

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Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Concluding Observations

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United Kingdom

Rights Involved

Right to adequate housing
Right to adequate standard of living
Right to education
Right to food
Right to health
Right to social security
Right to water and sanitation
Right to work
Rights of migrants/non-citizens
Rights of older persons
Rights of persons with disabilities
Rights of the child
Rights of women and girls

Issue

Accountability
Extraterritorial obligations
Non-discrimination
Participation
Progressive realization
Resource allocation
Resource generation

International Human Rights Body

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Date: Jul 14, 2016

Summary: In their Concluding Observations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the CESCR provides recommendations to the State party to take measures to promote non-discrimination, gender equality, and the range of ESCR. On tax policy, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Conduct a human rights impact assessment of the recent changes introduced to its fiscal policy; (b) Ensure that its fiscal policy is adequate, progressive and socially equitable and improves tax collection so as to increase resources available for implementing economic, social and cultural rights; (c) Take strict measures to tackle tax abuse, in particular by corporations and high-net-worth individuals; (d) Intensify its efforts, in coordination with its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, to address global tax abuse. On austerity, the Committee reminds the State party of its obligations under the Covenant to use the maximum of its available resources with a view to progressively achieving the full realization of economic, social and cultural rights. The Committee recommends that the State party review its policies and programmes introduced since 2010 and conduct a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of these measures on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and groups, in particular women, children and persons with disabilities, that is recognized by all stakeholders.

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