More than 60 prominent charities, unions and campaign groups have signed a landmark letter of alarm to the UN about the state of human rights in the UK, as the organisation begins its periodic review into the country’s living standards.
The intervention, whose signatories include Liberty, Unison, JustFair and Mermaids, says there is a concern “that the universality of rights is being seriously eroded in the United Kingdom”.
On Wednesday, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) will begin to assess the UK’s human rights record, hearing evidence from multiple organisations in Geneva, Switzerland.
