In its annual report “The State of the World’s Human Rights” published in April 2024, Amnesty International says:

The UK government continued to pursue a policy agenda that breached its international human rights commitments and curtailed human rights protections. People seeking asylum and other migrants were particularly targeted, along with protesters. New government legislation further eroded the freedom of assembly and expression. Police faced findings of institutional racism and other forms of discrimination. Abortion was decriminalized in Northern Ireland, but access to abortion services was still hindered. In the rest of the UK, abortion remained criminalized apart from lawful exceptions. Legislation was passed terminating investigations into and prosecutions of historic human rights violations during the Northern Ireland Troubles. Minimum service levels during industrial action were imposed in various sectors.

The Guardian reported that Amnesty’s UK chief executive, Sacha Deshmukh, said:

“The UK is deliberately destabilising the entire concept of universal human rights through its appalling domestic policies and politicking…We’ve got a very deep concern about the UK’s practice of supplying [Israel with] arms and significant components for arms…There’s no doubt in my mind that the UK will be judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza.”

The report covers most countries in the world and criticises most of them.

The full 418 page report can be downloaded here.