We campaign to ensure that economic and social rights are enjoyed by all people in the UK. We urge the UK Government and public authorities to incorporate and implement economic and social rights into law, policy and practice.
The Government should provide welfare benefits and family assistance to all people, with no limitations based on factors such as family size or nationality.
The Government should provide security of tenure, adequate living conditions, affordable housing, and end no-fault or revenge evictions, forced evictions and homelessness.
The Government should ensure all people have access to adequate and nutritious food, and to water. Measures must be taken to eradicate food insecurity and reliance on food banks.
The Government should ensure work is available and accessible for all people. Working conditions must be just and favourable for everyone. All workers must be able to form or join trade union(s).
The Government should ensure all people have access to adequate mental and physical healthcare. This ranges from ensuring healthy development of children to treating and controlling an epidemic. Healthcare is universal and should not be conditional on factors such as income or wealth, or nationality. The Government should end practices such as data sharing.
The Government should ensure education is available and equally accessible to all people. This includes eradicating the digital divide, and providing safe conditions for students and teachers.
The Government should use all available resources to ensure all people enjoy their economic and social rights. Regressive steps should be a last resort, and only taken if necessary temporary, proportionate, with minimum affect on economic and social rights.
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What are economic and social rights and how are these rights monitored in international law?
Between 2014 and 2016 Just Fair convened a Consortium of more than 80 local and national organisations that gathered and submitted evidence in the last UK review by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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