Today the Equality and Human Rights Commission , Britain’s national equality body and national human rights institution, launched its first ever online human rights monitoring tool, HumanRightsTracker.com.
It is intended to make the UK’s human rights records transparent, and the Government accountable, making information UK’s human rights duties under UN treaties and identify where the Government is falling short easily accessible.
The UK Government signed up to seven UN human rights treaties, which set the standard for human rights across the globe. However, in many cases, it’s failing to meet the obligations to fulfil them, including in the area of LGBTI rights.