These include:
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – this entered into force on 4 January 1969 and requires states to guarantee ESC rights without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin
The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - this entered into force on 3 September 1981 and, amongst other things, covers economic social and cultural discrimination against women
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) – this entered into force on 2 September 1990 and sets out the civil, political and ESC rights that children should be entitled to
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - this entered into force on 3 May 2008 and sets out the human rights of persons with disabilities
The UK is bound in international law to perform its treaty obligations under these treaties in good faith.iVienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Article 26...