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UK

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a constitutional monarchy with a multiparty, parliamentary form of government. Citizens elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament. Elections are free and fair. The United Kingdom has 14 overseas territories, including Bermuda. Each of the overseas territories has its own constitution, while the United Kingdom government is responsible for external affairs and defense. There were reports that members of the security forces committed some abuses. The government took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.

The overall score indicates that there are medium risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Threats of violence motivated by antisemitism
  • Rather low score in the index on children's rights

For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

68/100
30,0/100 (4)
94,0/100 (0,94)
38,0/100 (38)
78,0/100 (2,2)
86,0/100 (14,0)
87,5/100 (T1)
79,2/100 (0,792)
78,0/100 (0,78)
65,1/100 (41,9)
91,0/100 (91)
72,7/100 (72,7)
71,0/100 (71)
72,0/100 (72)