Britain faces rebuke over refusal to back more than 100 UN human rights targets

The UK government has chosen not to support UN recommendations on abortion rights in Northern Ireland.Britain is heading for a confrontation this week at the UN human rights council over its failure to support more than 100 recommendations on subjects ranging from the rights of children to the international law on abortion.David Isaac, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), will attend the UN’s universal periodic review (UPR) of the UK’s human rights record in Gene