UK, Great Britain and England — What’s the difference?

England is a country, while Great Britain is the island comprising England, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom is the ...
Human Rights Watch

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1. Human Rights Watch submits the following information regarding the United Kingdom’s (UK) implementation of recommendations it accepted through its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2017, as ...
Foreign Affairs

Will Nationalism Break Britain?

In September 2022, the body of Queen Elizabeth was driven across Scotland from Balmoral Castle, where she died, to the royal palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The coffin was draped in the Royal ...