Upholding human rights across the Commonwealth View on web May 2020 For the last two years the Equality and Human Rights Commission has chaired the Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI). The CFNHRI is a member-led network of human rights institutions, ombudsmen and…

Upholding human rights and equality during Covid-19 View on web April 2020 As with almost every other organisation in the country, work at the Equality and Human Rights Commission has changed significantly over the last six weeks. We started March with our plans for the coming financial year …

Human rights and equality during a pandemic View on web March 2020 Human rights and equality during a pandemic: our letter to the Prime Minister on coronavirus Ahead of the passage of emergency legislation to deal with the COFID-19 pandemic, our Chair David Isaac has written to the Prime Mini…

Why we're investigating the use of restraint in schools View on web February 2020 Inquiry opened into use of restraint in schools This month we have launched an inquiry into how schools are monitoring and recording their use of restraint, following widespread concerns about its use and the la…

Can you spare a few minutes to help us improve our site? View on web 10 February 2020 Can you spare 10 minutes to help us improve our website?We want to make sure that people can easily find the information they need on our site. So we're asking our subscribers to sort some of our web content…

Tackling harassment at work and other workplace equality issues View on web January 2020 Equality in the workplace - our asks for 2020 Our Chief Executive Rebecca Hilsenrath outlines our ten asks for employers and Government to advance workplace equality this year: 2020 is an important milest…

Christmas message, our asks for the new government and recent legal cases View on web December 2019 A Christmas message from our Chair As we approach the festive season, our Chair David Isaac reflects on 2019: This time last year I said that the challenges of 2018 had surpassed all our expect…

EHRC report finds alarming rates of racial harassment on campus View in browser October 2019 Our inquiry finds universities 'oblivious' to scale of racial abuse on campus Our inquiry into racism on campus has found alarmingly high levels of racial harassment across British universities, with …

Our new project helps with transport discrimination claims View in browser September 2019 Legal support project: transport discrimination claims Disabled people and older passengers must be able to enjoy public transport and travel freely just like everyone else. Launched this month, our lega…

Our inquiry report and recommendations View in browser July 2019 Legal aid for victims of discrimination Our recent inquiry into legal aid for victims of discrimination in England and Wales identified a number of barriers to justice and found that very few people are getting the representatio…