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Published: 23 Apr 2020
CEO Rebecca Hilsenrath wrote to the British Medical Association to make clear that clinical decisions should not be made on the basis of someone’s disability or underlying health conditions.
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Published: 22 Apr 2020
CEO Rebecca Hilsenrath wrote to the British Retail Consortium about the equality considerations in access to food and essentials during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Published: 22 Apr 2020
As the use of video and phone hearings has been expanded in response to COVID-19, we have published interim findings from our criminal justice inquiry.
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Published: 19 Mar 2020
Chair David Isaac wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the human rights and equality considerations in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Published: 12 Mar 2020
Find out why we have called for the suspension of the use of automated facial recognition (AFR) and predictive algorithms in policing in England and Wales, until their impact has been independently scrutinised and laws are improved.
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Published: 05 Mar 2020
The Scottish Funding Council and Equality and Human Rights Commission today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen compliance with Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in colleges and universities.
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Published: 12 Feb 2020
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care faces legal challenge for consistently failing patients with learning disabilities and autism.
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Published: 11 Feb 2020
In February this year we launched an inquiry into how schools are monitoring and recording their use of restraint, following widespread concerns about its use and the lack of data available.The Inquiry will conclude before the end of 2020 but has been temporarily put on hold while schools have been closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Published: 14 Jan 2020
In a letter to leading employers and industry groups the Equality and Human Rights Commission has reminded executives their employees must come to work knowing they will be safe and protected from discrimination, victimisation and harassment of any kind.
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Published: 19 Dec 2019
Equality and Human Rights Commission Chair David Isaac comments on the Queen's Speech.
