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Briefing paper 4: Equality groups; perceptions and experience of crime Analysis of the British Crime Survey 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10

First Published: 09 Jun 2014

This briefing uses British Crime Survey (BCS) data to understand the different equality groups expectations about being insulted and their experience of intimidation, threats, violence and crime.

Is EnglandFairer?

First Published: 25 Apr 2016

Is England Fairer? The state of equality and human rights 2016 is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report on equality and human rights progress in England based on evidence from Is Britain Fairer?, published in October 2015, and updated evidence where possible. In 2010, the Commission produced its first progress report on equality, entitled How Fair is Britain? A separate human rights progress report, the Human Rights Review, was published in 2012. Is Britain Fairer? was the Commission’s follow-up report on both equality and human rights.

Briefing paper 9: 2011 Census data analysis: residents of communal establishments

First Published: 30 May 2014

This briefing paper provides information for the Equality and Human Rights Commission's Measurement Framework and other areas of work, relating in particular to people in potentially vulnerable situations. 

Future Fair Financial Decision-Making Report

First Published: 01 Feb 2015

This report sets out the activities undertaken and the improvements made since the publication of the the Commission’s report of its Section 31 (S31) Assessment of HM Treasury’s (HMT) 2010 Spending Review (Making Fair Financial Decisions).

Good equality practice for employers: equality policies, equality training and monitoring

First Published: 01 Apr 2014

This guide explains three areas of equality good practice: equality policies, equality training and monitoring.

What equality law means for you as an employer: training, development, promotion and transfer

First Published: 01 Apr 2014

This guide tells you how you can avoid all the different types of unlawful discrimination in the workplace.

Guidance on human rights for commissioners of home care

First Published: 01 May 2013

This guide aims to help local authority elected members and staff who are involved in the commissioning and procurement of home care better understand their obligations under the Human Rights Act 1998.

Guides to the PSED in Wales

Last updated: 17 Aug 2017

Equality impact assessments

Last updated: 17 Jan 2017

The Commission has developed the materials to help those delivering public services make decisions which are fair to all.

Commission launches ambitious programme to promote equality and human rights in Britain

Published: 10 May 2016

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has today launched its Strategic Plan for 2016–19, setting out an ambitious programme to challenge discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and protect and promote human rights in Britain.

How fair is Britain? Report

First Published: 01 Oct 2010

A report reviewing society’s progress in equality, human rights and good relations in Great Britain.

Human rights and equality in the voluntary sector

First Published: 01 Dec 2010

This report is the result of a pilot project exploring how voluntary organisations that work in the equalities field are using human rights concepts, language and tools in their. work

Human Rights Framework for Adults in Detention

First Published: 01 Feb 2015

A two page framework based on human rights case law has been produced to assist organisations in meeting their obligations under the law.

Human Rights Inquiry: Call for evidence report

First Published: 11 Jun 2009

This report draws on information that was submitted to the Commission during the Call for Evidence. During this timeframe we asked anyone with an interest in human rights to contact us with their views, experiences and recommendations for positive change.

Human Rights Inquiry Executive summary

First Published: 01 Jun 2009

This report sets out the findings of a Human Rights Inquiry.

Human Rights Inquiry main report

First Published: 01 Jun 2009

Report on our research into the Human Rights Act's first ten years which makes a number of recommendations to help embed human rights in the public sector.

Human Rights Report: Fulfilling the Paris Principles

First Published: 01 Jun 2010

Having been awarded 'A' status in 2009 by the International Coordinating Committee with the Paris Principles, this publication marks the one-year anniversary of our accreditation.

Human Rights: Human Lives. A Guide to the Human Rights Act for Public Authorities

First Published: 01 May 2014

This publication aims to help officials in public authorities understand how the Human Rights Act relates to what they do and how they do it.

The Human Trafficking Inquiry - Follow On Report

First Published: 01 Feb 2013

In 2011 the Commission published a report of the formal Inquiry into Human Trafficking in Scotland. This follow-on report looks at if the trafficking landscape in Scotland has changed.

Impact of human rights culture on the public sector

First Published: 01 Jun 2009

This report draws on findings from case studies in five different organisations, which have a reputation for having made some progress embedding human rights into their work.