Disability Advisory Committee
Last updated: 13 May 2022
The Disability Advisory Committee provided advice and guidance to inform our work protecting and promoting rights and equality for disabled people.
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Advisory committees
Last updated: 7 April 2022
Find out more about our Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) and People and Workspace Committee (P&WC).
Legal action
Helping the Scottish Legal Aid Board embed equality into its work
Last updated: 22 July 2021
Guidance for businesses
Last updated: 19 February 2019
This guide tells you how you can avoid all the different types of unlawful discrimination as a business.
Exceptions in equality law that apply to businesses
Last updated: 19 February 2019
There are some exceptions to the general rules of equality law, when people’s protected characteristics may be relevant to the goods, facilities or service
Pregnancy and maternity discrimination
Last updated: 27 April 2022
Pregnancy and maternity discrimination is when you are treated unfavourably because you are pregnant, breastfeeding or you have given birth.
A history of human rights in Britain
Last updated: 9 October 2018
The national and international milestones that have shaped the concept of human rights in England, Scotland and Wales over the last 800 years.
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Equality and Human Rights Monitor
Last updated: 16 November 2023
This report provides a complete picture of people’s life chances in Great Britain today.
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Our human rights work
Last updated: 1 July 2021
In this section you can read about the work we do on human rights issues.
Monitoring and promoting UN treaties
Last updated: 14 October 2019
As a National Human Rights Institution, we monitor the UK’s compliance with the United Nations human rights treaties it has agreed to follow.