Leading equality and human rights barristers from Cloisters chambers give a monthly practical insight into key legal developments.
The Joint Committee for Human Rights released a call for evidence for Priority Bills in 2016-17 in June 2016.
The Joint Committee for Human Rights launched an enquiry into human rights and business in June 2016. The enquiry is accepting written submissions. The deadline was Friday 8 July 2016.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Disability released a call for evidence in June 2016. The Group invites written submissions to inform its inquiry into the disability employment gap. The deadline for submissions was Monday 4 July 2016.
The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has set out the five priority actions that it considers the Northern Ireland Executive needs to take to promote racial equality in Northern Ireland.
Scotland’s Prosecution Service published a report on hate crime in Scotland from 2015-16 on 10 June 2016. The report brings together figures on crime motivated by prejudice.
In June 2016, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published its ‘Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’.
The Cabinet Office launched a consultation into developing common measures for employers on the socioeconomic backgrounds of their workforce and applicants in June 2016. The deadline for comments passed on 24 June 2016.
The Resolution Foundation published a report on disabled people and employment in June 2016. The report says that disabled people who have had more than a year out from the workforce are treated twice as harshly as their non-disabled counterparts.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) published a report on employment of disabled people in June 2016. Its analysis claims the government is “years behind schedule” in delivering its manifesto commitment to halve the employment gap between disabled and non-disabled people by 2020.
