On 12 November 2012, the British Academy Policy Centre, EDF and the EDF Research Network held a seminar about recent human rights developments in the UK.
On 14 November 2012, the European Commission proposed EU legislation to accelerate progress towards a better gender balance on the corporate boards of European companies.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) website contains a section setting out the Commission’s approach to the public sector equality duty in Wales.
In November 2012, Parliament’s human rights committee published its report on the Justice and Security Bill, saying that the Government has still not shown the necessity of extending use of secret evidence and calling for more safeguards.
A letter from Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, about reform of the Equality and Human Rights Commission was published in the Guardian on 9 November 2012.
This joint IPPR North and Carnegie UK Trust report explores how to put wellbeing measures into policy practice here in the UK
On 7 April 2011, the Government launched the Red Tape Challenge on a website ‘challenging the public to help us cut unnecessary regulations’.
On 22 October 2012, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published ‘Out in the open: A manifesto for change’, a follow-up to its 2011 inquiry into disability-related harassment.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance’s General Policy Recommendation no. 14 on combating racism and racial discrimination in employment was issued in September 2012.
Published in October 2012, this topic report in the Scottish Health Survey series providing breakdowns of key health behaviours and outcomes by gender, age, ethnic group, religion, disability and sexual orientation.
