In 2011, the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute at London Metropolitan University held a series of public seminars on ‘Human rights and social justice in an age of austerity’.
TAEN has collaborated with the AARP, the largest US membership organisation for people aged 50+, to produce a UK version of their Workforce Assessment Tool.
A briefing by the LSE’s Human Rights Futures Project explores the role of the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights in phone hacking convictions.
On 11 July 2011, the EHRC announced its application to intervene at the European Court of Human Rights in four cases involving religious discrimination in the workplace.
The Office for Budget Responsibility’s ‘Fiscal sustainability report’ suggests that an ageing population will put pressure on public finances in the long-term.
‘Combating discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. Council of Europe standards’ was published by the Council of Europe in 2011.
A report by UN Women shows that in many countries of the world, the rule of law still rules women out.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission website provides details of the UN conventions that EHRC is responsible for monitoring and a ‘UN treaty monitoring scorecard’.
On 14 July, the Law Commission published its report with recommendations on ‘Public Services Ombudsmen’.
In July 2011, the Equality and Diversity Forum produced an update on the Legal Aid Bill written by Gay Moon, EDF’s Special Legal Advisor.
