EU legal instrument for Roma inclusion adopted
18 December 2013
On 9 December 2013, all 28 EU countries committed to implementing a set of recommendations to step up the economic and social integration of Roma communities.
On 9 December 2013, all 28 EU countries committed to implementing a set of recommendations to step up the economic and social integration of Roma communities.
In December 2013, the Scottish government published a strategy for the support and integration of refugees and asylum-seekers.
In December 2013, the Scottish Government published ‘Public Sector Equality Duty Implementation of Scottish Specific Duties: Views from public authorities’.
In December 2013, the Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) responded to the consultation on alternatives to the Census.
The closing date for submissions to the JCHR Inquiry into the implications for access to justice of proposed judicial review reforms was 27 November 2013. EDF responded to the Inquiry’s call for evidence.
In November 2013, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights published an Issue Paper on ‘Safeguarding human rights in times of economic crisis’.
On international human rights day, Yakin Ertürk discussed the new vulnerabilities faced by women and the new opportunities for remedy offered by the international human rights system.
Published in December 2013, ‘Reforming Public Appointments’ says that equality policies set up under the last government are failing to promote people from working class communities to public office.
On UN Human Rights Day 2013, Stonewall launched a guide for equality activists worldwide on how to engage with the UK Government.
The Freedom of Thought Report is an annual survey on discrimination and persecution against non-religious people in countries around the world published by the International Humanist and Ethical Union.