Church of England approves women bishops
19 November 2014
On 17 November 2014, the General Synod of the Church of England enacted the measure enabling women to be ordained as Bishops in the Church of England.
On 17 November 2014, the General Synod of the Church of England enacted the measure enabling women to be ordained as Bishops in the Church of England.
In November 2014, Tell MAMA published an Infographic Showing the Peaks and Troughs on Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes.
‘Antisemitism – Summary overview of the situation in the EU 2003-2013’ was published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in October 2013.
The interim report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief was published in October 2014.
Case No: C1/2013/0993 & (A) Date 27 January 2014 Link to judgment http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/34.html Discrimination grounds Religion or Belief, Sexual orientation Summary of case The Claimant,
Published in May 2014, the ADL Global 100 Index of Anti-Semitism shows that anti-Semitic attitudes are persistent and pervasive around the world.
Case No: CO/8235/2013 Date 7 February 2014 Link to judgment http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2014/218.html Discrimination grounds Age, disability, religion or belief, race and sex. Summary of case This
In February 2014, Demos published a report on ‘Anti-social Media’.
In October 2013, the Equality and Human Rights Commission published ‘Shared Understandings: a new EHRC strategy to strengthen understanding of religion or belief in public life’.
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.