EDF Human Rights Learning Exchange
16 January 2012
In December 2011, the Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) published the report of a seminar held in July 2011 as part of the EDF’s Human Rights Learning Exchange.
In December 2011, the Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) published the report of a seminar held in July 2011 as part of the EDF’s Human Rights Learning Exchange.
On 19 December 2011, the Joint Committee on Human Rights published its legislative scrutiny Report on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
On 13 December 2011, the Chair of the EHRC, gave evidence on human rights in the UK to Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights.
In 2011, the Council of Europe published ‘Human rights in Europe: no grounds for complacency. Viewpoints by Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights’.
Podcasts are available of the Law Society symposium entitled ‘Realising Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the UK’ that was held on 21 and 22 October 2011.
In 2011, BEMIS published a report on ‘Human Rights Education: Theory and practices’.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published its legislative scrutiny Report on the Welfare Reform Bill on 12 December 2011 .
‘Equality and Human Rights Commissions in the UK and Ireland: Challenges and Opportunities Compared’ by Colin Harvey and Sarah Spencer was published in November 2011.
This TUC toolkit shows how to carry out a human rights and equality impact assessment of the spending cuts on women.
In October 2011, the Equality and Diversity Forum published a briefing on human rights and the Commission on a Bill of Rights.