Ministerial statement on caste discrimination
19 March 2013
On 1 March 2013 the Government announced it has no current plans to add caste to the definition of race in the Equality Act 2010.
On 1 March 2013 the Government announced it has no current plans to add caste to the definition of race in the Equality Act 2010.
On 28 February 2013, the Mental Health (Discrimination) Act 2013 became law.
On 13 March 2013, the EHRC intervened in a Judicial Review at the High Court into the abolition of the Independent Living Fund, a move which affects 20,000 disabled people.
In March 2013 the Department for Business, Skills and Innovation (BIS) published the results of the ‘Employer Perceptions and Impact of Employment Regulation’ study.
In December 2012, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief published a report focusing on the need to respect and protect freedom of religion or belief of persons belonging to religious minorities.