Leading equality and human rights barristers from Cloisters chambers give a monthly practical insight into key legal developments.
Fair Play South West co-hosted a meeting in Taunton (along with Unison and South West TUC) in May 2016, entitled ‘What has membership of the EU done for women?’
The possible costs of Brexit include further austerity and inequality. In turn, austerity has been linked with discrimination against women, equality-stagnation, and violations of children’s
The Scottish Human Rights Commission published a paper in June 2016 by Dr Tobias Lock on ‘The Human Rights Implications of the European Union (EU) Referendum’. The Commission has also published a statement introducing and accompanying the paper.
On 31 May 2016, the European Commission together with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube unveiled a code of conduct that includes a series of commitments to combat the spread of illegal hate speech online in Europe.
Equinet – the European Network of Equality Bodies – published a working paper on developing standards for equality bodies in June 2016.
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) produced a report ‘Forgotten Women’ on the impact of Islamophobia on Muslim women in June 2016.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published its 2015 annual report in May 2016.
A paper on ‘UK Disabled People and their Families – Stronger and Safer inside the EU’ argues that the lives of UK disabled people and their families have been improved through membership of the EU.
Little or no consideration has been given to the gendered impact of “mainstream” EU policies. Roberta Guerrina discusses the gender dimension of the Brexit debate
