Human Rights Watch World Report 2012
15 February 2012
The Human Rights Watch World Report, published in January 2012, found worrying trends on human rights in the European Union region.
The Human Rights Watch World Report, published in January 2012, found worrying trends on human rights in the European Union region.
Published in December 2011, the OECD report ‘Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising’ shows rising inequality in OECD countries, with the fastest rise in the UK.
The Elderly Rights Source Database is an on-line resource brings together a comprehensive collection of laws and policy instruments relating to the human rights of older people.
Published in 2011, the first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability.
In October 2011, the United Nations launched the ‘Let’s Fight Racism’ campaign and website.
In September 2011, the Equality and Human Rights Commission responded to the OSCE/ODIHR survey on ‘Women’s Rights, Gender Equality and National Human Rights Institutions’.
In September 2011, Kaleidoscope – a new international LGBT campaign group – was launched in parliament by Speaker John Bercow, the group’s honorary president.
On 1 September 2011, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published its response to the UK government’s 18th and 19th periodic reports.
In August 2011, the EHRC published a briefing document on its activities to promote, protect and monitor the implementation of the Convention in the UK.
Runnymede and other race equality organisations submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) ahead of its examination of the UK Government in August 2011.