ECHR: Equality Act Review
The UN Independent Expert on SOGI, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, has issued a statement following his visit to the UK and Ireland in May 2023.
Abusive rhetoric by politicians, the media and social commentators has trickled down to produce increasingly abusive and hateful speech against LGBT persons in the United Kingdom (UK), the UN independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity warned today.
The expert expressed grave concern about delays in long-promised legislation to ban practices of “conversion” of sexual orientation and gender identity. “The vicissitudes of this and other necessary public policies appear to be connected to political discourse concerning gender-diverse persons and refugees and asylum seekers, two areas in which recent State actions are cause for concern,” Madrigal-Borloz said.
Read More- https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/05/uk-keep-calm-and-respect-diversity-says-un-expert
- https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/sexualorientation/statements/eom-statement-UK-IE-SOGI-2023-05-10.pdf
Added: 11 May, 2023
Stonewall, along with 30 LGBTQ+ organisations are sending a letter to Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) outlining their concerns about the EHRC's recent actions.
The UK’s human rights watchdog, the EHRC, is a ‘failed institution’ which is recommending the UK Government change equalities law in a way that rolls back the rights of trans people. This course of action goes against the advice of its own national committees
Regain trust that the EHRC has the will to tackle key human rights issues effectively and independently: GANRHI highlighted LGBTI rights as one of several key issues where the EHRC must do more to ensure they are addressing matters in an "independent, effective, public and transparent manner", and in line with international human rights standards.
Nancy Kelley, Chief Executive of Stonewall, (she/her) said: ‘The EHRC’s recommendations over the past year are extraordinary, in that they are designed to promote the exclusion of trans people, in particular trans women, from everyday public spaces. If they were made law, the EHRC’s changes would effectively force most trans people to de-transition, a situation that would shame our nation. All of this has been done without any attempt to consult with LGBTQ+ groups, or to understand either the lived experience of trans people, or the devastating impact these divisive recommendations would have on their lives. These are not the actions of a human rights body that is fit for purpose.’
Read More- https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/ehrc-%E2%80%98actively-harming%E2%80%99-trans-people-ignoring-international-recommendations-charities
- https://www.stonewall.org.uk/sites/default/files/ganhri_letter_may_2023.pdf
Added: 9 May, 2023
The EHRC proposed changes would have a dramatic impact on trans people’s lives.
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Added: 30 Apr, 2023
An open letter by the Greens condemning the EHRC
Read More- https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/090/932/original/Green_Party_EHRC_letter.pdf
- /post/organisations/2023/green_party/equality_act_letter_to_ehrc/Green_Party_EHRC_letter.pdf
Added: 15 Apr, 2023
Trans people in the UK could face a significant rollback of rights if proposals made this week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to redefine ‘sex’ in the landmark Equality Act are adopted by the government.
Added: 13 Apr, 2023
Grey Collier details issues he sees with the EHRC's proposals to review the Equality Act.
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Added: 17 Apr, 2023
The University and College Union (UCU) has raised serious concerns about government plans to review the Equality Act and the advice given by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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Added: 18 Apr, 2023
A community collection of responses to the EHRC's proposals to review the Equality Act.
We are extremely disappointed to read the latest advice from the EHRC, which would seek to remove vital human rights protections from trans people. This advice does not change the current law as it stands. Our communities remain united in opposing any attempts to strip legal protections from trans people.
Added: 18 Apr, 2023
The EHRC is promoting transphobia by portraying the rights of one group as being in opposition to another.
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Added: 18 Apr, 2023
EHRC requesting a change in the law to curtail and remove existing trans rights.
Read More- https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-work/news/clarifying-definition-%E2%80%98sex%E2%80%99-equality-act
- /post/organisations/2023/ehrc/clarifying_the_definition_of_sex/letter-to-mfwe-definition-of-sex-in-ea-210-3-april-2023-1.pdf
Added: 16 Apr, 2023