The UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was created by the Equality Act 2006 and came into being in April 2006. The EHRC replaced three separate organisations: the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission. From 1 October 2007 the EHRC took over the work previously carried out by those three organisations.
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The EHRC is a “Non Departmental Public Body” and reports to the Government Equalities Office, the UK government department with responsibility for equality, which also opened in October 2007.
Difficulties Faced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
The EHRC has not had an easy start in life and has been at the centre of a number of controversies. It has seen several high-level resignations and concerns have been voiced over payments made to consultants who had previously been employees of one of the organisations which it replaced. It is now believed that the EHRC was not fully ready to take over the work of the three previous commissions when it opened on 1st October 2007.
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The purpose of the EHRC is to bring responsibility for all different types of discrimination under one roof. It was felt that this would make it easier for individuals, businesses and other organisations to get information, advice and help about their rights and responsibilities under human rights and equality law. As well as helping people protect themselves against discrimination or breaches of their human rights the EHRC also works to actively promote equality. The EHRC has responsibility for discrimination or inequality relating to the following areas:
- Age;
- Disability;
- Gender, sexual orientation or gender reassignment;
- Race; and
- Religion and belief.
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What Can the Equality and Human Rights Commission do to Help?
The EHRC can help promote equality and protect human rights in a number of ways. Three of the EHRC’s main functions are described below.
Firstly, the EHRC can provide information to individuals so that they know what their rights are. The EHRC also provides information to organisations such as businesses, schools and public authorities to ensure that they know about their responsibilities under equality law. For example, an employer may contact the EHRC to get information so that he can ensure that he is treating his employees fairly and in accordance with the law.
Secondly, if an individual’s rights have been breached, the EHRC may be able to provide specific legal advice and even take cases to court – particularly if they feel that the case may involve a new or untested area of law. In most cases it is likely that the EHRC may not be able to provide specific legal advice. However, help from the EHRC is also available from their website or via their helpline. In addition, the EHRC provides funding to other organisations which can provide help and advice in relation to discrimination, human rights and equality.
Thirdly, the EHRC aims to influence government policy on equality and discrimination, and to help shape new equality laws. The EHRC intends to ensure that equality and human rights remain a priority for the government. The EHRC will monitor the government’s behaviour to ensure that it lives up to its promise to create a fair and equal society.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission as Legal Enforcer
As well as being able to help individuals with equality cases, the EHRC also has powers to force organisations to fulfil their equality responsibilities. If the EHRC suspects that an organisation or public authority is not fulfilling its equality functions it may carry out an inquiry or investigation.
The EHRC can only help with a human rights legal case if it involves equality issues. However, it may be able to hold an inquiry or bring judicial review proceedings if there has been a breach of the requirements set out in the Human Rights Act. The EHRC can also get involved with pre-existent court proceedings, as a third party, to ensure that human rights laws are being observed.
Immigration is one of the hottest political issues we have to deal with in the year 2019/2020 in the UK. Are you for it or against it? And to clarify it more, just deal with illegal immigration? Illegal immigration is the real problem? My new deliberate and slower pace has created a higher quality in my experiences. The quality of our life is directly proportional to the quality of our thoughts. It's not the number, but the quality of shares that creates wealth. Again, it’s never the number, but the quality of each day that creates a worthwhile life. Never seek a long life. It’s just numbers. Rather, seek a worthwhile day!
In an actual appeal of a decision by the immigration and asylum tribunal, before a judge or jury, the standard of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt. In the grand jury proceeding, no one on the defense side is present to hold the prosecutor’s feet to the fire. And, because of the absence of defense arguments, grand juries almost always return an indictment. When prosecutors bring cases to grand juries, they are looking for a rubber stamp. The Home Office administrative processing waiting time is unfair, even an email letter for the Home Office to respond they will say, we aim to provide a response within 20 working days. and the system is built to refuse asylum-seekers and refugees to score their political goals.
In the first place, the government should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an British and assimilates him or herself to the British citizens, he or she shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man or woman because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an British, and nothing but an British. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man or woman who says he or she is an British, but something else also, isn't an British at all. We have room for but one flag, the British flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the British people and the country.
The immigration laws that were in force until 1965 were a continuation of earlier laws written to maintain a white majority. However, after passage of the Civil Rights Ac
I then saw number of city police who were some fairer than others but by the book i thought i knew.
After this i was suffering allready from severe mental health but this echasibated things dramatically and i was diagnosed ptsd. Personality disorder antisocial 2010 in 08 boarderline. I have also hietus hernia and ulceration of my stomach. Anxiety and depression. I had alot of support but no address and due my mental state this was unfortunate a wasted effort i fled blindly to Paisley where i suffered mental torture and took a swap to rural kelso and this was fine to start with but the isolation was reassuring but same time Exacerbated a long going issue. Social isolation. as i like goid company.
However yhe lack of social environment and family living very diffrent life's. I am easy target for police as personality disorder mskes me narcissistic and yet i know they try be nice but they out to get Me i still aim please and i know they have a job to do. I not runing guns a just rather smoke a bit of weed than lots of Psychoactive medications. I grew it and since 16 i have only saw one door put in and 2x warrants executed on me for drug searches in relation to the supply of various substances. Needsless to say i lived and learned i went university and due to here say and bad luck austerity bit my family. By this time all the real bad life was gone i was in nice flat had mental health issues but my troubles with police were gone. I had bern self sufficient supplying just enough to het me a smoke a day and take minimal medications to get through a day. 2013 fated is all can say i was attacked and robbed in mu flat i was unnecessary badly beaten and left for dead. But i got mydrlf back together made a number of bad moves the first was to leave Edinburgh council area i had the correct support in place amd simply needed a safe rehousing but i was still living on adrenaline and took a move to central Paisley where my head was more damaged by decet and then kelso where for 12 of 18 months i stayed with out incident. O hardly new my neibourghs and most were very nice to me.
Then i care for my grandad for the 12xmonths basicly returning one day pet week and weekends. Routine much the same and there is only one local girl whom i left a key. After i find i am on the housing list for swap i find out while i am away getting car repairs that my door has been put in. And the police where in out in under 30 minutes for cultivation warrant. Then roumour mill saying heroin bust. This is first forced entry but my second strange indicendent. I was stopped in my old car match 14 of the 12day and despite a routine search. Where usually i would be realised within 20minutes i was detained and due to austerity justice plead guilty to said 10pou
This has to be a first, when YOU are the actual abusers of individuals asking for your help.
Talk about hypocrites!!
My son lives in a house flat and has done for 14 years without problem. Three months ago the council moved in a girl from Ghana in the upstairs flat. At first things were ok, he even took steps upstairs and screwdriver to help her put her curtains up and everything was fine. However she started bringing her friends home late at night or in the early hours and they would bang around, putting music on, loud tv, laughing and shouting; so that it was impossible to sleep. He tried speaking to her, but she just laughed at him. He suffers with chronic anxiety and her and her friends ganged together after he lost his temper (no violence) and phoned the police, saying he threatened her and that she was afraid. This went on again, and then her friends started to threaten him, saying they were going to kill him and his dog and was going to get the yardies to see to him proper. The upshot of all this is that he has been charged with racial harassment and ordinary harassment, none of which he is guilty of, it is the other way around. He phoned the police 3 times on 999 and myself as well, but they have taken her part, it seems that racist opinion only works if it is against black people, but they have prejudice to him, calling him white trash, white scum. I think they want him out of his flat so that more of her friends can move in. All the police say is that he will have his day in court, but that is too late because now he has been charged, and nothing against her. Can anyone advise me or help me in this.
There was incident where someone was detained under s2mha 1983 based on the lies of a police officer and drug dealers and takers, whom had a relative as social worker assistant manager they all ganged up. This was to protect a fraudsters claiming benefits claiming benefit , the council forced monies out of this person from income support. When they questioned it they were banged up and drugged up to shut them up.
Now this person has suffered refused reassessment like everyone else, no right to appeal and now the manager is trying to get the person to sign a ESA 50 she completed when the person is of poor sight, using that as an excuse to have them detained again. The person came to me for advice, as to what to do Frightened of being locked up in a hospital and the losing their home. The woman at dwp was implying the house was too big, a home would be good, but it is surely a persons right to live in familiar surroundings. The person only now had dla being paid until that is stopped in the same way.we call ourselves a civilised society and people are bullied and treated in this way to cover up council and police. A police woman stated that the person was detained before under the act in Wales but when we found out years later this turned out to be a lie everyone covers this up. No apology , no compensation, just no income and debts.
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