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22 Nov Foreign affairs

The UK must sanction Chinese officials guilty of human rights abuses

We currently live at a time when democracy is under threat in various geopolitical arenas across the globe.

16 Nov Culture

Fifa must be held accountable and compensate migrant workers suffering abuses in Qatar

When the Fifa World Cup kicks off in Qatar on 20 November, it will be one of the darkest days in the history of this amazing sport.

11 Nov Foreign affairs

Human rights abuses are plaguing Sri Lanka – the UK must step up and introduce sanctions

Thirteen years ago, a civil war on the island of Sri Lanka came to a bloody culmination. During the final months of the conflict, over a hundred thousand civilians suffered horrific human rights abuses and war crimes at the hands of the Sri Lankan government military.

09 Nov Foreign affairs

Leaders must step up solidarity for the Iranian people in their quest for ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’

Zhina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of the Islamic Republic’s morality police has sparked an unprecedented female-led movement embodied in the slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom”.

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14 Oct Home affairs

Equality and Human Rights Commission re-accredited as ‘A status’ organisation

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been re-accredited as an ‘A status’ National Human Rights Institution (NHRI).

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01 Sep Home affairs

Equality watchdog takes action to address discrimination in use of artificial intelligence

The use of artificial intelligence by public bodies is to be monitored by Britain’s equality regulator for the first time to ensure technologies are not discriminating against people.

29 Aug Foreign affairs

Britain’s next prime minister must stand with Hong Kong

There’s something missing. The Conservative leadership contest has understandably been dominated by the candidates’ plans for addressing the cost-of-living crisis. Yet, whatever the merits of the two candidates’ approaches on this and other challenges, there’s an issue that deserves much more attention.

23 Aug History

We must not forget the horrors of the slave trade and those still subject to modern day slavery

What started with a campaign to end the slave trade, has evolved into a global movement still fighting for freedoms.

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06 Jul Home affairs

Costco and Swissport yet to report gender pay gap data

One-stop shopping giant Costco and aviation business Swissport are among 28 organisations that are yet to comply with their legal obligation and report their gender pay gap data for 2021–22, following the 30 March and 4 April deadlines.

16 Jun Home affairs

The Rwanda scheme is wrong – the British courts should strike it down completely

The government’s plan to dump asylum seekers in Rwanda is teetering on the edge of collapse.

15 Jun Brexit

The government’s threat to leave the ECHR to fulfil its Rwanda policy risks breaking the Good Friday Agreement

What a difference a day makes. In less than 24 hours Boris Johnson has gone from pretending to be a defender of the Good Friday Agreement, to threatening to remove the legal underpinnings of peace in Northern Ireland altogether.

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09 Jun Home affairs

Report finds evidence of inequality in treatment of ethnic minority ‘Covid heroes’ working in health and social care

Lower-paid health and social care workers, who played a pivotal front-line role during the Covid-19 pandemic, experienced bullying, racism and harassment at work according to their evidence to an inquiry conducted by Britain’s equality regulator, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

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26 May Home affairs

Pontins investigated over fears of racial discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers

Britain’s equality regulator has launched a formal investigation into Pontins holiday parks due to continued concerns about discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers.

17 May Home affairs

We’re in danger of losing our democracy

Last week, a young woman was arrested at her flat the day after stewarding a peaceful protest against the policies of our government.

13 May Social affairs

Will replacing the Human Rights Act make it harder to access justice?

The government is running a consultation on its proposals to revise the Human Rights Act and replace it with a Bill of Rights. Chaminda Jayanetti argues the plans do not take into account just how hard it is to access justice across the UK

05 May Health

Moves to overturn Roe v Wade shows women’s rights must never be taken for granted

Once over my disbelief, then anger, at reports indicating the United States Supreme Court is on the cusp of removing women’s right to access safe, legal abortion, I drew three lessons from the move.

04 May Home affairs

Is citizenship a right or a privilege?

Stripping someone of their British citizenship is contentious, so a new clause allowing the government to revoke it without notice has reinvigorated the debate on how the Home Office views citizenship. Analysis by Laura Hutchinson of Dods Political Intelligence

26 Apr Foreign affairs

The UK is a long way off from a truly worker-centred approach to trade

Today marks the final day of the trade summit in Aberdeen, where the UK and US government are.

13 Apr Health

Countries with punitive laws criminalising LGBT+ people threatens the fight to end new HIV infections by 2030

Thanks to advances in medicine over the past 40 years, there is no reason why people living with HIV should live shorter lives than someone without HIV.

17 Mar Economy

The strength of sanctions against Russia makes the case for imposing them on the brutal Hong Kong leadership

Over the last few weeks, the world has watched in horror as Russian armies marched on Ukraine.

22 Feb Foreign affairs

Now more than ever we must take action to uphold the human rights of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong

Earlier this month, I joined forces with Christian leaders from around the world to call for a Chinese New Year amnesty for Jimmy Lai and other activists remanded in custody under the National Security Law.

19 Feb Foreign affairs

Sanction Stations: Battling Back Against Chinese Oppression

Far from being cowed, those subject to retaliatory sanctions by China remain determined to shine a light on violations against the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and hold China to account.

16 Feb Foreign affairs

We must not restart trade talks with China

The government would be wrong to re-start trade talks with China. We cannot offer tough rhetoric on the importance of defending human rights while also cosying up to a country that commits genocide against its own people.

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01 Feb Home affairs

Institutional abuse and neglect: time for policy and regulatory reform?

Attention to the abuse and neglect of people in institutional settings is at the forefront of existing and proposed policy agendas. Investigations, reviews and calls for action feature in the workload of the Joint Committee on Human Rights; the Health and Social Care Select Committee; the Equality and Human Rights Committee and the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Most recently, the failure of existing regulatory, corporate and legislatives regimes to safeguard people with learning disabilities and autism against poor inpatient care resulted in the development of the National Safe and Wellbeing Programme by the NHS Executive in 2021. That policy initiative acknowledged that “current quality oversight processes are not always robust enough to identify poor standards of care particularly in relation to people’s physical wellbeing and quality of life.” In this blog, Kirsty Keywood and Margaret Flynn use their experience of undertaking and contributing to a number of Safeguarding Adult Revie