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21 Jul Home affairs

Britain’s rights watchdog is concerned about the potential for our human rights protections to be weakened by legislation currently going through Parliament.

16 Jul Social affairs

MP Calls For End To "Toxic Debates" On LGBT Rights Ten Years After Same-Sex Marriage Legalised

Conservative MP Mike Freer has said "heated, toxic debates" over LGBT rights must end, ten years after he fought for his own right to marry his husband with the legalisation of same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

13 Jun Foreign affairs

Collaboration with Europe is vital to strengthen human rights and the rule of law

The Prime Minister recently attended the Reykjavik Summit, marking only the fourth time the Council of Europe has organised such a meeting since its establishment in 1949.

05 Jun Social affairs

We must come together to make the UK a world leader on LGBT+ rights once more

Every June, countries around the world celebrate Pride Month. We honour those who fought and indeed continue to fight to end anti-LGBT+ discrimination and oppression, as well as celebrating the value and power of human diversity.

10 May Defence

The UK must strengthen its resilience to stand up to threats from autocratic states

His Majesty has ascended the throne in an increasingly volatile period. Threats from autocratic states will dominate the coming decades; with Russia’s savage and illegal war in Ukraine, volatility in the Western Balkans and within allied nations, and China threatening our freedoms, security and prosperity.

10 May Home affairs

The UK’s new asylum plans risk repeating the horrors at Moria refugee camp

“This refugee camp is the end of our dignity.” “Here in Moria, we are like fawns at the mercy of a lion.” These were the words of refugees and residents of Moria refugee camp in Lesvos, Greece.

25 Apr Foreign affairs

Forging closer ties with China is naïve

“Enough is enough. For too long, politicians in Britain and across the West have rolled out the red carpet and turned a blind eye to China's nefarious activity and ambitions…I will change this on day one as prime minister.”

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04 Apr Communities

Clarifying the definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act

On 21 February 2023, the Minister for Women and Equalities asked for our advice on the definition of the protected characteristic of sex in the Equality Act 2010.

14 Mar Home affairs

Illegal Migrants Bill is unethical and unworkable

The Prime Minister’s recent meeting with President Emmanuel Macron represented a welcome thawing of relations between the United Kingdom and France.

22 Feb Culture

When human rights conflict, we must find an approach that centres the rights of all

In the rush to enshrine gender identity ideology in law, equality law and human rights risk being forgotten

22 Feb Culture

History has taught us that our hard-won rights can be easily eroded – an attack on one is an attack on all

History is a powerful teacher that returns again and again until we learn the lessons.

01 Feb Health

Two years on from the military coup, we must step up support for Myanmar’s persecuted health workers

Today marks the second anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. Over the past 730 days, the citizens of Myanmar have faced increasing brutality at the hands of the junta.

22 Jan Foreign affairs

We must continue to impose sanctions on Iran for shamelessly bartering in human lives

It has been almost five months since Mahsa Amini was murdered by Iran’s morality police for her alleged noncompliance with the country’s repressive dress code.

04 Jan Home affairs

Protecting the right to strike has never been so important

“The trade unions are a long-established and essential part of our national life...we take our stand by these pillars of our British society as it has gradually developed and evolved itself, of the right of individual labouring men to adjust their wages and conditions by collective bargaining, including the right to strike...”

11 Dec 2022 Foreign affairs

We owe it to the brave women of Iran to stand up against the regime’s brutality

In 2016, a desperate sounding man called my office asking for help as his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, had been unlawfully detained in Iran while visiting her family.

Equality and human rights watchdog: human rights are not up for debate

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09 Dec 2022 Communities

Equality and human rights watchdog: human rights are not up for debate

As we mark Human Rights Day 2022, Chairwoman of the EHRC, Baroness Kishwer Falkner, writes that more should be done to ensure they remain protected today and for future generations.

22 Nov 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 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.