Equality and Human Rights Commission

Part of the Commission’s remit is to tackle race discrimination and promote race equality.

Quick links for Race Equality

Information about our work on race equality can be found across the website, imbedded with information about other issues.  However, the links below will take you directly to information on the site that specifically relates to race.

Advice and guidance

• Advice and Guidance under the Equality Act 2010
• Your rights - what is race discrimination and the protections from it
• Your rights - race discrimination in different settings
• Your rights - when race discrimination is lawful
• Your rights - race discrimination - how to take action
• Your rights to public services - About the Race Equality Duty( RED)
• Guidance for employers on how to tackle discrimination and promote equality 
• Business benefits of workforce diversity
• Guidance for employers on employing refugees
• Guidance for all public authorities about the Race Equality Duty (RED)
• Guidance specific to different sectors about the Race Equality Duty
• Guidance about the new Public Sector Equality Duty (which will replace the RED) 

Legal resources 

• New law: The Equality Act has streamlined discrimination law into one Act 
• Race Relations Act and the Race Questionnaire
• Codes of Practice relating to race equality legislation
• Taking race discrimination cases to tribunal

Projects and policy work about race equality

• Race Discrimination in the Construction Industry - Formal Inquiry
• Stop and Think - review of stop and search powers
• Race in Britain - 10th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence Inquiry  
• Calibrating Migration for a Global World
• Modern Multiculturalism 
• Gypsies and Travellers: simple solutions to living together 
• Tackling Hate Together (NE England) 
• Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (ICERD)
• UN Anti-Racism Conference 2009 
• Consultation response: DNA Database proposals
• Consultation response: Ethnicity Strand of the UK Household Survey
• Parliamentary Briefing: Police and Crime Bill
• Parliamentary Briefing: Borders Citizenship and Immigration Bill
• Parliamentary Briefings: Counter Terrorism Bill

General information

• News stories and our press releases about race equality:  Media Centre | Equality News (Scotland) | Equality News (Wales)
• Race issues and human rights
• 'How fair is Britain' charted progress in Britain on equality, including race equality
• Research reports about equality and discrimination issues including race
• Here for Business - making equality work for business 
• Funding from the Commission for agencies promoting race equality
• Commission publications, including those addressing race equality