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#UniversalPeriodicReview #UN
UK-Great Britain: EHRC webinar on Universal Periodic Review process
25 November: The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will host a webinar to highlight ways in which organisations can engage with the Universal Periodic Review. With speakers from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, UPR Info and the British Institute of Human Rights, the webinar will equip participants with greater knowledge of the UPR’s purpose and importance in monitoring and promoting human rights protections.
#AfroCensus
Germany: Discrimination Experiences, Perspectives and Engagement of Black People
30 November: Join Each One Teach One, Citizens For Europe and the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency to hear the results of the #Afrozensus, the first comprehensive study that deals with the realities of life, perspectives and experiences of discrimination of black, African and Afro-diasporic people in Germany. Register here by 25 November!
#EqualityBlog #CaseLaw #Report
Czech Republic: Anti-Discrimination Case Law Report
In the latest Equality Blog post, Eva Kočí Svobodová, a lawyer at the Public Defender of Rights (Czech Republic) discusses her office’s research to map anti-discrimination case law of courts in civil proceedings in the period from 2015 to 2019. The objective of the Defender’s research was to provide a complete picture of the courts’ decision-making in lawsuits in civil proceedings concerning claims of unequal treatment. Check out the blog post for a link to the complete report.
#Monitoring #Report
Czech Republic: Monitoring Equal Treatment, Expanding Mandate
With the possibility of expanding their mandate to become an NHRI, the Czech Republic’s Public Defender of Rights has taken on some activites normally assigned to NHRIs. As part of these efforts, the Public Defender’s office will be monitoring the implementation of the right to equal treatment and compliance with the prohibition of discriminatiom in selected areas, with a yearly report covering the previous year and recent developments. The first report of the series has just been published focused on Roma education, equal pay for women and men, and procedural issues.
#Covid-19
Belgium: Covid putting Human Rights under pressure
Unia has released a new report on the impact of the health crisis, which focuses on issues relating to wearing the mask and the vaccination strategy, questions about the proportionality of measures to combat the pandemic, the resulting polarisation of society in Belgium, as well as recommendations to decision makers on managing the health crisis in accordance with Human Rights. Read the report on the Unia website in French and Dutch.
#GenderEquality
How to build a case on equal pay in French and Dutch!
Our 2016 handbook “How to build a case on equal pay” has just been translated into French and Dutch. Thanks to The Institute for the Equality of Women and Men for translations. You can now access the new versions of the handbook in our publications page.
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