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Joint submission on the discriminatory denial of peaceful protest in the UK
London, 5 August 2021

The Equal Rights Trust and Black Protest Legal Support have jointly submitted evidence to the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for his upcoming report on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests during crisis situations.

We use our submission to present selected evidence related to the discriminatory denial of the right to peaceful assembly in the context of the UK government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including patterns of:

New Equal Rights Trust – Transparency International study on the links between discrimination and corruption
London, 6 July 2021

 

Transparency International, illustrations courtesy of Andrea Fonseca

 

BLAM and ERT launch Olive Morris Fellowship
London , 28 April 2021
BLAM and ERT launch the Olive Morris Fellowship to support a legal researcher to investigate the link between the gaps in the National Curriculum and patterns of racial prejudice and discriminatin in the UK. The Fellowship is part of our new initiative working in partnership to implement the UK's equality law obligations to adopt measures in its educational system to combat prejudices which lead to racial discrimination.
Invitation to bid: Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
London, 22 February 2021

Equal Rights Trust launches Impact Assessment mini-grants in nine countries
London, 27 January 2021

Supporting the Adoption of Comprehensive Equality Laws - Invitation to Bid
London, 12 October 2020
The Equal Rights Trust has recently launched a new initiative to support groups and organisations in Commonwealth of Nations member countries working to advocate for the adoption of comprehensive equality laws. As part of this initiative, we are inviting bids from organisations interested in receiving financial, technical and strategic support for the development of advocacy strategies to secure the adoption of comprehensive equality laws in their country. We are grateful to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for providing the funding to support this project.
Equal Rights Trust publishes our #NoCOVIDiscrimination Training Manual
London, 30 September 2020

Equal Rights Trust launches Bob Hepple Equality Law Fellowship
London, 28 September 2020

The Equal Rights Trust is pleased to launch the Bob Hepple Equality Law Fellowship to support individuals interested in increasing their knowledge and experience in the field of equality law. The Fellowship is launched in memory of the late Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC, c

#NoCOVIDiscrimination Initiative Grant Scheme launched
London, 30 July 2020

We are pleased to launch a call for applications for the #NoCOVIDiscrimination Initiative Grant Scheme.

Sign up for #NoCOVIDiscrimination webinars in English and Spanish
London, 24 July 2020

Following the success of our online training on identifying, documenting and challenging discriminatory responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are holding three more webinars in English and Spanish. We previously held the training in English and Russian. 

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