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Legal Terms - The Equality Act 2006
created the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a non-departmental public organization. Although it is independent of the government, it is responsible for its public monies. The Commission assumes responsibility for equality in the areas of age, sexual orientation, and religion or belief, combining the work of three former independent bodies: the Disability Rights Commission, the Equal Opportunities Commission, and the Commission for Racial Equality. In addition to protecting, enforcing, and promoting equality across the nine "protected characteristics"—age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships, sexual orientation, and gender reassignment—the Commission's mandate includes monitoring and advancing human rights. Investigations into general equality issues (such as sex discrimination in the financial sector) and evaluations of public bodies' adherence to the public sector equality responsibility are among its enforcement capabilities. In fact, the EHRC is authorized by the Equality Act 2006 to initiate judicial review procedures against public bodies in accordance with the *Human Rights Act. Because the EHRC does not need that one be an alleged *victim of a human rights violation in order to take action, this is an especially potent instrument.
created the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a non-departmental public organization. Although it is independent of the government, it is responsible for its public monies. The Commission assumes responsibility for equality in the areas of age, sexual orientation, and religion or belief, combining the work of three former independent bodies: the Disability Rights Commission, the Equal Opportunities Commission, and the Commission for Racial Equality. In addition to protecting, enforcing, and promoting equality across the nine "protected characteristics"—age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships, sexual orientation, and gender reassignment—the Commission's mandate includes monitoring and advancing human rights. Investigations into general equality issues (such as sex discrimination in the financial sector) and evaluations of public bodies' adherence to the public sector equality responsibility are among its enforcement capabilities. In fact, the EHRC is authorized by the Equality Act 2006 to initiate judicial review procedures against public bodies in accordance with the *Human Rights Act. Because the EHRC does not need that one be an alleged *victim of a human rights violation in order to take action, this is an especially potent instrument.
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