The Equality Commission is to seek a declaration from the Northern Ireland High Court to address "uncertainties" over how to apply the UK Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. In ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex earlier this year has “significant legal uncertainties” for Northern Ireland, the Equality Commission has said. A paper released by the Commission today ...

A controversial legacy body set up by the British government has failed to provide equality monitoring information despite being told 17 months ago it would be required to do so. An internal report ...

Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, says its updated code of practice will balance the rights of service users and protect all from discrimination I can reassure ...

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The South Eastern Health Trust breached its own equality scheme commitments regarding its decision to use gender neutral language in an information leaflet for patients undergoing radiology screening, ...