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The Equality & Human Rights Commission in Scotland warmly welcomes the passing of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament. This important legislation comes after the Commission’s groundbreaking 2010 inquiry in ...

The Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has today published research on how local authorities have successfully developed and maintained Gypsy and Traveller sites in Scotland. The research was commissioned in direct response to claims from some ...

This case, supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, establishes that vulnerable workers who have been brought illegally to the UK should not be barred from bringing claims of discrimination against their employers because they do not have a ...

30 April 2014 Commenting in response to the Government’s announcement of its package of reforms for police use of stop and search powers, Mark Hammond, CEO of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said: “The Commission has for some time been working su ...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland will today launch an in-depth Inquiry into human trafficking in Scotland with a particular focus on commercial sexual exploitation. The Inquiry, to be led by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, will seek to identi ...