Equal Rights Trust

On 6 December, we and United Nations Human Rights are launching the Practical Guide to Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation, the first definitive guidance from the United Nations on the laws States must enact to meet their obligations to prohibit discrimination + advance equality.

The Guide is the product of a 3 year collaborative research project, steered by our expert advisory committee Gay McDougall, Vitit Muntabhorn, Catalina Devandas, Nazila Ghanea, Nahla Haidar, Imrana Jalal, Sandra Fredman, Tarunabh Khaitan, Mumbi Ngugi, Niall Crowley and Margarita Ilieva.

We are grateful to Minority Rights Group International, Disability Rights International, Equality Now, ILGA World, HelpAge International, ARTICLE 19, Oxford Human Rights Hub, Equinet - the European Network of Equality Bodies and many, many others for providing input, comment and advice during the development of the Guide.

The Guide will be launched by:

- United Nations Assistant Secretary General Ilse Brands Kehris
- UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea
- and our Director, Jim Fitzgerald

at UPEACE and online, at 12.00 Costa Rica time (18.00 UTC), 6 December.

And at 15.00 Costa Rica time we’re hosting a Colloquium with expert speakers including:

- Catalina Devandas (former UN SR on the rights of persons with disabilities) of Disability Rights Fund,
- Maria Rachid of Federación Argentina LGBT (FALGBT) and
- Rosa Celorio of The George Washington University Law School

… to discuss the Guide and the need for equality law reform.

Please register below and join us!

📣 Happening today: Join us for a HelpAge International webinar to launch their new report, researched and written by the Equal Rights Trust: ‘Advancing for ’

📌 Today, 8 June at 13:00 UTC / 14:00 London

Register at: bit.ly/38VBNZc

This week marks the , where partners from around the world meet to fight for justice.

We'll be talking throughout the Forum about why comprehensive anti-discrimination laws and the adoption of an approach are essential to building more just communities:

🔴 TODAY, our Director Jim Fitzgerald will speak at the Plenary on "Defining Challenges and Setting Priorities" with Lewis Dijkstra of the European Commission, Maja Daruwala of the India Justice Report and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Pavla Holcova of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Rebecca L Sandefur of Arizona State University and American Bar Foundation, and Steve Crown of Microsoft.

🔴 On THURSDAY 2 JUNE, we'll host a session on "Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation: Foundations for Equal Rights", where we will discuss our forthcoming Practical Guide on Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation, developed with United Nations Human Rights.

REGISTER to join us to participate in these sessions, all focused on building more just communities for all, at: bit.ly/3FGtgp0