The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an non-departmental public body in Great Britain which was established by the Equality Act 2006. The chairman of the Commission is Trevor Phillips who was previously chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. It has taken over the responsibilities of three former commissions: the Commission for Racial Equality, the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Disability Rights Commission.

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  • The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an non-departmental public body in Great Britain which was established by the Equality Act 2006. The chairman of the Commission is Trevor Phillips who was previously chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. It has taken over the responsibilities of three former commissions: the Commission for Racial Equality, the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Disability Rights Commission. It also has responsibility for the other aspects of equality: age, sexual orientation and religion or belief, as well as human rights. The Commission came into being on 1 October 2007. It only has responsibility for England, Scotland and Wales as a separate Equality Commission exists in Northern Ireland which was established under the terms of the Belfast Agreement. It is classed as a non-departmental public body, meaning that it is separate and independent from Government but still accountable for its public funds.
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  • July 2009
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  • Clare Collier Senior Lawyer; Senior Lawyer -Legal Enforcement
  • Email 8th January, 2009
  • Email from EHRC Helpline ref:1-3199177
  • Melissa
  • The EHRC receives a large number of requests for assistance under the Equality Act by people who have been subjected to acts of discrimination. The Commission gives careful consideration to these requests but it is unable to provide full representation to all of them. The Commission has finite resources and wants to maximise its impact by being strategic in its approach to exercising its powers under s 28 of the Equality Act. The Commission has, therefore, adopted an interim legal strategy which sets out the strategic priorities that governs how it will focus its limited resources in this area of its operations.
  • …the Commission does consider equality and discrimination issues on the grounds of trans status to be very much within our remit… we do consider trans/gender identity to be a unique strand… Our the standard line has now been amended to include gender identity specifically – so all seven strands should now be mentioned in descriptions of our work.
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  • The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an non-departmental public body in Great Britain which was established by the Equality Act 2006. The chairman of the Commission is Trevor Phillips who was previously chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. It has taken over the responsibilities of three former commissions: the Commission for Racial Equality, the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Disability Rights Commission.
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  • Equality and Human Rights Commission
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