Following the referendum vote in the United Kingdom (UK) in favour of leaving the European Union (EU)…the Equal Rights Trust urges the UK government to take urgent and effective measures to tackle inequality and respond robustly to discrimination…The Equal Rights Trust calls on the UK government to take four immediate steps to strengthen and safeguard enjoyment of the rights to equality and non-discrimination:

1.    …The Equal Rights Trust urges the UK government to adopt policy measures to reverse the increasing socio-economic inequality in the country, thus…addressing some of the root causes of public anger…

2.    Combat hate speech and hate crime…

3.    …The Equal Rights Trust calls on the UK government to guarantee that…the Equality Act 2010…will be safe from regressive amendment.

4.   Maintain the UK’s role in promoting equality around the world…to increase direct funding of international human rights work, and to continue to advocate for equality law reform around the world.

[Originally published 28 Jun 2016]