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Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Formerly Disability Rights Commission (DRC)

The Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is an independent Government statutory body responsible for tackling disability discrimination and superseded the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) in Oct 2007.

They aim to bring about equality of opportunity and increased participation for the 10 million people in Britain who have rights under the Disability Discrimination Act.

Their powers include:

  • assisting individuals with legal action to enforce the provisions of the DDA.
  • to intervene in litigation, provided that the purpose of intervention is connected with the EHRC’s statutory functions.
  • powers of formal investigation to promote equal opportunities and to encourage good practice in the treatment of disabled people.
  • providing a conciliation service where legal proceedings are inappropriate.

Other key facts:

  • The EHRC is led by 14 Commissioners, including Sir Bert Massie the previous chair of the DRC.
  • The EHRC has offices in Manchester, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Glasgow.
  • The EHRC has a dedicated directorate of expert lawyers who are specialists in equality law.
  • They will take legal action on behalf of individuals, especially where there are strategic opportunities to push the boundaries of the law.
  • Where there are chances to create legal precedents or to clarify and improve the law, the commission will seek to do so.

What they do:

  • give advice and information to disabled people, employers & service providers.
  • support disabled people in asserting their rights under the DDA.
  • help solve problems, often without going to court.
  • support legal test cases to test the law.
  • campaign to strengthen the law.

This section contains information on some of the relevant high profile court cases supported by the EHRC (formerly DRC). The information is taken from the DRC website.

 

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