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Trans charity demands investigation into EHRC following gender ruling

A leading trans campaign group claimed an investigation against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), claiming that it was illegal after the Supreme Court’s gender decision.Independent can reveal.

The Supreme Court comes after trans women decided that they are not legally women in accordance with the Law on Equality.

Transparency, National Human Rights Institutions Global Alliance (Ganhri) -The world-wide membership-based National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)-said they have filed a picture. Britain’s equality observer cannot comply with the Paris principles.

The Paris principles have demonstrated the minimum standards that NHRIs can be accepted as reliable and that they should meet effectively. The basic columns of the Paris principles are pluralism, independence and effectiveness.

The Supreme Court proved that the decision was controversial
The Supreme Court proved that the decision was controversial (PA)

Samiş Saydam, President Baroness Falkner, including EHRC commissioners, including the statements of the public, the organ of the organ last month’s Supreme Supreme Court on the results of the “settled view” has shown.

Barones Falkner said before the decision was a “victory for common sense”: “But if you notice that only trans people exist.”

He also said: “If a man is allowed to use a service only for women, he is no longer a single gender.”

However, translucent, such positions, public authority consultations, “in a formative stage of a clear mind” arguing that “unfair and illegal” consultation “unjust and illegal”, he said.

They also claimed that it violated the principles of independence and pluralism by undermining the ability of key stakeholders, such as providing meaningful views.

The organization, “Considering the fear and uncertainty in the transsexual community, the translucent Ganhri’yi EHRC’nin really open mind to carry out and encourages to carry out the consultation,” he said.

However, EHRC insisted that his response to the Supreme Court decision was “firmly based on the law”.

Last month, after the Supreme Court decided that the term “gender” in the Equality Act refers to biological gender, a consultation on draft updates regarding the rules of application.

The consultation is looking for feedback on how a gender recognition certificate clarifying that a person does not change the legal gender of a person for the Equality Code affects the guidance provided in the code.

However, the director of the organization Steph Richards, Independent The Trans community has not been reliable for EHRC for several years ”.

Uz We rely on allies, international organs and courts without a single transsexual EHRC commissioner, MP or trans peer, to do our justice and equality case, ”he said.

While gender critical campaigns greet the decision as a victory for biological women, there are concerns that will risk trans people and exclude them from public life.

The temporary guidance, published by the equality guard after the decision, says trans women should not be allowed to use women’s facilities ”.

But last month, Independent RHe acknowledged that the lawyers acting in the name of translucent of the translucent sent a letter to Watchdog about the fact that the court decision “misrepresented the legal position”.

Letter He criticizes the body, saying that he could not consult trans people before publishing his temporary guidance before an ongoing consultation.

At the beginning of this month, Baroness Falkner, who spoke at the Women’s and Equality Committee in Commons, defended the temporary guidance of EHRC and said that the update was “necessarily too short”.

“We had a high demand for some kind of explanation, and it was only headlines that we emphasized the Supreme Court decision,” he said.

“When you have a summary of something, he can never syllab all the nuances… I tell people to judge us what the last counseling document is, because this will be a more precise word about what we find, and in fact there will be a speech as a process of speech.

“We listen to them. We planned meetings with these groups and listen to what you tell us about their experiences on the ground. Of course we will keep it in mind.”

EHRC spokesman said: “We are committed to protecting and supporting equality and human rights in EHRC. We fully comply with the Paris principles and we were pleased to ensure that when we protect our ‘A status’ as the National Human Rights Institution by SCA last year.

“Our response to the Supreme Court’s decision will continue to be strictly based on the law. Everyone who is based on us trusts that every explanation of equality law from EHRC will be correct and authorized. As Britain’s neutral and expert equality regulator, we are proud of our independence from the government and non -governmental organizations.

“In May, we started a consultation on the draft updates made to our legal implementation rules for service providers, public institutions and associations following the Supreme Court decision.

Iz We encouraged all affected stakeholders to share their views on the clarity of these updates by responding to the consultation and we were pleased to meet with many stakeholders to answer their questions.

He continued: “The final date of the consultation has passed with a total of 25825 completed response. We will carefully discuss the answers and change the rules of application when necessary.”

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