Human Rights News
Equal pay for Work of Equal Value – GWP Amendment
An amendment has been put to the Government Work Plan about undertaking the policy work for equal pay for equal of equal value. This is different to the equal pay for equal work which is already covered. The explanatory [...]
ESS push back on GPEG ‘Pause And Review’
RESPONSE TO GPEG’S REVIEW OF THE STATES OF GUERNSEY PROPOSALS ON ANTI-DISCRIMINATION BY Deputy Peter Roffey, President Employment and Social Secuirty (ESS) " I feel compelled to write a response to GPEG’s “Review of the States of Guernsey Proposals [...]
A summary of changes made to policy proposals in response to consultation feedback
There were significant changes to the Discrimination Legislation proposals over its proposal life time. The original 'Strawman' was drafted (best practice) A consultation with key stakeholders Draft technical policy proposals were drawn up The ESS Committee consulted widely on [...]
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
The new Government Work Plan (GWP) is using the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a framework to measure outcomes. Read More...
Marrakesh Treaty Extension to Guernsey
What is the Marrakesh Treaty? The Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled has been extended to Guernsey from 1st January 2021. This treaty aims to [...]
Human Rights Day plea for States to deliver on previous commitments
Statement by Deputy Peter Roffey Human Rights Day plea for States to deliver on previous commitments Thursday 10 December 2020 Today marks the United Nations Human Rights Day and the President of the Committee for Employment & Social Security [...]
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
The GDA is excited to see the extension of CRC locally The States of Guernsey media release: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child formally extended to Guernsey and Alderney Wednesday 09 December 2020 The United Nations [...]
Human Rights Day 2020
What is Human Rights Day? Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document [...]
Community Awards 2020
This years Guernsey Community Foundation (GCF) Community awards were held on Tuesday 17th November 2020 at St James. We were excited to have a number of short listed nominations, as well as many of our member charities and partners. [...]
Black Lives Matter
The Black Lives Matter event was an important day for #Guernsey. In Guernsey there has been a lack of understanding around Human Rights, UN Conventions and the protection from all forms of Discrimination. Locally we have been waiting for [...]
Human Rights and Discrimination FAQs
Have you got a question on Human Rights and Discrimination? you can view some of our answers here Maybe its a general Question about What are Human Rights? Why do we need discrimination legislation? What is an Equality [...]
Realising Human Rights in Guernsey – Jan 2020
The Human Rights (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000, came into full effect in 2006, but, so far, the States have not provided a mechanism by which all citizens can be assisted to exercise those rights The Human Rights (Bailiwick [...]