As per the Equality Act 2006, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), may issue a code of practice in connection with any matter addressed by the Equality Act 2010.  […]

Download the Guidelines here Download the Information Leaflet here The Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS) has recently published the UK’s first Guidelines for clinical management of paediatric (under 16) non-fatal […]

Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Dame Nicole Jacobs, said: “The decision to not exclude domestic abuse perpetrators from this scheme is wrong and puts victims lives at risk. “As I told the […]

The Prime Minister has ordered that rape, serious child sex and other grooming offences will be barred from upcoming changes to prison sentences, protecting the public from these dangerous criminals. […]

Core Participants in the Undercover Policing Inquiry have today written to the Home Office calling for the immediate withdrawal of its ‘consultation’ on the future of the Inquiry. They express […]

This has been a significant year for my office. As I reflect on the work we have undertaken, I am struck both by how much we have achieved and by […]

OBE Eileen Murphy Chief Executive, Women’s Aid Armagh-Down. For services to Charity MBE Joy Madeiros Group Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Charitable Trust and Founding Member, Women’s Faith Forum. For services […]

The draft Conversion Practices Bill contains 3 proposed offences to ban criminal conversion practices. The draft bill has been shared with Parliament to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny. A conversion practice is […]

Landmark patient safety initiative, Martha’s Rule, rolled out to all maternity settings after review found serious and sustained failures. Mothers and newborns across the country will be better protected, as landmark […]

On 27 May 2026, the UK Government has issued its formal response to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s report into how learnings from Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) – an independent review conducted when […]