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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

UK equality watchdog faces review after new complaint over trans stance

A trans rights protest in Glasgow in 2017
A trans rights protest in Glasgow in 2017. The EHRC is accused of a ‘determinedly anti-trans stance’. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

Britain’s equality watchdog could lose its right to participate at the UN human rights council as a result of complaints about its independence and record on transgender rights.

The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (Ganhri), which accredits bodies based on internationally recognised standards, has launched a special review of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

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