Religion & Law

Britain's Equality Commission Cites Labour Party For Antisemitism

By Howard M. Friedman

Last week, Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued a 130-page report (full text) on its investigation into antisemitism in Britain's Labour Party. According to the EHRC's Announcement of the report, the agency has served the Labour Party with an "unlawful act" notice. (Text of Notice is at pg. 102 of the report). According to the announcement:

The investigation has identified serious failings in the Labour Party leadership in addressing antisemitism and an inadequate process for handling antisemitism complaints.

The Party is responsible for three breaches of the Equality Act (2010) relating to:

• political interference in antisemitism complaints

• failure to provide adequate training to those handling antisemitism complaints

• harassment

The equality body?s analysis points to a culture within the Party which, at best, did not do enough to prevent antisemitism and, at worst, could be seen to accept it....

The Labour Party has until 10 December to draft an action plan to implement the recommendations, which is legally enforceable by the court if not fulfilled. 

The EHRC Chair says that the Labour Party's new leadership has committed to fully implementing  EHRC's recommendations. [Thanks to Law & Religion UK for the lead.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on November 02, 2020 (boomark / email).