Religious discrimination in England and Wales: Home Office research study 220

What is it about?

This is a report of the first UK Government empirical research into the nature and extent of unfair treatment on the basis of religion in England and Wales.

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Why is it important?

The report informed legal and social policy developments around the implementation of the UK Human Rights Act 1988 with reference to religion and belief, and also paved the way for the introduction of law in England, Wales and Scotland on religion and belief discrimination and equality in the context of the UK Government's obligations under the Amsterdam Treaty of the European Union