Human Rights News
Boards for the Legislation campaign
Dear members We are asking you to support the campaign to ensure the discrimination legislation is effective for you (see our post on harmful amendments), please: download the attached boards (choose one that works for you) print it take [...]
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Guernesiais
We are delighted to announce that The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been translated into Guernesiais. A very big thank you to Jan (Yan) Marquis for the months of work on this [...]
Human Rights Day
MEDIA RELEASE UN Human Rights Day Friday 10th December 2021 “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Carol Le Page, Social Policy Director from the Guernsey Disability Alliance said “The GDA is pleased to [...]
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. [...]