Religious discrimination

This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on Religious discrimination. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs. Related information on religion and faith communities is available.

Standard Notes

Date	Description
24.01.2013	Religious discrimination in the workplace: the case of Eweida and Others v the United Kingdom
	This note examines the judgment in the case of Eweida and Others v the United Kingdom, handed down by the European Court of Human Rights on 15 January 2013. The case considered the restrictions an employer may justifiably place on workers' freedom to manifest their religion in the workplace.
09.02.2010	Equality Bill 2008-09: sexual orientation and religious employment
	Changes proposed in the Equality Bill regarding the circumstamces under which religious organisations are allowed to discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation in employment.
01.02.2010	EU bibliographies: proposed equal treatment directive
	Under its 'Renewed Social Agenda' the European Commission adopted on 2 July 2008 a non-discrimination package including a proposal for a new directive on equal treatment prohibiting discrimination on grounds of age, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief outside the employment sphere. This Note brings together documents relevant to the proposed "Equal Treatment Directive" and its scrutiny in the UK and EU.
06.11.2009	The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006
03.06.2009	Baha'is in Iran
	This note provides background information on the detention of seven leaders of the Baha'i faith who have been imprisoned in Iran since March and May 2008. It also considers the international responses to their imprisonment.

Research Papers

Date	Description
17.11.2005	Equality Bill (HL) (Bill 85 2005-06)
	Equality Bill (HL) (Bill 85 of 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/77
16.06.2005	Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (Bill 11 of 2005-06
	The Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (Bill 11 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/48
24.03.2005	Equality Bill (Bill 72 of 2004/05)
	The Equality Bill (Bill 72 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/28.
09.06.2003	Employment equality regulations:religion and sexual orientation
	Employment equality regulations: religion and sexual orientation. House of Commons Library Research Paper 03/54.

Early Day Motions

Date	Description
25.01.2012	JAY LENO'S COMMENTS ON THE GOLDEN TEMPLE
	That this House notes with concern the sketch on the NBC Jay Leno Show where the most sacred Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, was disrespected by Jay Leno when it was referred to as ...
10.01.2012	HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY 2012
	That this House notes that on27 January 2012 the UK will observe Holocaust Memorial Day, the 67th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where an estimated 1.1 million ...
15.11.2011	STATUS OF JERUSALEM
	That this House believes that Jerusalem is a shared city, sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians; notes with alarm the systematic attempts to reduce the Palestinian population of East ...
03.11.2011	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ALGERIA
	That this House commends the progress made by the Algerian government towards creating an open and democratic society, in which individuals have the right to freedom of conscience and ...
13.10.2011	PROTECTION OF COPTIC CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT
	That this House notes with alarm the sectarian violence directed at Coptic Christians in Egypt; believes that the Egyptian authorities have failed to investigate or prosecute those ...

Lords Library Notes

Date	Description
11.02.2013	Succession to the Crown Bill (HL Bill 81 of 2012-13)
	The Succession to the Crown Bill makes changes to the laws of succession to the Crown. This Library Note summarises the proceedings which have taken place on the Bill during its passage through the House of Commons, ahead of the Bill's second reading debate in the House of Lords on 14 February 2013.