One year before the new CEHR, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights becomes effective, in October 2007, the government has just appointed Trevor Philips for chairman. He is a British citizen with Guyanese origins, who already proved his ability to work in this type of position. (Ref. 06887)
Previously, he worked for the Commission for Racial Equality, one of the three institutions – along with the Commission for Equal Opportunities and the Commission on the Handicapped – to merge in this new institution with enlarged abilities. The latter inherits their prerogatives and their power to reinforce the fight against all discriminations, at work, at school, and in society in general, by speaking with a single voice and by being a unique interlocutor. From now on, it will also cover th
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