Thread by @MForstater

Here is the clip of @joannaccherry asking @KishwerFalkner incoming chair of @EHRC some good questions and getting good answers

parliamentlive.tv/event/index/42…

JC: You see human rights and equality as intertwined. Do you agree that it is important that we look at each of the PCs as equal and deserving of enforcement?

KF: There has never been a hierarchy of rights - the reason they have not been given hierarchy is because they are equal

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JC: There is a heated debate in the public sphere between those w the PC of gender reassignment and those w the PC of sex in relation to single sex spaces. Is it the duty of @ehrc to approach all cases with a fair balance of interests rather than framing one over the other?

KF: "as a principle absolutely right, but specificities would depend on the policy framework and the strategic aims of the particular case"

JC: Doesn't it come down to what the Equality act says, what the law is?

KF: Yes indeed it does, that is why i referred to policy

JC: "Would you agree with me that all guidance issued by @EHRC should be grounded in statute and case law, and that sometimes policy can be removed from statute case law. What underpins the EHRC should be the Equality Act and the HRA?

JF: Yes, I agree