Recommendation 18

For the EHRC to be, and be seen to be, an effective enforcer of Black people’s human rights: i) Black people must be represented at the top level of the organisation including as commissioners; ii) It must have adequate resources, to which end we urge the Government to consider restoring the Commission’s budget to previous levels; and iii) Government must harmonise the Commission’s human rights enforcement powers in line with its powers in relation to equality, so that it can undertake investigations where it is suspected that an organisation has breached the Human Rights Act and provide legal assistance to individuals in Human Rights Act cases.