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Dear All, Thanks for sharing this Darren - I for one wouldn't have know about the consultation otherwise. I am considering how to respond but in their text the EHRC say very little about what they are proposing. I am particularly interested in the Ladele and McFarlane cases. Could anyone who has read this confirm whether the assumption is that a potential "reasonable accommodation" in these cases would have been to allow these individuals to refuse to serve LGBT people? This is what seems to be implied but maybe I have missed something? Best wishes, Moira Moira Mitchell Equality and Diversity Manager, Canterbury Christ Church University tel: 01227 782795 -----Original Message----- From: Mooney, Darren [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 15 August 2011 15:31 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: EHRC Seeking views on Reasonable Accommodation Dear All, this has come into my inbox and following out discussions last month thought I would forward this on: .......................... Dear colleague Last month the Commission announced that we had applied to intervene at the European Court of Human Rights in four legal cases involving discrimination and religion or belief. We have now been granted permission to do so. We are considering using the four cases already before this Court as a platform to advise on and clarify the interpretation of human rights laws. We are seeking your views on our proposed submission on the human rights elements of the four cases claiming religious discrimination, and separately, whether the concept of reasonable accommodation has any useful practical application in cases concerning the manifestation of religion or belief. We have produced an informal consultation document which sets out the general direction of the commission's intervention and asks some specific questions. If you would like to respond, please do so by Monday 5th September. This is a short deadline but, as we expected, the Court has only given us a few weeks in which to prepare our submissions. For more information, please download the consultation document from our website via the link below." http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/human-rights-legal-p owers/legal-intervention-on-religion-or-belief-rights-seeking-your-views / Darren Mooney BSc, MA Diversity & Equality Officer Human Resources Hart Building <http://www.disabledgo.com/en/access-guide/hart-building/university-of-l iverpool-1> University of Liverpool Liverpool L3 5TQ T: 0151 795 5975 E: [log in to unmask] W: http://www.liv.ac.uk/hr/diversity_equality/ <http://www.liv.ac.uk/hr/diversity_equality/> BAME Staff Network <https://www.liv.ac.uk/intranet/bme/index.htm> : [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Disabled Staff Network <https://www.liv.ac.uk/intranet/dsn/> : [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> LGBT Staff Network <https://www.liv.ac.uk/intranet/lgbt/index.htm> : [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> logos <http://www.liv.ac.uk/hr/diversity_equality/index.htm>