Commission for Equality and Human Rights

The Commission for Equality and Human Rights is an equality and human rights body in Great Britain - a separate Equality Commission exists for Northern Ireland, established under the terms of the Belfast Agreement. The chair of the CEHR is Trevor Phillips who was previously chair of the Commission for Racial Equality. The CEHR was established by the Equality Act 2006 and is due to come into being in October 2007 and is intended to superced the previous equality bodies within Great Britain - the Commission for Racial Equality, the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Disability Rights Commission.