Institute of Race Relations
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The Institute of Race Relations is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally.
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In a pioneering study published today, the IRR takes a fresh look at the nature of racial hate crimes since the referendum.
The October 2016 of Race & Class leads with two very timely and politically-provoking articles on the international impact of securitisation.
Sep 1 2016
Submission to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee on hate crime and its violent consequences
As the police investigate the murder of a Polish factory worker in Harlow, the Institute of Race Relations publishes today its evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Hate Crime and its Violent Consequences.
The latest issue of Race & Class is devoted to black political struggle in the UK 1950s-1980s.
The IRR publishes its submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism, including Islamophobia.
The latest issue of Race & Class features articles examining the roots of paramilitary and structural violence in Jamaica and Hungary.
An IRR discussion paper on the Housing and Planning and Immigration Bills 2015-16.
A paper[1], Prevent and the Children's Rights Convention, published today by the Institute of Race Relations supports the NUT's call[2] for a more rational debate on the Prevent duty in schools.
The January 2016 issue of Race & Class is a special issue on the theme of ‘reparative histories’.
Oct 22 2015
Prevent duty ‘heavy-handed and discriminatory’
In the week that the government announced new counter-extremism measures, the IRR publishes contributions from its seminar on 'Securitisation, Schools and Preventing Extremism', held at Garden Court Chambers on 7 October, where participants considered the consequences of a new statutory duty on public bodies to prevent non-violent extremism and whether it breached the Equality Act.
News Service
Calendar of racism and resistance (9-22 December 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe.
December 22, 2016
Locking down Africa
In the second part of her examination of EU deals with third countries to stop migration, Frances Webber examines the closure of Africa’s borders against migration, demanded by the EU as the price for development, trade and aid.
December 22, 2016
Four found guilty of events in Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Below we reproduce a statement made by the Rotherham 12 Defence Campaign following guilty verdicts on 15 December.
December 22, 2016
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December 8, 2016
Europe can no longer pretend to respect human rights
Anger is building at the return of refugees from Europe to war zones and the EU’s deals with dictators and torturers to prevent refugees from leaving their own countries. In the first of two articles, Frances Webber looks at the EU’s deals with Afghanistan and Turkey. The second article will examine the deals with African states.
December 8, 2016
Upcoming Events
Against Borders for Children conference
First public event for the Against Borders for Children campaign.
January 14, 2017
People Power: Black British arts and activism in Hackney 1960s-2000s
An exhibition exploring aspects of Black British arts and activism which have developed in Hackney since the 1960s.
January 21, 2017