In the UK and Northern Ireland, there is the duty of equal treatment of state institutions that obliges them to always take into account how certain decisions or measures will affect persons that fall under the equality laws. This means that public institutions always have to consider the following aspects in their work: the elimination the possibilities of unlawful discrimination; the promotion of equal opportunities of persons, who have a protected characteristic, in comparison to others and the enhancement of social interaction between different persons.

More on the equality obligations of state institutions can be found later in a dossier we are currently working on.