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United Nations (UN) experts warned on Monday that the UK’s revisions to the Equality Act 2010 risk discriminating against and excluding transgender people.
The UN human rights experts warned that the updated Code of Practice essentially advises service providers that “a women’s service must either exclude transgender women or admit men” and vice versa. The experts cautioned that this “effectively presents exclusion as a means of” legal compliance, and may lead to institutionalized discrimination.
The updated Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations became statutory on August 5, 2026. The code’s “[j]ustification for separate and single-sex services” includes §13.119 and §13.122, which outline:
In February 2026, UN experts released a joint statement arguing that the draft Code of Practice was incompatible with international human rights, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
On August 5, 2026, the Good Law Project announced its support for a legal challenge against the Code of Practice, on the grounds that it will have a discriminatory and exclusionary impact on transgender people. The Good Law Project argued that the Code of Practice appears to “ignore” the UK High Court decision allowing services to provide transgender women with inclusive facilities.
The UN urged the UK government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission to ensure that the statutory guidance does not incite discrimination, and stressed the importance of equally protecting the rights of women, girls, transgender, gender-diverse, and intersex persons.
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The UN human rights experts warned that the updated Code of Practice essentially advises service providers that “a women’s service must either exclude transgender women or admit men” and vice versa. The experts cautioned that this “effectively presents exclusion as a means of” legal compliance, and may lead to institutionalized discrimination.
The updated Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations became statutory on August 5, 2026. The code’s “[j]ustification for separate and single-sex services” includes §13.119 and §13.122, which outline:
The Code of Practice also clarifies that, for the purpose of the act, “a person’s sex remains their biological sex, whether they have a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) or not.” However, transgender people are protected against association, perception, and sex based-discrimination, as well as direct and indirect gender reassignment discrimination.
In February 2026, UN experts released a joint statement arguing that the draft Code of Practice was incompatible with international human rights, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
On August 5, 2026, the Good Law Project announced its support for a legal challenge against the Code of Practice, on the grounds that it will have a discriminatory and exclusionary impact on transgender people. The Good Law Project argued that the Code of Practice appears to “ignore” the UK High Court decision allowing services to provide transgender women with inclusive facilities.
The UN urged the UK government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission to ensure that the statutory guidance does not incite discrimination, and stressed the importance of equally protecting the rights of women, girls, transgender, gender-diverse, and intersex persons.
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