The Race Relations Act will have been in place, in effective operation for the last 25 years.

BBC: Ask Gurbux Singh

Liberty claims the school is violating the Race Relations Act 1976, the Equality Act 2006 and the Human Rights Act 1998.

BBC: Sarika Singh has been excluded from school since November

Jagtar Singh, secretary of Sikh Federation UK claimed the school was breaching the 1976 Race Relations Act in its treatment of Sarika.

BBC: RELATED BBC SITES

Members of appeal panels must be trained on the admissions code and related law including the Sex Discrimination Act, Disability Discrimination Act and Race Relations Act.

BBC: RELATED BBC SITES

They include setting targets for the recruitment, promotion and retention of black and Asian police officers, and the extension of the 1976 Race Relations Act to the police and all other public bodies.

ECONOMIST: A tragedy and a shame

Second, the law has been clarified: the law lords ruled in November 2007 that certain functions of political parties are indeed subject to the Race Relations Act of 1976, which had been in doubt.

ECONOMIST: Racism

Britain's Race Relations Act provides a useful comparison.

BBC: RELATED BBC SITES

Congress originally passed the law in 1965, and three years ago overwhelmingly passed its latest reauthorization, rejecting arguments that improvements in race relations had rendered the act unnecessary.

NEWYORKER: No More Mr. Nice Guy