Holocaust Definition adoption
Case reference FOI2025/01650
Received 7 September 2025
Published 17 September 2025
Request
I would like to request the following information from under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1) Has the council formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, including all 11 of the definition's examples?
2) If the answer to question one is yes, in what year was the IHRA definition adopted? If the answer to question one is no, is the council considering adopting the definition, and what reason has been given for it not being adopted already?
Response
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please find the answers to your queries below:
1) Has the council formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, including all 11 of the definition's examples?
I can confirm that Guildford Borough Council has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism in full, including all 11 of the definition's examples
2) If the answer to question one is yes, in what year was the IHRA definition adopted? If the answer to question one is no, is the council considering adopting the definition, and what reason has been given for it not being adopted already?
The Definition was adopted on 11th April 2017. The Council’s commitment to the Definition was reaffirmed at a meeting of the Council held on 5th December 2023.
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