There has been “continued regression” in disabled people’s rights in the five years since a UN committee told the UK government that its cuts and reforms had caused a “human catastrophe”, according to a new report by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs). […]
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Progress on UN rights convention ‘has regressed and stagnated across UK’
Government’s ‘laughable’ and misleading UN update on ‘grave and systematic violations’
Disability arts organisation’s call for new cultural rights
‘Deeply dangerous’ WeThe15 campaign exposed by failure to criticise COP26
The failure of international organisations at the heart of a major new disability rights campaign to criticise governments for side-lining disabled people in the Glasgow climate change agreement has exposed their efforts as “deeply dangerous”, say activists. International Disability Alliance (IDA) […]
Omission of disabled people from key parts of climate change text is ‘beyond disgraceful’
Multiple access failures at COP26 ‘send shocking message’ to disabled people
Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about the UK government’s multiple failures to ensure the accessibility of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. The first concerns came after high-profile complaints made by the Israeli energy minister, Karine Elharrar, a wheelchair-user, […]