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October 19, 2017 0

Police watchdog orders force to reinvestigate treatment of autistic man

An independent watchdog has upheld an appeal by the family of a young autistic man who say he faced discrimination and mistreatment by a police force, months after it cleared another force of similar allegations. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) concluded three months ago that there was insufficient evidence to show misconduct by

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October 19, 2017 0

UK wants to promote its disability policies to rest of the world, says Mordaunt

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The minister for disabled people has dismissed a damning UN report on her government’s disability rights record, arguing that the rest of the world should instead be learning from the UK’s policies. Penny Mordaunt was speaking weeks after the UN’s committee on the rights of persons with disabilities said the government’s social protection policies

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Fiona Robertson speaking to the SNP conference above a sign saying 'Progress'

October 12, 2017 0

SNP hears ‘justice for the dead’ demand as it backs call to implement UN report

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The SNP’s annual conference has unanimously called on the UK government to implement the findings of a UN committee of disability rights experts, after a disabled activist demanded “justice for the dead” and “rights for the living”. The motion proposed by disabled party activist Fiona Robertson called on the UK government to stop using

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October 5, 2017 0

EHRC celebrates 10th birthday with call for new powers

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The equality watchdog has asked the government for significant new powers, including the ability to inspect buildings that are flouting access laws. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it needed stronger powers to hold “powerful and well-resourced” governments and large organisations to account. But it also said that it should be made

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September 21, 2017 0

Lib Dem conference: Party votes to bring UN disability convention into UK law

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The Liberal Democrats have voted to incorporate the UN disability convention into UK law. Party members overwhelmingly passed an emergency motion that noted how the UK government was accused last month by a UN committee of causing a “human catastrophe” by cutting disabled people’s support. David Buxton, the Deaf party activist who proposed the

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September 14, 2017 0

Portraying disabled people as ‘parasites’ could lead to ‘violence and killings’, says UN chair

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Disabled people could be at risk of violence, and even “killings and euthanasia”, because of their portrayal by the UK government and media as “parasites” who live on benefits, according to unpublished comments by the chair of a UN committee. Theresia Degener, who chairs the UN committee on the rights of persons with disabilities,

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September 7, 2017 0

DPOs consider boycott of government engagement over ‘misrepresentation’ at UN

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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are to consider boycotting any engagement with the UK government, after it misrepresented their views to a UN committee of human rights experts. The UN committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD) last week delivered a report on the UK government which included more than 80 recommendations for

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Stig Langvad sits with headphones on in UN debating chamber

September 7, 2017 0

UK is going backwards on independent living, says UN committee

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A UN committee has told the UK government to make more than 80 improvements to the ways its laws and policies affect disabled people’s human rights. In its “concluding observations” on the progress the UK has made in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), the committee raised concerns

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September 7, 2017 0

UN demands annual UK progress report on correcting ‘grave and systematic violations’

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A UN committee has told the UK government to produce an annual progress report on how it is implementing the recommendations of a damning inquiry that found it guilty of “grave and systematic violations” of key parts of the disability convention. The committee of disabled human rights experts concluded last November that the government

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August 24, 2017 0

UK faces UN examination: Government cuts caused ‘human catastrophe’

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An international committee of disabled human rights experts have delivered a series of withering attacks on the UK government over its failure to implement the UN disability convention. Following a two-day public examination of the UK’s progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the committee said it was

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