Inquiry to examine discrimination in legal system, and possible miscarriages of justice
Autistic rights campaigners have welcomed a new inquiry into the discrimination faced by disabled people…
Browsing: Human Rights Act
Ministers ‘should be held accountable for huge rise in prison suicides’
Ministers should be held accountable for the “extraordinary” rise in self-harm in prisons, including nearly…
Coroner asked to explain failure to hold inquest into benefit sanctions death
Lawyers for the sister of a disabled man who died after his benefits were sanctioned…
Justice project will help DPOs tackle discrimination through the courts
A new user-led project will help disabled people in London use the law to fight…
Labour conference: Tory bill of rights ‘would water down Human Rights Act’
The under-threat Human Rights Act could be used to halt the scandal of disabled people…
Queen’s speech ‘suggests the worst is yet to come’
Disabled people should prepare themselves for more cuts and further attacks on their rights over…
ELECTION 2015: Tories refuse to say which human rights they will dump
The Conservative party are refusing to say which vital protections they would scrap if they…