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Eleanor Lisney sitting in her wheelchair

June 23, 2016

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Election leaves UN disability committee with 17 men and just one woman

Disabled activists are calling on the UN to take action after elections to the 18-strong committee that oversees the implementation of its disability rights convention left it with just a single female member alongside 17 men. The committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD) currently has six women members, but from January

Human Rights

June 9, 2016

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UK government set for UN grilling in Geneva over ‘breaches of disability rights’

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The UK government is set to face a grilling from UN experts next week over its alleged breaches of international obligations on disabled people’s human rights. The government will be examined on Wednesday and Thursday (15 and 16 June) by the UN committee on economic, social and cultural rights on its record on issues

Human Rights

April 7, 2016

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Equality watchdog to mirror UN inquiry into DWP’s rights violations

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The equality watchdog is to commission a major piece of research into whether the government’s welfare reforms have harmed the human rights of disabled people and other minority groups. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says it wants to examine the impact of changes to the welfare system on independent living and poverty.

Human Rights

Tracey Lazard standing next to Tara Flood

October 30, 2015

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Disability rights under attack: Rights ‘are regressing in every area’, says leading DPO

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Disabled people’s rights are regressing in every area of their lives, while the government has “abandoned” its target of ensuring full equality, according to new research by a leading disabled people’s organisation. The information paper, published by Inclusion London – which supports 78 user-led organisations across the capital – provides evidence of multiple breaches

Politics

David Cameron talking to a woman in a workshop

October 23, 2015

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Cameron challenged twice in a minute over disability rights

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The prime minister has had to defend his record on disability rights twice in a minute, after being questioned about both a UN inquiry and the death of a north London man failed by the discredited work capability assessment. David Cameron (pictured) was first asked by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, in the weekly prime

Human Rights

Poster with Iain Duncan Smith' in a prison outfit and the word 'guilty'

October 16, 2015

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UN investigators begin taking evidence in UK on ‘rights violations’

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A team of United Nations investigators has this week begun a two-week visit to the UK as part of an inquiry into allegations of “systematic and grave” violations of disabled people’s human rights. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed in August 2014 that the UK appeared to have become the first country to face a

Human Rights

Norman Lamb, seated, speaking into a microphone

September 25, 2015

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Lib Dem conference: Lamb welcomes UN’s inquiry into UK ‘rights violations’

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A former Liberal Democrat minister has welcomed the UN’s decision to carry out an unprecedented inquiry into “systematic and grave violations” of disabled people’s human rights in the UK. Disability News Service (DNS) first revealed the existence of the inquiry last August and it was finally confirmed officially by Justin Tomlinson, the minister for

Human Rights

September 11, 2015

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Confirmed! UN is investigating UK’s ‘grave violations’ of disabled people’s rights

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The United Nations is carrying out an unprecedented inquiry into “systematic and grave violations” of disabled people’s human rights by the UK government, Disability News Service (DNS) can finally confirm. DNS revealed last August that the UK appeared to have become the first country to face a high-level inquiry by the UN’s committee on

Human Rights

Front of a Scottish government building in Edinburgh

September 11, 2015

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Scottish plan for making rights a reality is ‘major milestone’

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The Scottish government has described how it hopes to make the UN disability convention “a reality” for disabled people in Scotland. A draft plan, published this week, includes more than 50 recommendations which it hopes will help Scotland implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The draft delivery plan

Human Rights

September 11, 2015

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UN is ‘deeply concerned’ about impact of EU austerity

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The United Nations has given the European Union (EU) just 12 months to explain how it will introduce long-awaited legislation to improve the accessibility of goods and services across its member states. The call came after the EU was examined by the committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD), the first time

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