Supplement to the UK Independent Mechanism's submission to the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Committee by the Scottish HumanRights Commission and the Equality and HumanRights Commission.
Supplement to the UK Independent Mechanism's submission to the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Committee by the Scottish HumanRights Commission and the Equality and HumanRights Commission.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) protects disabled people's rights. CRPD says that institutionalisation should be replaced by personalised support in the community, chosen by the people who need it. The Scottish Government have ratified this Treaty, which means that they must take action to make this happen for disabled people in Scotland.
In the 1990s... that they should not be in. This plan is called Coming Home. The plan had a goal to do this by March 2024.
A new report to the United Nations by the Scottish HumanRights Commission details concerns about... on improving its humanrights record in relation to the prevention of inhuman or degrading treatment.
Chair... these rights in international humanrights law, and sets the standards that Scotland should... humanrights.
Prisons:
Several prisons in Scotland are understaffed and some prisoners are locked up... and HumanRights Commission (EHRC), in their own submission to the UN. There is one immigration detention
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