is being continually eroded, the UK’s equality and human rights bodies have said.
The warning comes ahead of a UN examination of the UK’s track record on disabled people’s rights today.
After years of cuts... rights highlighted in a report from the UK’s national human rights and equality commissions... by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva. The same Committee last year... rights.
Speaking on behalf of the Independent Monitoring Mechanism set up to monitor disabled
Judith Robertson, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission is calling for the urgent... Care Lecture Judith said:
“Putting human rights at the heart of social care systems ensures every.... If embedded in existing social care policies and practices, human rights can improve experiences... through examples of human rights in practice in some health and social care settings in Scotland... the rights of these citizens and wellbeing of society as a whole first; and ensures social care
Three new part-time Commissioners have been appointed to the Scottish Human Rights Commission, bringing with them experience and expertise in justice, social care and human rights.
Following an open... this month.
Claire Methven O’Brien has worked internationally as a human rights researcher... Rights.
Jim Farish is currently a board member of the Risk Management Authority having retired from... on human rights, diversity, equity and inclusion and racial justice.
Dr Anna Black, appointed in May
for a human rights based approach to budget setting and spending decisions following the coronavirus pandemic.
Article: New report leads to call for human rights to be at the heart of post-COVID... to Advisory Group on Economic Recovery: Human Rights and Economic Recovery
Opinion piece: Transparent public finances are essential to protecting our rights
24 June 2020
Letter to Cabinet...:
Submission on pre-budget scrutiny 2021-22 and impact of COVID-19 on equalities and human rights
Joint statement by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Scottish Human Rights... today.
Commenting on the judgment, Judith Robertson, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission and Lynn Welsh, Head of Legal for the Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland, said:
"We remain... that the policy fails to comply with people's human rights including their right to a private and family life. We... obligations under human rights laws when it comes to providing this accommodation and that the UK
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