Letter to Equality, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on Concluding Observations from the United Nations Committee on
Economic Social and Cultural Rights Review of the United Kingdom
This briefing by the UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM), of which the Commission is a member, provides an overview of key concerns about the lack of government progress in protecting the rights of disabled people in the UK, with a particular focus on the adverse impact of social security reforms on disabled people.
Why we are spotlighting this issue
In Scotland, our human rights are protected by international and domestic law. These laws should help to prevent breaches of our rights and provide us with routes... rights denials and facing barriers that prevent them from accessing justice.
The journey to access justice for human rights breaches can be long, complicated, and expensive, requiring rights holders to have:
knowledge about where to turn for help or how to complain
money for and access to specialist
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