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Progress on disability rights in the United Kingdom
Last updated: 17 May 2021
This report gives an update on the steps taken by the UK governments to act on recommendations from the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to improve the lives of disabled people in the UK. We worked jointly with the Scottish Human Rights Commission, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland to produce this report for the Committee.
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Government must improve record on stopping cruel and inhuman treatment
Last updated: 3 May 2019
The UK and Welsh governments must do more to improve their record on preventing inhuman and degrading treatment across several areas, including...
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Disability rights in the UK: updated submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Last updated: 12 September 2017
This submission provides information on the extent to which the UK is putting the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) into effect. It provides an update on our earlier submission to the CRPD Committee in February 2017.
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Progress on socio-economic rights in Great Britain
Last updated: 8 July 2021
This report looks at the state of socio-economic rights in Great Britain. It comes two years after the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights set out its recommendations on how to improve social and economic rights for people across the UK.
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: what does it mean for you?
Last updated: 23 January 2018
This updated guide explains what the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is and what it means for you, the obligations of governments who have signed up to it and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in its implementation.
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How well is the UK performing on disability rights?
Last updated: 8 January 2020
This report is about the UK's work on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), an international legal agreement about the human rights of disabled people. It sets out the United Nations' main concerns about disability rights in the UK. It lists over 80 recommendations for action by the UK Government and the devolved governments of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Protecting human rights: key challenges for the UK's third Universal Periodic Review
Last updated: 10 January 2018
This report sets out the human rights challenges in Great Britain across 12 different areas of life, including education, health and privacy.
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Race rights in the UK: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Last updated: 12 September 2017
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CEDAW Shadow Report: Legal aid reforms and women's access to justice
Last updated: 8 July 2021
Report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO Act).