Disability News Service blog post, by John Pring, 24 August 2017: UK faces UN examination: Government cuts caused ‘human catastrophe’

An international committee of disabled human rights experts have delivered a series of withering attacks on the UK government over its failure to implement the UN disability convention.

Following a two-day public examination of the UK’s progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the committee said it was “deeply concerned” that the UK government still believed it was a “champion of human rights”.

The committee’s chair, Theresia Degener (pictured), from Germany, told the UK government’s delegation that its cuts to social security and other support for disabled people had caused “a human catastrophe”, which was “totally neglecting the vulnerable situation people with disabilities find themselves in”.     Read more

Disability News Service blog post, by John Pring, 24 August 2017: UK faces UN examination: DPOs ‘delighted’ with exposure of government’s failings

Disability News Service blog post, by John Pring, 24 August 2017: UK faces UN examination: Government criticised over independent living

Disability News Service blog post, by John Pring, 24 August 2017: UK faces UN examination: Government agrees to think again on engagement 

The government has agreed to “reflect” on its failure to engage with disabled people and their organisations, after facing public criticism from a UN committee of disabled human rights experts.

A delegation of civil servants from across the UK government listened as members of the UN committee on the rights of person with disabilities (CRPD) repeatedly criticised its failure to engage with disabled people’s organisations (DPOs).

They were taking part in a two-day public examination of the UK’s progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in Geneva.

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Disability Wales blog post, 24 August 2017: Austerity policies a ‘human catastrophe’

Austerity policies have created a “human catastrophe” – UN Committee Chair condemns the UK’s record on human rights.

Independent news article, 25 August 2017: Government cuts have caused ‘human catastrophe’ for disabled

UN committee says Ministers are accused of ‘totally neglecting’ people with disabilities

ITV Report, 24 August 2017: UK cuts ‘have created a human catastrophe for disabled people’

Theresia Degener, who leads the UN’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), accused British politicians of failing vulnerable members of society.

UK officials have also faced allegations of misrepresenting the impact of policies through unanswered questions, misused statistics and statements on policies and legislation

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