@UN to investigate #UK @Number10gov #violations’ of #disability rights @WowPetition @RT_com @BlackTriangle1 Britain & 10 Downing Street to face a United Nations investigation into ‘grave’ and ‘systemic’ violations against the rights of disabled people – the first country to face such a high level inquiry in the organization’s history. The UN committee that would investigate Britain would have the power to launch the #inquiry if it had sufficient and “reliable” information that such violations had been committed by a country under the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#UNRPD). While investigations tend to be conducted ‘in confidentiality’ a recording has emerged online, allegedly from a former member of the CPRD, saying the investigation had been launched. The investigation comes following a string of scandals involving disabled people in the UK, including a rise in ‘#HateCrime’ that has been overlooked by the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), according to former director of public prosecutions Lord Ken MacDonald. Additionally, Department for Work and Pensions - DWP Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announced new plans to tax disability welfare payments last weekend, which he called “fair” and saying claimants “who need them get better payments.” However, a large number of disabled people have been hit hard by the DWP’s #WelfareReforms, with some finding it difficult to find employment as a result of their disability.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:28:26 +0000
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