A new guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons (UNCRDP) has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on 19th July.

 

The Commission’s guide will help disabled people to know what their rights are and how to use them.  It will help people to challenge injustices and improve services for themselves and others and will help organisations understand what their responsibilities are.

 

The Convention, which was signed by the UK Government last year, sets out disabled people’s basic rights in one place.  It covers health, education, employment, access to justice, personal security, independent living and access to information. 

 

The UN convention also describes what the Government has agreed to do to make these rights real. It has until next July to report back to the UN on its progress on this agreement.  The Commission’s guide also sets out how organisations can report to the UN.

 

Copies of the Commission’s guide are available to download from its website at: -www.equalityhumanrights.com/UNCRPDguide. Printed copies of the guide can also be ordered via the Commission’s helpline, either by telephone or textphone: -

 

Scotland:      

Telephone: 08456 045 510       

Textphone: 08456 045 520