This report gives an update on the steps taken by the UK Government and the devolved administrations to implement recommendations from the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to improve the lives of disabled people across the UK, says Equality and Human Rights Commission.
“The Committee recommends that the state party conduct a cumulative impact assessment of the measures adopted since 2010, which are referred to in the present report, on the rights to independent living and to be included in the community, to social protection and to employment of persons with disabilities. The State party should ensure that such an assessment is rights-based and meaningfully involves persons with disabilities and their representative organizations.”
Read the full article here: Progress on disability rights in the United Kingdom: 2023