UK supreme court ruling removes legal safeguards for disabled people's rights
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Summary
The UK supreme court has ended a decade-old system of deprivation of liberty safeguards (Dols) for disabled people, ruling on a case brought by Northern Ireland's attorney general. The decision removes legal protections for disabled people who are under continuous supervision and control and not free to leave their care settings. Charities and disability advocates have expressed alarm, arguing the ruling lessens oversight of care settings and puts vulnerable people at risk. The editorial warns that this removal of legal safeguards brings significant risks to disabled people's human rights.
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Any person 'under continuous supervision and control' and 'not free to leave' the place where they live has until now been entitled to protections known as deprivation of liberty safeguards (Dols)
Charities are right to be concerned about the supreme court's decision to lessen oversight of care settings
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