UK Government to Face UN Over Disability Rights Violations
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The UK Government is set to face the United Nations on March 18th regarding violations of disabled people's rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons. Following a 2016 investigation, the UK was found guilty of systemic violations in 2017, with the UN committee confirming that some violations were both grave and systematic. The UN committee will reconvene in March to hear what actions the UK has taken since the ruling.
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· 1 pulledthe committee can confirm that some violations were grave, some others were systematic, and some were both: grave and systematic.
On March 18th, the UK Government will finally face up to the United Nations (UN), giving evidence on their violations of Disabled people’s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons. The UN investigated the UK Government in 2016, wit
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