Our work to promote the Convention. UK Coalition Against Poverty. Our work currently focuses on the issue of income adequacy.
We work in the following ways: Capacity building UKCAP works to building and/or strengthening the capacity of individuals, groups and networks to participate in UK-wide decision-making processes at local, regional and national levels. We do this through the provision of appropriate and user-friendly training and information, as well as offering financial support from a Network Development Fund. By 2007, at the end of the three years covered by our current business plan, UKCAP expects to see: more individuals participating greater skills and training for those who participate more widespread groups and networks across the UK stronger links and flows of information between groups and networks a greater response rate to Government consultations and initiatives new ways established to link policy-makers with people who have experience of poverty back to top. UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (UNCRPD)
Neil Crowther, our Disability Programmes Director, writes on the UN Convention on the rights of disabled people (UNCRPD).
In every aspect of life disabled people have the same rights as others. These rights are implicitly covered by other human rights treaties. Implementation of the UN Convention: Office for Disability Issues - Disabled people and legislation. How to make sure government policies comply with the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People What does implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People mean for UK government?
UK government departments must consider the Convention when developing new policies and programmes. If policies are being changed or new ones are being developed they must be considered against the Convention. However, departments should realise the Convention is a complex document and legal advice may be needed to interpret parts of it. Some articles are owned by more than one government department so they will need to work together to coordinate some policy responses. How can government departments ensure their policies comply with the UN Convention? Government officials must think about what their policy is trying to achieve and how it may affect disabled people.
Explore. Shadow Reporting. The United Kingdom must submit its first report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on what it has done to implement the Convention by July 2011.
Disabled people and their organisations were actively involved in campaigning for the Convention to exist. The Convention also says that disabled people and their representative organisations should be involved in the implementation, monitoring and reporting processes. It is for this reason that Disability Action’s Centre on Human Rights will develop a shadow report on the UK’s submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This report will consider how effectively the UN Convention has been implemented and how accurately the UK Government’s report reflects the experience of people with disabilities in Northern Ireland.
This shadow report will also be sent to the UN Committee. Simon McClenahan Policy and Research Officer Portside Business Park 189 Airport Road West « Back. Disability Rights Watch UK. Disability Rights Watch UK is a project of United Kingdom Disabled Peoples' Council (UKDPC), and is supported by the Disability LIB Alliance and Scope.
The project aims to ensure that disabled people, Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) and our allies, are fully involved in monitoring the UK's performance in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We will monitor the Convention by collecting evidence about the experiences of disabled people in the UK. We need your story as part of the evidence We will use this evidence to show the UK Government where they need to improve law, policies and practice to ensure disabled people can enjoy full human rights. UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - stammering (stuttering) and disability discrimination. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was ratified by the UK on 8th June 2009.
With the possible exception of European treaties, the CRPD is the most important international treaty on disability. To put international instruments in context, see the introduction . The Convention, often known as the 'CRPD', came into force in May 2008. The convention text and news are available on the United Nations website at www.un.org/disabilities . Home. British Institute of Human Rights. The First Report on the UN Convention - UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People.