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Eighty civil society groups reveal UK failure to meet anti-torture obligations
06 May 2019 | News
Today and tomorrow in Geneva, the UK will face scrutiny for its record on torture and ill-treatment at home and abroad, as the UN Committee ... against Torture as part of its sixth periodic review. Nearly 80 UK civil society groups and experts have submitted ...
Statement on Black Lives Matter from DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick
09 June 2020 | News
From its inception, Disability Rights UK has been strongly committed to the principles of human rights and equal rights. We have watched the rise of the Black Lives Matter protests in the past week and stand firm with the intention of those protesting. We ...
SEND Tribunal Appeals at a record high
19 December 2023 | News
The number of parents having to appeal Local Authority SEND decisions has reached a ... . This is an increase of 24% from the previous year, and four times the number of appeals since 2014/15 when the ... also now twice as many statutory SEN plans than there were nearly 10 years ago, the increase in appeals and tribunals is ...
Getting Things Changed Conference
24 May 2018 | News
... exclusionary or downright abusive’ practices, according to a major research project looking at issues facing those with disabilities in the UK today. ... insights into the many barriers faced by disabled people and indicated some of the changes which need to happen. The ...
Why Co-Production Matters: Shaping Policy With Disabled People, Not For Them
01 July 2025 | News
... Disability Rights UK's board, has extensive experience working on co-produced projects centring people's lived ... As Chair of Disability Rights UK, I’ve seen first-hand how transformative true co-production can be—not just ... When Disabled people lead conversations about the issues that affect them, those conversations change. They ...
DR UK launches new Assisted Dying policy page
08 May 2025 | News
Ahead of the report stage, and potential third reading, for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the ... some key information on its opposition to the bill and the ways that you can help campaign. Read the full ...
Remploy disability awareness seminars for employers
09 April 2018 | News
During April and May Remploy will be running a series of free webinars and workshops for employers to gain a greater insight into ... mental health and how Remploy can support mental health issues across your workforce, through the free Workplace ...
Disabled adults four times worse off financially than non-disabled adults finds new DBC report
15 July 2019 | News
... new report by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) outlines the damaging impact on the finances and lived experience of welfare reform on disabled people. ... Rights UK is a member, is a national coalition of charities and other organisations committed to working towards a fair ...
The Valuable 500 hits its CEO target
19 May 2021 | News
Global business collective, The Valuable 500 , has reached its goal of ... Shell, Sky, Sony, Twitter, Unilever, Virgin Media, Verizon and Vodafone. The membership includes 36 of the FTSE 100 companies, 46 of the Fortune 500 and 28 of the Nikkei. Almost three quarters (70%) of its ...
The Labour Party gives a vague response to the Disability Scorecard
25 June 2024 | News
... the major political parties on their policies for the upcoming General Election based on the Disabled People’s ... allows disabled people to judge each party on what issues matters most to them before casting a vote in the ... to send paragraphs on each topic which our team analysed and deciphered. Where they provided no clarity or vague ...