Last November I worked with Professor Anna Lawson at Leeds University to draft a report for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights synthesising evidence collected from people with intellectual disabilities and people with mental health conditions across nine EU countries - Sweden, UK, Bulgaria, France, Latvia, Romania, Greece and Germany - regarding their experience of living independently and being included in the community.
Floor Action: May 17, 2012 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations by unanimous consent removing the injunction of secrecy.
Resolution: THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 17, 2012.
TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: I transmit herewith, for advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, and signed by the United... Continue reading ...
In a world-first, the UK's Parliament has conducted an inquiry into the UK Government's implementation of Article19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - the right to live independently and to be included in the community. I was honoured to work as a specialist adviser to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights on the Inquiry which began in 2011 and received evidence from over 300 witnesses.
