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.
Posted by Neil Crowther on Monday, September 5, 2011,
In 2009 the UK Government ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Article 19 of the Convention concerns the right of disabled people to live independently in the community and requires government to put in place legal and practical measures to enable disabled people to exercise choice about where and with who they live and to overcome isolation through increased participation in community life.
