United Nations, October 31 (RHC)-- The United Nations is set to send a delegation to the UK within weeks as part of an inquiry into “grave and systematic violations” of the rights of disabled people allegedly taken place under London’s austerity measures.
The visit of the UN Committee Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is to take place at the request of a campaign group called “Disabled People Against Cuts” using a legal mechanism known as the Optional Protocol. The request was made at the start of 2012. Britain is the first country to face a high-level inquiry by the UN committee.
