Policy paper

Disabled people's rights: information for the UK's first periodic review

Information provided to the United Nations (UN) in connection with its first periodic review of disabled people鈥檚 rights.

From:
Office for Disability Issues
Published
5 July 2017
Last updated
20 July 2017 鈥� See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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List of issues in relation to the initial report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: government response

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Annexes A and B: additional information to support the response of the UK to the list of issues

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The government published its initial report on the rights of disabled people in November 2011, as required by the .

As part of its first periodic review of how the United Kingdom (UK) is implementing the convention, the . They did so by publishing a 鈥楲ist of issues鈥�.

The government鈥檚 response published on this page provides the information the UN asked for. The Office for Disability Issues coordinates the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the UK.

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Published 5 July 2017
Last updated 20 July 2017 show all updates

  1. Added Welsh versions of the government response and supporting information (annexes A and B).

  2. Added BSL video.

  3. First published.

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