Rights, Justice and Citizenship

All civil rights legislation and policy should ensure disabled and non- disabled people on an equal footing and people enjoy the same level of freedoms, control and choices over their lives.

Equality 2025 is working with government and stakeholders, such as the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights, on issues affecting disabled people's human and civil rights, citizenship and access to the legal justice system. We aim to advise government on how its legislation and policy affects disabled people in terms of their rights and citizenship and accessing justice.

What is Equality 2025's aim?

The long-term aim of the members is to work towards getting the government to ratify the UN Convention for disability Rights disabled peoples' human rights are promoted and upheld in all legislation and policy.

Beside the UN Convention, Equality 2025 is informing government on what the impact of the Discrimination Law Review's recommendations will have for disabled people if there is no legal requirement for public and private organizations to promote disabled peoples equality during their decision making processes or services delivery.

Equality 2025 aims to:

• work with the Disability Committee of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights and others to advise and ensure that the proposed Single Equalities Bill does not contain provisions which adversely impact on existing rights for disabled people
• work with the Office for Disability Issues to support the process for ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People

Read about what Equality 2025 is doing on rights, justice and citizenship.

Page last reviewed: 11 August 2008