In December 2014, the Government pledged support for a new human rights benchmark that will assess and rank the corporate human rights performance of international companies.
‘Monitoring the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The UK Independent mechanism list of issues interim report’ was published in December 2014.
‘The right to political participation of persons with disabilities – Summary’ was published by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in 2014.
A joint statement to commemorate International Migrants’ Day 2014 called on States to recognise and adopt all core international human rights and international labour rights standards.
In December 2014, the Ministry of Justice published a ‘Civil Legal Advice mandatory gateway review’.
Launched by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in 2014, this is a hub for young people where you will find loads of info about your rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC for short).
Government guidance on who is eligible for legal aid in exceptional cases was ruled ‘unlawful’ by the Court of Appeal on Monday 15 December 2014.
In December 2014, the Government announced the roll-out of an ‘older workers’ champion scheme across every part of the UK to tackle age discrimination, from April 2015.
Open Generation is looking for young creative outspoken individuals to become the ‘Voices of our Generation’ to speak up ahead of the next National elections in May 2015.
‘Transforming Lives – reducing women’s imprisonment’ maps services available for women in the criminal justice system across the UK, as well as identifying gaps in service provision.
