Please see below for links to an EHRC press release on this topic and also a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

 

Very best

Anna

 

 

·        Press release - http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/commission-urges-action-boost-number-disabled-people-politics

 

·        Submission to the UN - http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/UNCRDP/Smoothing%20the%20Pathway%20to%20Politics%20for%20Disabled%20People.pdf

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