The Scottish Human Rights Commission has
begun to host online seminars on the CRPD.
The rationale for holding the seminars is that there is promote
accessible information on the CRPD and how it relates to persons lived
experiences. Seminar
1: The first seminar examined disability
equality and human rights in the context of public spending cuts and welfare
reform. Each seminar runs for an hour
and is scheduled 12 -1pm – so that they can be viewed during lunchtime… The first seminar ran on Monday 12 December
2011 and examined Rights in a Recession. Seminar
2: The next seminar is scheduled for
16 January 2012 and is entitled “Getting Justice”. The guest speaker will be from the Legal
Services Agency and the seminar will cover some things disabled people have
already told the Commission’s about access to justice - such as concerns from
learning disabled people about using and accessing the court system, fears
about reporting harassment and alternatives to court action - then the
seminar will outline what the Convention says about access to justice and about
how the Convention could be used in Scotland.
You can join the next live seminar: http://www.crpdscotlandseminar.com/gettingjustice.htm
Seminar 3: 13 February 2012: Independent Living
Seminar 4: 12 March 2012: Children and Young
People
For some information on viewing and participating in these seminars see here.
