Stakeholder Position: Disability Rights Commission

The Disability Rights Commission warmly welcomes the Equality Bill which establishes a Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR). The CEHR is the new body which will eventually take over our disability rights remit and that of the Commission for Racial Equality and Equal Opportunities Commission.

 

It will also have responsibility for: promoting equality and combating unlawful discrimination on grounds of sexuality, religion or belief and age; the promotion of human rights, and good relations between and within communities. It marks a new approach to equality and human rights which we believe has great potential to transform the life chances of disabled people and other marginalised groups in our society.