“People ask #WheresTom after a Tory minister [Tom Purslove] no-shows a UN meeting on disabled people’s rights”

via @thecanaryuk

“The #Tory government failed to attend a meeting of the United Nations (UN) regarding its treatment of chronically ill, deaf, and disabled people. So, those affected have been asking #WheresTom in response to the absence of the minister responsible for their rights.

However, unlike their ministers, campaign groups did attend the #UNCRPD (UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) meeting in Geneva. They laid out damning evidence showing that somehow, things have gotten worse in the #UK for chronically ill, deaf, and disabled people since a previous UN report accused successive Tory governments of human rights abuses.”

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“The absence of the Tories at the UNCRPD meeting is hardly surprising. It is their willful neglect, disregard, and lack of care that led to the failures in the 2016 UNCRPD report. Their entrenched contempt for chronically ill, deaf, and disabled people now looks set to lead to an even worse report this time.”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/08/29/uncrpd-uk-disabled-people-give-evidence/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg

I met with representatives from @IDA_CRPD_Forum, @MyEDF, + @WFDeafBlind. Continued consultation, dialogue, + knowledge exchange with civil society is of key importance as we work to implement the #UNCRPD and can facilitate the promotion of good practices at an EU level. https://t.co/9EgVuHKAZt

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1669259311049048064

I held a bilateral meeting with @Li_Junh, the @UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs. We discussed the #EU’s implementation of the #UNCRPD and #SDGs in addition to shared concerns such as multiple discriminations & the need to mainstreaming disability. https://t.co/CHLqyXnTNh

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1669260506132107264

I met with HRH Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan, Chair of the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As we work to implement the #UNCRPD, @EU_Commission remains committed to strengthening our cooperation + exchanges with like-minded partners. https://t.co/XNho0VsAeg

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1669276379479781376

In a meeting with @gofefoame, Chair of the #UNCRPD Council, I detailed the human rights approach to disability the EU has embraced. Since becoming the @EU_Commission’s Commissioner for Equality, I have remained committed to making progress on implementing the #UNCRPD https://t.co/wOGE45BmTg

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1669277160991858691

I spoke with Dan Rashal, Israel’s Commissioner for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We discussed shared efforts to implement the #UNCRPD, as well as legislative developments in Israel to prevent discrimination and to protect the rights of persons with disabilities https://t.co/xAdipTtgkM

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1669281911674482690

Today I delivered the EU’s statement at @UN #COSP16 where I set out our efforts to promote and strengthen the rights of all persons with disabilities & implement the #UNCRPD
#TeamEurope

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1668707282568323075

Energized after a dynamic exchange with the @EP delegation to the #COSP16. Committed to continue to work together on strengthening disability rights and #UNCRPD implementation in our #Union of Equality

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1668634471590154241

I attended the Ministerial Breakfast hosted by @EUatUN + @SwedenUN ahead of the Conference of State Parties on the @UN #UNCRPD. I spoke of the @EU_Commission’s commitment to the rights + inclusion of persons with disabilities and on the upcoming #EUDisabilityCard proposal.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1668628123590750212

RT @helenadalli: Energized after a dynamic exchange with the @EP delegation to the #COSP16. Committed to continue to work together on strengthening disability rights and #UNCRPD implementation in our #Union of Equality https://t.co/b6XMJAt2Yy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/crismaestre/status/1668637806439088132

An early start for 🇪🇺Commissioner @helenadalli's mission to New York to participate in the #CoSP16 - Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Rights of Persons with #Disabilities (#CRPD).

Follow her for the latest updates⤵️
RT @helenadalli: I attended the Ministerial Breakfast hosted by @EUatUN + @SwedenUN ahead of the Conference of State Parties on the @UN #UNCRPD. I spoke of the @EU_Commission’s commitment to the rights + inclusion of persons with disa…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUatUN/status/1668629293759631365

With MEP @dragos_pislaru & minister @CamillaWalterss we discussed the EU’s implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities #UNCRPD and the importance of strengthening coordination across our institutions.

@europarl_en
@sweden2023eu

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1663958719699222541

Pleased to meet the Head of the National Assembly of Persons with Disabilites in #Ukraine, Valeriy Sushkevych.

Including persons with disabilities and their NGOs in policy making is key for #inclusion and should also count for Ukraine!

#DisabilityParliament #UNCRPD

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/k_langensiepen/status/1660937612138299396

At the @MyEDF Annual General Assembly, I spoke of the importance of civil society in promoting a strong #UnionOfEquality. It is why I thank @MyEDF for their help in promoting the implementation of the #UNCRPD & our #EUDisability Strategy across all Member States.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1660670760522768385

#UNCRPD came into force 15 years ago. With our #EUDisabilityRights strategy we are working to ensure equal opportunities, inclusion and participation for persons with disabilities. I look forward to address #COSP16 at @UN in June on EU implementation of the #UNCRPD.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1653698131362545667

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has published guidance on monitoring frameworks for the implementation of the #UNCRPD at a national level
https://www.alzheimer-europe.org/news/fundamental-rights-agency-publishes-uncrpd-monitoring-guidance

The UN Special Rapporteur for persons with disabilities has published a report following his visit to the EU in 2022, in which he reflects on a number of areas of disability policy, including the #UNCRPD
https://www.alzheimer-europe.org/news/un-special-rapporteur-disabilities-publishes-report-eu-visit

Portugal's legal reform to comply with #UNCRPD principles is the topic of our next talk at today's Public Affairs meeting with national member associations. Our Chairperson, Rosario Zincke dos Reis from @alzheimerpt, who is also a lawyer, tells us more

Next at our Public Affairs meeting, Project Officer @Ana_M_Diaz delves into the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities #UNCRPD in the context of our 2016 Yearbook on legal capacity and decision making

I met @billshortenmp, Australian Minister for the National Disability Scheme to learn about Australia’s approach on disability equality and mainstreaming.

We discussed persons with disabilities’ right to employment, and ways to address unconscious bias.

#WorldOfEquality #UNCRPD

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/helenadalli/status/1630535659147644930