The Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission acting jointly, as the Independent Mechanism for Northern Ireland (IMNI), are seeking views from disabled people and their representative organisations on the impact of social security reforms on the rights of disabled people to:
This will assist them in the preparation of evidence to inform a review inquiry by the UN Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities on the impact of social security forms in the UK, scheduled for August 2023.
They will be hosting online events to discuss this on:
To attend please email: publicpolicy@equalityni.org Please indicate if you wish to attend the morning or afternoon event and if you require any reasonable adjustments.
Alternatively, please contact the Equality Commission if you would like to submit your views in writing or arrange an alternate date to meet with them to share your views.