Submitted on Wednesday 6th July 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 19th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Scrap all austerity measures that breach international human rights
In a damning report the UN has claimed austerity policies and welfare reform breach the UK’s international human rights obligations, disproportionately affecting the poor, women, young people, ethnic minorities and disabled people and favouring the rich.
This is unacceptable
News articles:
http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/news/uk-in-breachhuman-rights/00287.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/austerity-government-policy-conservatives-poor-food-banks-inequality-un-a7110066.html
A copy of the report can be found here:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=1059&Lang=en
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