Nova Scotia Disability Rights are Human Rights
Media Release: At the Half-Way Point in the Five-Year Human Rights Remedy, the DRC Recognizes that the Province has Implemented Significant Changes, yet is Failing to Meet Timelines and Calls on Stakeholders to Share Their Experiences.
UPDATE: Human Rights Remedy Requirements by Year Ends with Actual Results
(Based on the Human Rights Remedy Requirements)
Here is a redacted copy of the DRC’s submissions to the Expert Monitor-Year Two concerning the Province’s compliance with the Annual Report.
The Disability Rights Coalition is Disappointed in the Province’s Failure to Meet Human Rights Remedy Timelines. Read the Press Release here:
Global News: Nova Scotia lagging behind on disability support commitments: researcher.
On July 31st, the Human Rights Remedy’s independent Expert Monitor, Dr. Michael Prince, of the University of Victoria, released his Annual Report on the Province’s compliance with its legal obligations in eliminating the systemic discrimination against persons with disabilities in Nova Scotia in accessing community-based supports.
Here is a redacted copy of the DRC’s submissions to the Expert Monitor concerning the Province’s compliance with the Annual Report.
The Disability Rights Coalition is expressing profound disappointment with the Province’s progress in implementing a Human Rights Board of Inquiry Order to Remedy the systemic discrimination against persons with disabilities in Nova Scotia.
Landmark agreement intended to end practice of housing people with disabilities in large institutions [Vicky Levack, spokesperson for the Disability Rights Coalition of Nova Scotia – photo: Paul Vienneau]
As Year 1 of the Human Rights Remedy ended on March 31, 2024, here’s a two-minute exchange in the Nova Scotia legislature from March 27th about whether the Province was actually going to carry out its legal obligation to adopt a DSP Policy—by March 31, 2024
