Inquiry into disability-related harassment

Consultation

The Equalities and Human Righs Commission (EHRC) would like to hear your views in relation to their future inquiry into actions of public authorities to eliminate disability-related harassment and its causes.

They are drafting terms of reference which will tell the inquiry what it is allowed to hear evidence about, so it is important we get them right.

The consultation runs until 26 March 2010. Please see the EHRC website to find out more about how you can get involved.

Once the consultation has finished the EHRC will decide what changes, if any, should be made to the terms of reference. Once those changes have been made they will launch the inquiry and start gathering evidence.

Until they have decided on the final terms of reference of the inquiry they cannot take evidence. If you think you might have evidence to give to the inquiry once it is launched, email the commission.

Trevor Phillips, chair of the commission, stated "There can be no more important human right than to live life in safety and with security. Its absence prevents us from living our lives to the full. And, for some, its absence has led to the loss of life itself. For many disabled people in Britain safety and security is a right frequently denied."