Law to protect disabled should be priority, says HRC
(CNS): The Human Rights Commission said that nothing prevents a private business from discriminating against people with disability and without legislation to protect them, the disabled continue to face daily challenges in Cayman. Commending the National Disability Policy, which was released last year, and plans to bring supporting legislation, the commission urged the government to press on towards the law as soon as possible to make the policy effective and offer equality of opportunity for the disabled.
“This legislation has been promised by successive governments for many years and as yet a bill has still not been laid before the Legislative Assembly,” the HRC said in a statement released to mark the 20 year anniversary of the UK’s Disability Discrimination Act, highlighting how far behind Cayman remains when it comes to equality for all.
“Whilst this legislation remains outstanding people with disabilities continue to face unnecessary challenges on a daily basis. Currently, nothing prevents a private business from inadvertently discriminating against someone simply because they have a disability, indeed, even to do so deliberately is not currently illegal in Cayman,” the commission added, as it urged government to make the law a priority.
The Cayman Islands is lagging behind on disability legislation as many countries passed legislative protection in the early 1990s against discrimination, including other regional overseas territories, such as Turks and Caicos, where a law was passed in 1998 and revised in 2009. South Africa passed a law in 2000, Pakistan in 2002, and the Bahamas and Jamaica both passed laws last year.
HRC Statement on the Celebration of 20 Years of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995)
Category: Government oversight, Laws, Politics
Hardly the HRC’s fault that no one enforces laws and regulations.
what about aldens response to the hrc on the eden outburst?
It has been dealt with under the Bigotry Swept Under The Carpet Law (2014 Revision). Section 4 provides that Alden can ignore anything he does not want to answer and after ignoring it for 90 days it is officially treated as “Having Gone Away”. He used it with Ossie too.
As someone who suffers from mobility issues and has in the past taken care of a disabled relative I can tell you that there is a huge difference between passing disability protection laws and actually providing legislative protection.
Based on the Cayman Islands past record this is just HRC blowing smoke again.
“passing disability protection laws” and “providing legislative protection”, I’m confused – what’s the difference?
Your an idiot. Sorry for you mobility issues. I to have been a caregiver for the disable. The HRC is doing their job, keeping it in the forefront of the draconian legistlatures