EHRC Equality and Human Rights Commission – ESA Employment and Support Allowance – EU European Union – GB Great Britain – HRA Human Rights Act 1998 – ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – IFS Institute for Fiscal Studies – LASPO Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 – MoJ Ministry of Justice – NHRI National Human Rights Institution – NIHRC Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission – OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – ONS Office for National Statistics – PIP Personal Independence Payment – PSED Public Sector Equality Duty – SDGs Sustainable Development Goals – SHRC Scottish Human Rights Commission – TUC Trades Union Congress – UK United Kingdom – UKIM United Kingdom Independent Mechanism (made up of the Equality and – Human Rights Commission, the Scottish Human Rights Commission, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland) UN United Nations – UN CESCR United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – UPR Universal Periodic Review – WCA Work Capability Assessment –
EHRC – Equality and Human Rights Commission ESA – Employment and Support Allowance EU – European Union GB – Great Britain HRA – Human Rights Act 1998 ICESCR – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights IFS – Institute for Fiscal Studies LASPO – Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 MoJ – Ministry of Justice NHRI – National Human Rights Institution NIHRC – Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission OHCHR – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ONS – Office for National Statistics PIP – Personal Independence Payment PSED – Public Sector Equality Duty SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals SHRC – Scottish Human Rights Commission TUC – Trades Union Congress UK – United Kingdom UKIM – United Kingdom Independent Mechanism (made up of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Scottish Human Rights Commission, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland) UN – United Nations UN CESCR – United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights UPR – Universal Periodic Review WCA – Work Capability Assessment
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