Six months on, Grenfell Tower fire survivors are left demanding answers Read more“We are the UK’s national human rights body and we have a statutory duty to promote equality and human rights,” Isaac said in an interview with the Observer. “We think the human rights dimension to Grenfell Tower is absolutely fundamental and is currently overlooked. They include children, elderly people, disabled people and migrants.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Isaac, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. We will be calling on experts, particularly legal experts, looking at the international human rights obligations, asking for submissions from a whole variety of stakeholders. The commission’s decision to examine the Grenfell Tower fire reflects a more muscular approach to addressing human rights and equality issues.

Source: The Guardian December 09, 2017 20:26 UTC