Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Human Rights Group Meeting

A human rights organization will review complaints people with disabilities have made against certain agencies in northwest Illinois.

The Peoria Regional Human Rights Authority of Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission will meet at 1 p.m. May 20 at the Robert Young Center, 2200 Third Ave., Rock Island.

The Peoria commission is investigating cases in Peoria, Rock Island and Tazewell counties.

Anyone who believes the rights of a person with disabilities is or has been violated, may call the commission at (309) 693-5001. Complainants names are confidential.

Source:
Human rights group will hear complaints

More information:
Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission will meet at Robert Young Center May 20

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Guardianship / conservatorship is a violation of basic human rights.

I hope NASGA members in Illinois can attend the meeting.

Helen said...

This makes my blood boil. We dealt with the Illinois Human Rights Council in our efforts to seek intervention for our beloved Annie.

We dealt with this very same office. A search on the internet will reveal our pleas and their response 3 years after the fact........ Hardly intervention.

While our Annie suffered under an illegally administered anti-psychotic coupled with the "right to refuse to eat" and an illegally place "do not resuscitate"; (you can guess the results), there is no chance for immediate intervention. Their belated suggestion was for education for the facility.

Institutional rapes, battery and abuses are not "addressed in any rectifying manner", they are discussed. ................. LONG AFTER THE FACT, at a table by people with conflicting interests and NO immediate knowledge of the victim.

Only the most blatant cases with media interest result in disciplinary charges against the facility.

Anonymous said...

Is this group actually doing what it was created to do, or is it just part of the problem?

foolmeonce said...

I think this group the Peoria Regional Human Rights Authority of Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission might be the first line of defense for the abusers of the racket.

The members of the Commission hey who are these people anyway? and how did they get their appointment?

I say they are on a fishing trip to intercept, to catch the complaints that will go....nowhere!!!

Aha, folks, WELCOME TO ILLINOIS, the Illinois way of being in your face deceptive - this is a smokescreen, political con-job a perception of truthseekers - to that I say: SHOW ME THE PROOF!!!

Also, please notice: Complainants names are confidential.

Ho ho ho, in Illinois speak that means no information will come out of this bogus meeting.

Good luck at the meeting!