UN recommends Australia legislate on audio descriptions

A seven+ year campaign to have Australian networks provide audio descriptions for the blind and vision impaired community has resulted in a United Nations committee finding Australia in breach of an international human rights treaty.

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has recommended that Australia take “the necessary legislative and policy measures … to ensure the provision of audio description services”.

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