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The EU and its Member States have signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and use its definition of disability as a common reference at EU level. There is no other harmonised definition of disability in the EU. Although a wide variety of statistical surveys are available in terms of questions asked and population surveyed, a complete statistical assessment of disability in the EU does not yet exist. However, the annual Eurostat statistics on income and living conditions ...

Este estudio, encargado por el Departamento Temático de Derechos de los Ciudadanos y Asuntos Constitucionales del Parlamento Europeo a petición de la Comisión de Peticiones, examina los avances realizados en el reconocimiento mutuo de la condición de discapacidad en la Unión y los retos que plantea. Existen diferentes definiciones y prácticas de evaluación de la discapacidad entre los Estados miembros y en los distintos ámbitos políticos. Las peticiones de los ciudadanos manifiestan su preocupación ...

More than 8 months into Russia's war on Ukraine, there is no end in sight. The invasion has forced millions of people to flee Ukraine or seek refuge in other parts of the country, causing a European humanitarian crisis of enormous proportions. The chaos created by the conflict has increased the risk of violence and exploitation exponentially, especially for the most vulnerable people, such as those with disabilities. Estimates show that around 2.7 million people with disabilities in Ukraine face ...

This briefing provides a pre-legislative synthesis of the positions of national, regional and local governmental organisations on the European Commission's forthcoming European care strategy and related proposals. It forms part of an EPRS series offering a summary of the pre-legislative state-of-play and advance consultation on a range of key Commission priorities during its 5-year term in office. It seeks to present the current state of affairs, examine how existing policy is working on the ground ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, analyses the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 and makes recommendations regarding the new European Disability Strategy. The study reflects on the design and implementation of the current Strategy, as well as its achievements and shortcomings. The study makes recommendations in respect of the post-2020 European Disability Strategy. Those ...

In addition to the State of the Union address by European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, the main debates held during Parliament's September plenary session included questions such as fire safety in buildings, the impact of hurricane Irma, breaches of human rights and a series of statements related to external relations presented by the High Representative, Federica Mogherini. On the legislative front, Members voted, inter alia, on proposals concerning the WIFI4EU regulation (an initiative ...

Con objeto de garantizar la plena participación en la sociedad de las personas con discapacidad y de reducir la fragmentación de la legislación que regula su acceso a productos y servicios, la Comisión ha aprobado una propuesta de Directiva, que se conoce como Acta Europea de Accesibilidad. En ella se incluye una definición común para toda la Unión de los requisitos de accesibilidad de determinados productos y servicios en el mercado interior, así como su marco de aplicación. El Parlamento tiene ...

Upon request by the PETI Committee, the Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs commissioned the present in-depth analysis on the use of European Structural and Investment Funds to facilitate the transition from the institutional care of people with disabilities to community living in Slovakia, in the view of the PETI Fact Finding Visit of September 2016.

Este estudio es resultado de un encargo del Departamento Temático de Derechos de los Ciudadanos y Asuntos Constitucionales del Parlamento Europeo, a instancias de la Comisión PETI. En él se expone el contexto de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad (CDPD) desde la perspectiva de la función que desempeña la Comisión de Peticiones para la aplicación de la CDPD dentro del Marco de la UE. El estudio examina peticiones recibidas sobre cuestiones relacionadas ...

This study looks at the situation of children with disabilities in Cyprus to identify the gaps in the legal framework and its implementation, the obstacles faced by children with disabilities and best practices. This country study is part of a larger study which analyses all the 28 Member States. In the first phase of the study, a comparative analysis has been drawn based on 18 of the country studies. In the second phase of this study, the situation in the remaining ten countries and Scotland has ...