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PETI Fact-finding visit to Poland - 19-21 September 2022
This Briefing, written by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, provides background information for the PETI Fact-finding visit to Poland scheduled from 19 to 21 September 2022. It investigates two main issues that were subject to specific petitions, namely the case of the Białowieża primeval forest (Petitions 0805/2017, 0812/2017 and 0623/2018) and the education of young persons and children with special ...
Die Verpflichtungen der EU-Verwaltung aus der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention: Evaluierung der europäischen Umsetzung
Als Vertragsstaaten der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention (BRK) sind sowohl die Europäische Union als auch die Mitgliedstaaten verpflichtet, die im Übereinkommen verankerten Grundrechte umzusetzen und zu wahren. Zur vollständigen Einhaltung des Übereinkommens sind auch die öffentlichen Verwaltungen der Vertragsstaaten verpflichtet, wozu auch die öffentliche Verwaltung der EU mit all ihren Organen, Einrichtungen und Agenturen zählt. Die 'Abschließenden Bemerkungen' des UN-CRPD-Ausschusses vom September ...
Member States' Policies for Children with Disabilities
This study presents the comparative analysis of case studies conducted in 18 Member States regarding their policy for children with disabilities. Member States’ and the Union’s legal frameworks were examined in relation to the obligations arising from the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child and on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The research identified a broad recognition of the rights of children with disabilities under national legal systems either through general or ...
Blind people's access to books
The Internet has opened up new possibilities, at technical (hardware/software) and economic level, for blind or sight-impaired people to gain easier access to printed information. However the vast majority of books are never converted, mainly because of copyright law, into a format which makes them accessible to blind people (such as audio, larger print or Braille). Both the United Nations and European Union have taken initiatives to overcome this discrimination.