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  • Cover Political Participation of People with Disabilities Report HTML
    Report / Paper / Summary
    29
    May
    2024

    Political participation of people with disabilities – new developments

    Ahead of the EU elections, this report explores the political participation of people with disabilities. Although some Member States removed restrictions on the right to vote and to stand for elections, barriers still exist. This report is an update of new developments following FRA’s last report published in 2014. It sets out ways forward to ensure people with disabilities have equal opportunities, in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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    Handbook / Guide / Manual
    20
    March
    2023

    Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Human rights indicators

    This guide helps independent national monitoring frameworks to fulfil their monitoring responsibility set out in Article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It focuses on the use of indicators. It does not deal with aspects such as compliance with the Paris Principles or the efficiency of complaints mechanisms. Its objective is to support national monitoring frameworks in designing or improving indicators for assessing progress of CRPD implementation at national level.
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  • Report / Paper / Summary
    4
    December
    2018

    From institutions to community living for persons with disabilities: perspectives from the ground

    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities commits both the EU and all of its Member States to realising the right of persons with disabilities to live independently in the community – which includes achieving deinstitutionalisation for those residing in institutional settings. But much remains to be done to make this a reality in practice. This report presents the main insights gained during fieldwork on the drivers of and barriers to deinstitutionalisation. Focusing on the local level, it gives voice to a diverse set of actors – most importantly, to people with disabilities themselves.
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  • Report / Paper / Summary
    2
    December
    2015

    Violence against children with disabilities: legislation, policies and programmes in the EU

    Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in facilities far from their families. They are also denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and discrimination, as well as sexual, physical and psychological violence. FRA scrutinised the important but underreported issue of violence against children with disabilities, carrying out desk research and conducting interviews with knowledgeable stakeholders. This report presents the results of that research.
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Cover Political Participation of People with Disabilities Report HTML
Report / Paper / Summary
People with disabilities
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
29
May
2024

Political participation of people with disabilities – new developments

Ahead of the EU elections, this report explores the political participation of people with disabilities. Although some Member States removed restrictions on the right to vote and to stand for elections, barriers still exist. This report is an update of new developments following FRA’s last report published in 2014. It sets out ways forward to ensure people with disabilities have equal opportunities, in line with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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MDX Dataset
People with disabilities
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
20 February 2017

Indicators on the right to political participation of people with disabilities

FRA in close cooperation with the European Commission and the Academic Network of European Disability Experts (ANED), developed 28 human rights indicators to assess the political participation of persons with disabilities in the EU.
Little Girl With Down Syndrome And Boy Hugging
Handbook / Guide / Manual
People with disabilities
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
20
March
2023

Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Human rights indicators

This guide helps independent national monitoring frameworks to fulfil their monitoring responsibility set out in Article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It focuses on the use of indicators. It does not deal with aspects such as compliance with the Paris Principles or the efficiency of complaints mechanisms. Its objective is to support national monitoring frameworks in designing or improving indicators for assessing progress of CRPD implementation at national level.
Read news item
Video
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
People with disabilities

Protecting vulnerable adults across Europe

There are many reasons why adults may find themselves in a situation of vulnerability - because of their age, health or disability. Vulnerable people are at greater risk of unfair treatment, exploitation or abuse. And cross-border settings can lead to additional obstacles. It's time to address these challenges and identify the needs of vulnerable adults so everyone can enjoy their fundamental rights.
Infographic
People with disabilities
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Support for human rights systems and defenders
Inter-governmental human rights systems

Putting the UN’s Disability Convention into practice

Fundamental Rights Report 2019: Ten years after the UN’s Disability Convention entered into force, 2018 saw it continue
to drive advances in disability rights across the EU.
Fundamental Rights Report
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Asylum, migration and borders
Children, youth and older people
People with disabilities
Hate crime
Roma
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
6
June
2019

Fundamental Rights Report 2019

How much progress can we expect in a decade? Various rights-related instruments had been in place for 10 years in 2018, prompting both sobering and encouraging reflection on this question.
Report / Paper / Summary
People with disabilities
26
February
2019

Who will (not) get to vote in the 2019 European Parliament elections?

The right to vote is at the heart of what it means to live in a democratic society. However, legislation sets out a number of restrictions on this right. With a view to the European Parliament elections in 2019, this paper presents developments in the situation of the right to vote for people deprived of legal capacity in the EU.
Report / Paper / Summary
People with disabilities
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
4
December
2018

From institutions to community living for persons with disabilities: perspectives from the ground

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities commits both the EU and all of its Member States to realising the right of persons with disabilities to live independently in the community – which includes achieving deinstitutionalisation for those residing in institutional settings. But much remains to be done to make this a reality in practice. This report presents the main insights gained during fieldwork on the drivers of and barriers to deinstitutionalisation. Focusing on the local level, it gives voice to a diverse set of actors – most importantly, to people with disabilities themselves.
View the infographic
Watch the video
Read the human stories
Download project factsheets
Video
People with disabilities

Independent living for people with disabilities

FRA's latest report explores what enables and what hinders the drive towards independent community living for people with disabilities.
Report / Paper / Summary
People with disabilities
4
December
2018

From institutions to community living for persons with disabilities – perspectives from the ground - Summary

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
(FRA) wanted to contribute to making steps to implement
deinstitutionalisation more effective, by capturing
concrete evidence of what is and what is
not working on the ground. To do this, the agency
conducted extensive fieldwork research in five EU
Member States at different stages of the deinstitutionalisation
process.
This summary report presents the key findings of
that fieldwork and the FRA opinions stemming from
them.
Infographic
People with disabilities

5 success factors on the road to independent living for people with disabilities

The EU and all its Member States are legally bound to the UN’s Disability Convention. They have a duty to ensure people with disabilities can live independently in the community rather than in institutions.
Video
People with disabilities

Video Blog by Michael O'Flaherty: Independent Living

Michael O'Flaherty talks about empowering people with disabilities to be full and independent members of the community.
Fundamental Rights Report
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Children, youth and older people
People with disabilities
Hate crime
Roma
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
6
June
2018

Fundamental Rights Report 2018

The year 2017 brought both progress and setbacks in terms of rights protection. The European Pillar of Social Rights marked an important move towards a more ‘social Europe’. But, as experiences with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights underscore, agreement on a text is merely a first step. Even in its eighth year as the EU's binding bill of rights, the Charter's potential was not fully exploited, highlighting the need to more actively promote its use.
Report / Paper / Summary
People with disabilities
25
May
2018

From institutions to community living: key findings and FRA opinions

EU Member States, and the EU itself have ratified
the CRPD, committing themselves to achieving independent
living for persons with disabilities. Doing so
requires a meaningful and sustainable shift from institutional
to community-based living arrangements. This
publication summarises the findings from the three
FRA reports focusing on different aspects of deinstitutionalisation.
Report / Paper / Summary
Turvapaikka, maahanmuutto ja rajat
Tietosuoja, yksityisyydensuoja ja uudet teknologiat
Yhdenvertaisuus, syrjimättömyys ja rasismi
Lapset, nuoret ja ikääntyneet
Vammaiset henkilöt
Viharikos
Romanit
Sukupuoli, seksuaalinen suuntautuminen ja sukupuoli-identiteetti
Oikeus, uhrien oikeudet ja oikeudellinen yhteistyö
17
May
2018

Ihmisoikeuksien parissa työskentelevien kansalaisjärjestöjen haasteet EU:ssa - Tiivistelmä

Euroopan unionin kansalaisjärjestöillä on olennaisen tärkeä tehtävä perusoikeuksien edistämisessä, mutta niiden tehtävä on vaikeutunut – sekä oikeudellisten että käytännön rajoitusten vuoksi. Kaikissa EU:n jäsenvaltioissa on haasteita, mutta niiden luonteessa ja laajuudessa on maakohtaisia eroja. Tästä aiheesta ei yleisesti ole tietoa eikä tutkimusta – ei myöskään vertailevaa tutkimusta.
Siksi perusoikeusviraston raportissa tarkastellaan niiden haasteiden eri tyyppejä ja malleja, joita ihmisoikeuksien parissa työskentelevät kansalaisjärjestöt kohtaavat EU:ssa. Siinä esitellään myös lupaavia käytäntöjä, joilla näitä huolestuttavia malleja voidaan torjua.
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Yhdenvertaisuus, syrjimättömyys ja rasismi
Lapset, nuoret ja ikääntyneet
Vammaiset henkilöt
Viharikos
Rotu ja etninen alkuperä
Uskonto ja vakaumus
Romanit
Sukupuoli, seksuaalinen suuntautuminen ja sukupuoli-identiteetti
21
March
2018

Euroopan syrjinnänvastaisen oikeuden käsikirja - vuoden 2018 painos

Syrjintä kielletään Euroopan syrjinnänvastaisessa lainsäädännössä, joka käsittää EU:n syrjimättömyysdirektiivit sekä ihmisoikeuksien ja perusvapauksien suojaamiseksi tehdyn eurooppalaisen yleissopimuksen 14 artiklan ja 12. lisäpöytäkirjan. Kielto yksilöidään syrjinnän olosuhteiden ja syiden perusteella. Tässä käsikirjassa tutkitaan edellä mainittuihin lähteisiin perustuvaa Euroopan syrjinnänvastaista lainsäädäntöä kahtena toisiaan täydentävänä järjestelmänä. Niistä käsitellään jompaakumpaa siltä osin, kuin ne eivät ole päällekkäisiä, ja tuodaan esille mahdollisia eroja.
Easy-to-read report
People with disabilities
14
March
2018

From institutions to community living - Part I: commitments and structures (Easy read)

This report looks at what the EU and the 28 countries have agreed to do to move people with disabilities from living in institutions to living in their local community with support.
Easy-to-read report
People with disabilities
14
March
2018

From institutions to community living - Part II: funding and budgeting (Easy Read)

This report looks at the money that is needed to help people move from living in institutions to living in their local community with support.
Easy-to-read report
People with disabilities
14
March
2018

From institutions to community living - Part III: outcomes for persons with disabilities (Easy Read)

This report looks at the lives of people with disabilities who are living independently in their local community.
Report / Paper / Summary
People with disabilities
12
October
2017

From institutions to community living - Part II: funding and budgeting

The transition from institution- to community-based support for persons with disabilities is a complex process that requires multifaceted efforts. These include putting in place commitments and structures for achieving deinstitutionalisation and measuring outcomes for persons with disabilities. This report shows that effectively funding the deinstitutionalisation process is a vital element.