This report looks at the breadth and depth of violence and neglect faced by people with disabilities living in institutions. It highlights the shortcomings by EU Member States in preventing violence and protecting those who are at a higher risk of experiencing it, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Based on research across all EU Member States and FRA observer candidate countries, the report calls for better protection, stronger prevention of violence, and clear accountability. It urges the EU and its Member States to implement their obligations around equality and fundamental rights.

This factsheet summarises key Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) cases on reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. Building on Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), the courts address employment, physical accessibility, and education. In collaboration, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Court of Human Rights produced this short publication. It is designed to aid lawyers and policymakers in understanding and applying the jurisprudence in this area.

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.

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.

BRK ratifiziert und sich dazu verpflichtet, Menschen
mit Behinderungen eine unabhängige Lebensführung
zu ermöglichen. Dies setzt einen sinnvollen und nachhaltigen
Übergang von institutionellen zu gemeindenahen
Wohnformen voraus. In der vorliegenden Veröffentlichung
werden die Ergebnisse aus drei Berichten
der FRA zu unterschiedlichen Aspekten der Deinstitutionalisierung
zusammengefasst.

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.

Les États membres de l’Union européenne et l’Union
elle-même ont ratifié la CDPH, s’engageant à permettre
aux personnes handicapées de vivre de façon
autonome. Pour ce faire, ils doivent opérer un transfert
sérieux et durable des modalités de résidence en
institution aux modalités de résidence de proximité.
La présente publication résume les conclusions des
trois rapports de la FRA se penchant sur différents
aspects de la désinstitutionnalisation.